Tesla Virtual Power Plant Powered by PSEG Long Island Battery Storage Rewards Program

Join the Tesla Virtual Power Plant (VPP) to support Long Island’s energy grid, earn money and maintain energy security. Learn about the benefits, eligibility, compensation and more about the VPP powered by your utility PSEG Long Island.

• Overview
• Benefits
• Eligibility
• Enrollment
• Participation
• Compensation
• Frequently Asked Questions

Overview of the Program

The Tesla Virtual Power Plant (VPP) powered by PSEG Long Island connects communities of homes with Powerwall to enhance Long Island’s grid reliability and resiliency. By joining the Tesla VPP program, your Powerwall will provide support by discharging excess stored energy when the grid needs it most. Earn $0.25 for every kWh your Powerwall supplies during these events, in addition earn $8 per kW per month from May to September, based upon your average performance across all events within a month. It is estimated that you can earn $158 per Powerwall each year. Learn more about how your compensation is calculated.

Note: You always maintain full control and can adjust your Tesla VPP Event Backup Reserve to determine your contribution while ensuring adequate backup energy supply for outages.

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Benefits

• Optimize Your Powerwall’s Value: Receive $0.25 for every kWh your Powerwall provides during events, in addition to a capacity payment of $8/kW-month from May to September, which can add up to over $100 a year per Powerwall enrolled with no need to change your energy usage behavior.
• Maintain Your Energy Security: Powerwall will never discharge below your Tesla VPP Event Backup Reserve, allowing you to maintain backup energy during outages.
• Stabilize The Grid: Help keep Long Island’s energy clean and reliable.
• Community Strength: Join a vast network of Tesla users, helping to form the world’s largest distributed battery system.

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Eligibility

Powerwall owners are eligible to participate if you:

• Have a residential electric account in PSEG Long Island’s territory
• Have a completed interconnection for your Powerwall with PSEG-LI and remain compliant with interconnection requirements
• Are not enrolled with another aggregator

Sign up through the Tesla app and your eligibility will be reviewed. If eligible, you will be automatically enrolled.

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Enrollment

To enroll:

• Open the Tesla app and select the Tesla Virtual Power Plant section on the home screen. 

• Ensure that you have your PSEG Long Island utility bill with you to retrieve your account number.

• Enter your information so that PSEG Long Island can verify you as a current customer including name, account number as stated on your PSEG Long Island utility bill, email and phone number. Review the program information and select 'Agree and Apply.'

Your application will now undergo review by PSEG Long Island. If you are determined to be eligible, you will be enrolled automatically. 

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Participation

Once you are enrolled in the program, Tesla will periodically call upon the virtual power plant for scheduled grid support events. When these events occur, your Powerwall will dispatch excess stored energy back to the grid. There could be up to 20 events between May - September. Events will be scheduled with between 3 and 21 hours advanced notice. Events last 2 to 3 hours and can occur between the hours of 6 AM and 12 AM. 

How Participation Works

• Pre-Event: When an event is scheduled, you will receive a notification in the Tesla app and your Powerwall will prioritize charging in preparation.
• During the Event: Powerwall automatically discharges to support the grid, maintaining levels above your Event Backup Reserve. Powerwall will never discharge below 20%.
• Post-Event: Once the event is over, Powerwall returns to normal operations.

Controlling Your Participation

You can control your level of participation in the program using the following options in the Tesla app:

• Event Backup Reserve: Your Event Backup Reserve determines how much energy your Powerwall will keep powering your home. After enrollment, your Event Backup Reserve will automatically be set to 20% to ensure you will always have energy in your Powerwall to power your home. Throughout your participation in the program, you will be able to adjust your Event Backup Reserve up (less participation) or down (more participation) to suit your individual needs.
• Opting out of a Single Event: You can opt out of a scheduled or ongoing event, which will cause your Powerwall to stop reacting to the event and resume normal operation.
• Suspending Participation: When you suspend your participation, your Powerwall will not react to current or future events until you resume participation.

Note: Your payments are directly tied to how much you participate. If you increase your Event Backup Reserve, opt out of events or suspend your participation, you will earn less compensation.

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Compensation

Earn $0.25 for every kWh your Powerwall supplies during these events, in addition to a capacity payment of $8 per kW per month from May to September. You must be enrolled prior to May to be eligible for the $8 per kW per month component of the compensation for a given year. The following factors will determine how much you can earn:

• Participating Energy Capacity: The number of Powerwall units and your VPP Backup Reserve 
  Note: Lower your VPP Backup Reserve to earn more.
• Charge Level: How fully charged your Powerwall is before the event
• Energy Export: The amount of energy your Powerwall can safely discharge during the event
  Note: Powerwall may limit exports to safe levels. 
• Event Participation: Don’t opt out of events or suspend your participation to maximize your earnings. Your Event Backup Reserve ensures you will always have energy in your Powerwall in case of an outage.

Examples:

A one-Powerwall system with a 20% Backup Reserve can contribute 10.8 kWh, at a rate of 3.6 kW over three hours earning $2.70 per event, and $28.80 per month. If there were five total events during the program season this system would earn over $150.

A two-Powerwall system with a 40% Backup Reserve can contribute 16.2 kWh, at a rate of 5.4 kW over three hours earning $4.05 per event, and $43.20 per month. If there were five total events during the program season this system would earn over $235.

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PSEG Long Island Battery Storage Rewards Program Participation Agreement

PSEG Long Island (“PSEGLI”) created a virtual power plant (“VPP”) program called Battery Storage Rewards Program (the “Program”) to help reduce stress on the electrical grid, supported by Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”). This Program compensates eligible customers for the capacity they deliver across the Program’s events. Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) supports this Program, which is open to customers with one or more eligible Tesla Powerwall(s) (each, a “Device”) that Tesla will control during demand response events (each, an “Event”). Your participation is subject to your agreement to be bound by these terms and conditions with Tesla (“Terms”). By clicking “Accept Enrollment” you (“You” or “Participant”) acknowledge that You have read these Terms and agree to be legally bound by them.

1. Eligibility and Enrollment 
   Upon completing the necessary information and agreeing to the Terms, Tesla will submit Your application to Your Utility. Your Utility in its sole discretion shall accept or reject Your participation in the Program. Eligibility criteria includes, at a minimum, that you:

   a. Are at least 18 years of age 

   b. End-user must have an residential electric account in good standing with PSEG-LI 

   c. End-User must have a complete interconnection application for BESS with PSEG-LI and remain compliant with interconnection requirements

   d. Have authority to control the Device as set out in Section 2

2. Authority
   You should not participate in the Program unless You have the authority to control the Device(s) and are the customer of record for the utility account associated with the address at which the Device is installed (“Customer of Record”). By accepting these Terms, You confirm that You have the authority to control the Device and are the Customer of Record, and that Tesla and the PSEGLI can rely on those confirmations in connection with the Program.


3. Grant Of Control Over Your Device
   By accepting these Terms, You grant Tesla remote access to control the enrolled Device to automatically charge and/or discharge the Device, during an Event. Tesla may charge or discharge Your Device at any time and to any level but will make efforts to respect Your preferences as configured in the Tesla App, like VPP Backup Reserve During Events and Event opt-out, as applicable.


4. Term
   This Agreement will commence upon the date that You accept these terms and conditions and will continue for 1 year (the “Term”). Thereafter, the Term shall automatically be extended for additional renewal terms of one (1) year each, each anniversary thereof, until either You or Tesla terminates this Agreement as allowed under these Terms.


5. Program Events
   Events will be called subject to the “Program Rules,” which you will be required to review and accept in accordance with this Agreement and a copy of which may be found by clicking the link at the bottom of this page with link title: “PSEGLI Battery Storage Rewards Program”. Tesla will control the Device to respond during Events and will make reasonable efforts to maximize performance within Your preferences as configured in the Tesla App.


6. Compensation
   The Program provides compensation based on the average power a battery contributes to the grid during the Program’s events. You acknowledge and agree that Tesla does not guarantee any specific level of compensation from Your participation. The calculation of the performance and compensation is defined by PSEGLI in the Program Rules published on their website. You agree that PSEGLI will provide payment to You (“Compensation”) for Your Device’s contribution to the VPP. The Compensation payments referenced herein, if any, are the only compensation that You will receive from Tesla or PSEGLI for participating in the Program. You are responsible for all other costs of participating in the Program, including, but not limited to Your cost of electricity to charge Your Device as well as for the general use of Your Device.


7. Your Device Data and Other Information
   Participation in the Program means that the PSEGLI and Tesla will have access to certain types of Your personal identifiable information and energy use data, including, but not limited to, Your name, address, energy usage, utility account number, Device information, data generated from the Program and other personal information, collectively referred to as Confidential Information. You authorize PSEGLI and Tesla, and their respective employees and representatives, to use and exchange the Confidential Information to administer the Program and in accordance with Tesla’s Customer Privacy Policy, as applicable. (Even though this policy is a separate document from these Terms, it is considered part of these Terms). You further authorize Tesla and PSEGLI to provide Your Confidential Information to relevant regulatory bodies upon their valid, legal request or as otherwise required by law. You also authorize Tesla or PSEGLI to use or share Confidential Information that is anonymized without further need for Your consent provided that it does not contain any of Your personal identifiable information.


8. Program Communications
   By accepting these terms and conditions, you consent to Tesla, your Utility and other Program agents communicating with you for the purpose of enrolling you and managing your participation in the Program by email, SMS or telephone, including without limitation placing calls to wireless and other phone numbers using automatic dialing systems and recorded voice technology, notwithstanding any registration pursuant to federal, state or local Do-Not-Call lists or similar registries.


9. Enrollment Into Other VPP Programs
   You agree that Your enrollment into the Program means that You are interested in participating in Virtual Power Plant programs. You grant Tesla the right to apply on Your behalf, unenroll You from programs and enroll you in alternative or follow-on VPP programs that are, in Tesla’s sole discretion, similar to the Program. If this occurs, Tesla will notify You of the change, and provide You with an option to unenroll.


10. No Warranty; Disclaimer
    Tesla expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind relating to this Program, whether express, implied or statutory including but not limited to any implied warranties for conditions, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property rights.


11. Limitation of Liability
    In no event will Tesla be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising in connection with the Program, including but not limited to, Your Device’s reduced charge during a power outage causing a loss of power or any other loss of power. If You are dissatisfied with the Program, any of these Terms, or believe Tesla has breached these Terms, Your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue participation in the Program.


12. Termination
    You agree that either of us may choose to terminate Your participation in the Program, at any time and for any reason. If Tesla elects to terminate Your participation in the Program, Tesla will provide You with [5] days' written notice to the email address You maintain with Tesla in Your Tesla app. If You elect to terminate Your enrollment in the Program, you may do so by contacting vppsupport@tesla.com and termination will be effective within [5] days of processing Your request


13. General

    i. Entire Agreement. Except as otherwise stated herein, these terms and the Program Rules constitute the entire Agreement between You and Tesla concerning the Program.

    ii. No Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement without Tesla’s prior written consent.

    iii. Severability and Waiver. If any provision herein is invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

    iv. Survival. Termination of the Program will not affect any obligations and rights under this Agreement, including Sections 7, 8, 10, 12 and 13, which are intended to survive such termination.

    v. Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by California law.

    vi. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended by Tesla from time to time upon 5 days’ written notice to the email address You maintain with Tesla in the Tesla app with reference on the pilot support page which can be accessed through the Tesla app.



14. Tesla Arbitration Requirement
    Agreement to Arbitrate
    
    Read this part carefully because it means you are agreeing that any unresolved dispute between you and Tesla will not be decided by a judge or jury in a public courtroom, but instead by a single arbitrator in a private arbitration.
    If you have a dispute arising out of or relating to any aspect of this Agreement and the relationship between you and Tesla, Inc. or its affiliates (which we call “Tesla”), send us an email to resolutions@tesla.com, describing Your dispute and how you would like it resolved. If it is not resolved within 60 days from the date of Your email, you agree that Your dispute can only be resolved by a single arbitrator in an arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules. This includes claims arising before you ordered Your System (such as claims related to statements Tesla made about our products). We will pay all AAA fees for any arbitration, which will be held in the city or county of Your legal residence. To learn more about the Rules and how to begin an arbitration, you can call any AAA office or go to www.adr.org. The arbitrator can only resolve disputes between you and Tesla, and cannot consolidate claims from others without consent from you, Tesla, and the others. You can only bring claims in arbitration against Tesla in Your individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative action (and the same is true for Tesla). If a court or arbitrator decides that any part of this agreement to arbitrate cannot be enforced as to a specific claim for relief or remedy (such as what lawyers call “injunctive” or “declaratory” relief), then that claim or remedy (and only that claim or remedy) will be carved out of the arbitration and can be filed in court; all other claims must be arbitrated. If you prefer, you can take Your individual dispute to a small claims court instead. If you don’t want to agree to arbitration, you can "opt out” of arbitration by sending us a letter within 30 days after placing Your initial order for Your System. Send the letter to Tesla, Inc.; P.O. Box 15430; Fremont, CA 94539-7970 and include Your name, Your order number, the name of the product you ordered and a statement explaining Your desire to opt out of arbitration. If you do not opt out, Your agreement to arbitrate overrides any different arbitration agreement between us, including any arbitration agreement in a lease or finance contract.

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