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Congrats to our new partner Budderfly for being named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies of 2025! We can't wait to help you create even more value for your business customers through new grid services revenue ? #EnergyTransition #SmartEnergy #Innovation

Next week! Leap's Vera Yuan takes the stage at Parks Associates' Smart Energy Summit at DISTRIBUTECH to discuss how smart home devices can provide new revenue for tech providers, new value for customers, and critical support for the grid through demand response and virtual power plants. #SmartEnergy #SmartHome #EnergyTransition

We're thrilled to celebrate the expansion of Samsung SmartThings' demand response program into the Mid-Atlantic and greater Chicago regions ?? Leveraging Leap's universal, automated market interface, Samsung has quickly launched and expanded its Flex Connect demand response offering in California, New York, Texas, and now PJM - the largest U.S. wholesale electricity market. ? SmartThings offers a *huge* ecosystem of eligible smart devices - thermostats, plugs, air conditioners, lights, TVs, appliances, and more - giving customers more participation opportunities and greater control over their home energy management ?? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eDn7HYvy #SmartHome #SmartEnergy #DemandResponse #VirtualPowerPlants #VPPs

There's a LOT of untapped demand response potential in California. Join our webinar on April 1st to learn about specific regulatory actions that can unlock that potential. Save your spot ?? https://lnkd.in/e5bd-uWV California energy market experts Collin Smith and Andrew Cole will discuss the recommendations outlined in our recent white paper, which you can download here ?? https://lnkd.in/eSJCnSrv #DemandResponse #VirtualPowerPlants #California #EnergyPolicy #EnergyTransition

Happy International Women's Day! (a little early) This year, we're excited to celebrate Leap's executive team reaching 50% women leadership ?? Thank you to Amanda Faulkner, Susie Dirks, Cindy Smith, CPA, MBA, and all our other amazing women leaders at Leap for everything you do! #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #WomeninTech #WomeninEnergy

DISTRIBUTECH 2025 is coming up in just a few short weeks! ?? Roll call: We'll have Corey Bentine, Vera Yuan, Sam Plunkett, Chris Sefel, Sean Grimes, and Andrew Hoffman onsite to talk about the latest virtual power plant insights and opportunities. Comment below if we'll see you there ??

New for 2025! We're moving our seasonal Regulatory Roundup newsletter to LinkedIn, sharing our team's latest insights for distributed energy resources (DER) technology providers on the ever-evolving policy and regulatory landscape. Check out our Winter 2025 edition, which includes a brand-new guide to key California demand response regulatory reforms ?? #EnergyPolicy #EnergyTransition #DemandResponse #VirtualPowerPlants #CistributedEnergyResources

To help address skyrocketing electricity prices in California, regulators should reconsider the state's prioritization of utility-run demand response (DR) programs. Unlike third-party DR providers, administrative costs for utility-run DR programs are recovered from customers - and those costs can be significant. In his latest UtilityDive op-ed, Regulatory Affairs Manager Collin Smith breaks down how utility DR programs are driving up costs for ratepayers in California: https://lnkd.in/emv2Rjyw #California #DemandResponse #Utilities #EnergyPolicy

Why is the Mid-Atlantic the next big opportunity for virtual power plants? In our latest blog, Sr. Market Development Associate Clay Gamble breaks down why now is the perfect time for Leap to expand to PJM, what makes this electricity market unique, and how we're helping our partners unlock new revenue streams while navigating PJM's unique challenges: https://lnkd.in/eAHWvVCt #GridResilience #DistributedEnergyResources #DERs #VirtualPowerPlants #VPPs

It's official: Leap has expanded into PJM, the largest wholesale electricity market in the nation ?? Read more: https://lnkd.in/eWaKKETT There's never been a more urgent time to provide flexible support to the Mid-Atlantic grid, which is dealing with rising energy demand, tightening supply, and skyrocketing capacity prices. Through Leap's automated software solution, we're empowering our technology partners to deploy virtual power plants (VPPs) in the region that benefit their businesses, their customers, the grid, AND the climate! #PJM #GridResilience #VirtualPowerPlants #VPPs #DistributedEnergyResources #DERs #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #Expansion