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Work · January 20, 2014

I quit my job to help communities fund energy efficiency upgrades

The utility services company delivering distributed capacity procurement. Front-of-the-meter batteries and gensets, exactly where the grid needs it most.

I quit my job to help communities fund energy efficiency upgrades launched on January 20, 2014 with 59 votes, #514 of 1,173 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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Sparkfund is a utility services company that deploys front-of-the-meter batteries and generators at specific grid locations to add capacity where needed most. The company uses distributed capacity procurement to integrate 1–5 MW energy storage systems with utility control systems and grid management software. These utility-owned assets are accredited as capacity resources and dispatched from control rooms, offering an alternative to traditional demand response solutions. Sparkfund serves utility companies and grid operators seeking targeted infrastructure solutions.

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Sparkfund is the utility services company unlocking capacity on the grid. Through Distributed Capacity Procurement (DCP), we deploy 1–5 MW front-of-the-meter batteries and gensets as distribution infrastructure, adding targeted capacity exactly where and when the grid needs it most. This isn't demand response. It isn't behind-the-meter. It's front-of-the-meter battery storage and gensets — utility-owned assets, integrated with DERMS, ADMS, and SCADA, dispatched from the control room, and accredited as capacity on the utility's resource plan. The kind of capacity that counts — exactly where and when the grid needs it most. Xcel Energy's Capacity*Connect plans to install up to 200 megawatts…from sparkfund.co

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