Eaton's "Home as a Grid" Approach to Residential Energy Transition Enables a Renewable-Driven Future
Several factors are contributing to the transformation of home energy use - including the United States' renewed focus on clean energy deployments, a growing interest from homeowners in sustainable solutions, new technologies and an evolving regulatory landscape. These market forces are creating new opportunities to bring distributed energy resource (DER) capabilities behind the meter, or, in control of the user.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has updated the state energy code to require solar cells, or photovoltaic (PV) devices, on all new homes. At the same time, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a final rule, enabling DER aggregators to compete in all regional organized wholesale electrical markets in an effort to enhance competition, encourage innovation and drive down costs for consumers.
Customers seeking to build and expand their Home as a Grid capabilities can:
- Enable smarter real-time decisions and safeguard essential data in the integration of renewable solutions with Eaton's Brightlayer digital platform, which integrates connectivity, design, data science and cybersecurity
- Harness essential load management and behind-the-meter capabilities with Eaton'sintelligent home energy portfolio, including energy management circuit breakers, Wi-Fi smart devices, solar-ready and smart load centers, cloud architecture and data services
- Benefit from a smart home ecosystem powered by Eaton's collaborations with industry leaders, including smart home providers such as Amazon and Alarm.com, demand response management system (DRMS) providers and energy aggregators such as Sunverge and Virtual Peaker, as well as utilities and DER integrators