Tigo Opens GO Battery to VPP Programs in California, Texas, New York

• Tigo Energy opened its GO Battery to grid-payment programs in California, Texas, New York and four PJM states on Nov. 9.
• Payments vary widely: Leap estimates $61 per kW-year in PJM, while California set aside $19.5 million for 2026 storage VPP payments.
• A fourth aggregator link, with Virtual Peaker, is still to come, and Leap's next PJM enrollment deadline is April 15.

Tigo Energy said on Nov. 9 that eligible owners of its GO Battery can now access grid-payment programs in California, Texas and New York. PJM territories of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Illinois are also on the list.

The additions include California's Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) and Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP), plus the ERCOT market, Tigo said in a statement. Tigo now works with four virtual power plant aggregators. Integrations with EnergyHub, Leap and Uplight are complete. Virtual Peaker is still to come through integration partner Flip Energy. The release gives no enrolled capacity, customer count or payment rates.

California shows how uneven the money is. The California Energy Commission's April guidelines set aside $19.5 million for storage virtual power plants in 2026. Only aggregators active in October 2025 could join. The state's ELRP ended its $1-per-kWh residential payment after the 2025 season, according to the California Public Utilities Commission. Tigo's DSGS page does not name a provider or participation option.

The programs in numbers

• 12 US jurisdictions, 11 states plus Puerto Rico, appear on Tigo's program list (list.solar calculation).
• 5 kWh per GO Battery module, up to six modules or 30 kWh, with 2.5 kW of continuous power per module.
• $61 per kW-year is Leap's 2026 estimate for year-round PJM capacity participation; one-season commitments are put at $31.
• $16 to $81 per kW-year is Leap's estimated range for New York's DLRP and CSRP programs, which need 100 kW aggregated.
• $62.10 per kW is the DSGS season total for a two-hour storage resource, before a 30% bonus in 2026.

Texas has no published household rate. ERCOT sets Emergency Response Service pay through procurement, and customers contract through Leap, Tigo's page says.

The LFP home battery runs on Tigo's Energy Intelligence software in residential solar systems. Tigo first announced VPP qualification in January and reported third-quarter results on Nov. 4. Isaac Gamez, a partner at installer G Power Inc., said "being able to sell storage that can actually recapture value over time is a great selling point."

New York arrived as Tigo said it would in July, but New Jersey, named alongside it then, is not on the new list. Leap lists April 15 as the annual PJM enrollment deadline.