Deployments beginning summer 2025
Renew Home VPP puts home at the heart of it all
By focusing on homes and meeting customers where they are, we've found a path to scale — and are building a virtual power plant that actually gets it right.
VPP that gets it right
Customer experience
The magic is meeting customers where they are
Enrollment
It’s simple to get set up right in the device installation process.
Personalized savings
Energy Shifts are tailored to each household’s preferences. They’re often so subtle, they’re unnoticeable.
Control + insights
The customer stays in control. And after linking their energy provider account, they can unlock deeper insights about savings, usage and impact.
Renew Home VPP: How it works
Shifting & saving
Energy Shifts range from subtle day-to-day shifts to larger Rewards Shifts, and everything in between. Customers choose how they want to participate.
Personalization
Personalized energy adjustments make it easy for customers to save and shift energy use when it matters most, which means they can also use cleaner, cheaper energy and support a more dynamic grid.
It all adds up
When they happen across millions of homes, those Energy & Rewards Shifts add up to savings for customers, and reliable capacity at scale, during peak and beyond.
Renew Home VPP solution
VPP management, made easy
Capacity forecasting & planning
Our high participation rates mean more predictable capacity. Easily forecast based on time and location, without a second thought.
Added platform inputs
Let us know when and where the grid is under stress and the Renew Home platform can do the rest.
Measurement & verification, and reporting
See event performance results and access automated X & Y baselines and randomized control trials (RCTs)3 for even more precision.
Together, we're buildingsomething big
We started with smart thermostats to manage one of the largest loads in the home. And there's even more to come. We'll add new device brands and categories to our home energy management platform soon. Stay tuned.
Looking for Rush Hour Rewards?
Renew Home operates Nest’s demand response solution for energy providers, Rush Hour Rewards. Not ready to take the leap with a VPP? Check out our Renew Home DR solution to learn more.
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Disclaimers:
- Available in eligible areas with participating utilities or energy providers.
- Based on the percent of Nest thermostat customers who enroll in Nest Renew, powered by Renew Home, during device setup.
- These features are in development and subject to change. We plan to make them available in 2026.