# Voltus

> Voltus is a distributed energy resource platform and virtual power plant operator that connects flexible electricity demand, batteries, and other distributed assets to energy markets across the United States and Canada. It manages participation and shares the resulting earnings with customers and partners.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Gregg Dixon (Co-founder and former CEO), Matthew Plante (President and co-founder), Dana Guernsey (CEO and co-founder), Neil Lakin (Chief Architect and co-founder; formerly CTO)
- **Products:** Demand response, VoltApp / Voltus platform, Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC), Battery monetization and deployment, Electricity market APIs
- **Notable:** Reports 8.5 GW of DERs, 22,000+ participating sites, and $500 million+ in value paid to customers on its current about page., Reports participation across all nine US and Canadian wholesale power markets and 70+ programs., Announced a USD 225 million Series D in October 2026.

## Products & services

- **Demand response** — Enrolls and prepares energy users to reduce or shift load in response to grid needs, then shares market payments.
- **VoltApp / Voltus platform** — Customer software for earnings forecasts, payments, real-time energy data, and dispatch performance.
- **Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC)** — Aggregates additional distributed capacity funded by large electricity users, including hyperscalers, to support the grids serving them.
- **Battery monetization and deployment** — Connects behind-the-meter storage to demand response and grid-service earnings; Brightfield AI adds site assessment and battery development workflows.
- **Electricity market APIs** — Interfaces for DER partners to automate market access and participation.
- **Peak demand charge avoidance** — Load management and optimization to help reduce charges associated with peak electricity demand.
- **Carbon emissions avoidance payments** — Programs paying participants to reduce electricity use during periods of high grid emissions, where offered.

## Achievements

- Reports 8.5 GW of DERs, 22,000+ participating sites, and $500 million+ in value paid to customers on its current about page.
- Reports participation across all nine US and Canadian wholesale power markets and 70+ programs.
- Announced a USD 225 million Series D in October 2026.
- Expanded its Google capacity agreement to gigawatt scale in October 2026.
- Acquired Brightfield AI in June 2026 to expand commercial and industrial storage development.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 22: announced expanded Google BYOC agreement in PJM, described as a 1 GW VPP.
- **2026-10** — October 8: announced USD 225 million Series D and a target to reach 20 GW by 2030.
- **2026-09** — September 28: announced Siemens building-control integration.
- **2026-08** — August 17: announced Sunrun capacity-supply partnership.
- **2026-06** — June 10: acquired Brightfield AI for undisclosed terms; Larsh Johnson became CTO and Neil Lakin became Chief Architect.

## Links

- Website: https://www.voltus.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/voltus-inc./
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/voltusinc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/voltusinc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Voltus-Inc-104681667724962/

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Last updated: 2026-10-24