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Automakers September 16, 2026 Lasiba Knight Comments: 0

VIEO issues nearly $250K in Incentives as VPP  Grid Impact Grows

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS– The Virgin Islands Energy Office dispatched a combined total of 2.5 MWhs of energy during testing of its virtual power plant last Friday. The two half hour tests were carried out on the St. Croix and St. Thomas/St. John power grids respectively, and served to showcase the ability of the system to deploy energy resources flexibly and on demand. As the Virgin Islands Battery Energy Storage 2.0 Virtual Power Plant (VIBES-2.0-VPP) program grows it is moving closer toward t...
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Electric Car, Electric Fleet, News September 1, 2026 Lasiba Knight Comments: 0

Governor Bryan Announces Deployment of First All-Electric VIPD Patrol Vehicles

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. is proud to announce the deployment of five fully outfitted, all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E patrol vehicles into the Virgin Islands Police Department fleet, marking a major milestone in the Territory’s transportation electrification efforts. The five vehicles will be positioned across all three islands, with two in St. Croix, two in St. Thomas and one in St. John. The vehicles were purchased through a grant secured by the Virgin Islands Energ...
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News August 24, 2026 Lasiba Knight Comments: 0

Powerwalls Become a Power Plant: Virgin Islands VPP Delivers 1 MW in Initial Grid Test

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS– Last Monday, the Virgin Islands Energy Office launched an inaugural test of the Virgin Islands Battery Energy Storage 2.0 Virtual Power Plant. The successful test served to showcase that the network of decentralized residential battery energy storage systems in the Territory can be aggregated into a utility-scale generation asset that can be dispatched to support the grid. The test, carried out in coordination with Tesla Energy & the Virgin Islands Water and Power...
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