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Sunrun and PG&E Dispatch Energy from Northern California Homes to Form Distributed Power Plants Providing Local Grid Relief
Coordinated residential battery storage and solar systems supplied targeted power to neighborhoods with highly-constrained electric gridsSAN FRANCISCO and OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), America’s largest provider of home battery storage, solar, and home-to-grid power plants, has completed a successful dispatching season of a first-of-its-kind distributed power plant partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). More than 1,000 Sunrun customer
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