Andover, Mass., September 17, 2025 – Enel North America has again been named one of the top three virtual power plant (VPP) aggregators for commercial and industrial (C&I) energy assets in Wood Mackenzie’s 2025 North America VPP market report. A VPP is a decentralized portfolio of distributed energy resources (DERs) and other assets that can be aggregated and operated as a larger-scale asset to support the power grid.

“To meet the challenges of this era of rising demand, building more power generation alone won’t be enough,” said Molly Jerrard, Head of Flexibility at Enel North America. “We need energy flexibility now. As part of Enel, the world leader in demand response, we have enabled thousands of businesses over many years to become active grid participants, supporting reliability while earning revenue. A more dynamic, decentralized and flexible grid is what we need to achieve an AI-powered economy while managing costs for end users.”

After years of mostly stagnant load growth, S&P Global now forecasts U.S. power demand could rise by 25% in 2035 compared to last year. To meet this challenge, Enel aggregates a variety of distributed resources—such as behind-the-meter batteries, demand response capacity and EV chargers—and enters them into select energy markets in response to external factors, such as requests from grid operators or price signals. These VPPs help grid operators maintain supply-demand balance and reduce the need for expensive, fossil-powered peaker plants. In return, participating energy users reduce their costs and even earn revenue.

With nearly 5 gigawatts (GW) of flexible demand response capacity under management in North America, Enel works with a wide array of large energy users like manufacturing facilities, data centers and educational institutions. The company is expanding into new markets for demand response and VPPs in response to growing demand and a more favorable regulatory environment from policies like FERC’s Order 2222, which opened a path for wider DER adoption.

“At Enel X,” commented Daniele Andreoli, Head of Flexibility at Enel X Global Retail, “we operate virtual power plants across 14 countries, aggregating diverse energy assets to provide flexibility to power systems. With over 9 GW of capacity under management globally, our demand response programs deliver tangible economic benefits to customers, while supporting grid stability and accelerating decarbonization. This recognition reinforces our global leadership in the sector.”

Wood Mackenzie’s 2025 North America VPP market report, released September 17, is available online.

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Enel North America, part of the Enel Group, is a proven renewables leader delivering clean, flexible and sustainable energy solutions. The company develops, owns and operates renewable power plants and demand response solutions, with over 11 gigawatts (GW) of installed wind and solar capacity, over 1 GW of energy storage and nearly 5 GW of demand response in the US and Canada. Enel is a top-five industry leader for clean power, demand response and utility-scale battery storage capacity in the United States. Learn more at enelnorthamerica.com and on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and YouTube.