Leap, the leading platform for building and scaling virtual power plants (VPPs), has announced a strategic partnership with Texture, an AI-native energy operations platform, to accelerate the deployment of battery storage systems as grid resources. Together, the companies are making it easier and faster for storage providers to tap into the growing value of VPPs to access new revenue streams and maximize the return on their battery assets.
“Federal incentives are in flux. Long-term project economics are under pressure. During this critical time, virtual power plants offer a fast, clean, and cost-effective way to bolster grid reliability and help make distributed storage projects pencil,” said Susie Dirks, Chief Product Officer at Leap. “Leap and Texture are working together to leverage the software capabilities across our platforms to help storage companies successfully implement VPPs.”
Leap and Texture are enabling storage companies to expand their offerings with customized VPP programming. Initial partners include Solridge, a California-based solar developer and financier; Haven Energy, a full-service solar and battery installer; and a major residential storage manufacturer. The collaboration provides a turnkey solution that significantly reduces time to market by lowering technical and operational barriers to entry in grid services, such as time-consuming Measurement & Verification processes and data-sharing challenges.
“Working with Leap and Texture allows us to seamlessly integrate VPP capabilities into our solar-plus-storage offerings,” said Eli Bosworth, CTO at Haven Energy. “We’re enhancing customer value while contributing to a cleaner, more resilient energy future.”
Leap’s software-only platform provides fast, automated access to demand response and other grid services programs across the U.S. through a single market interface and universal APIs, enabling distributed energy resources (DERs) to earn revenue by responding to local grid needs. Texture extends these capabilities by turning raw asset data into workflow-ready intelligence. By unifying telemetry, control, and dispatch data into a single shared model, Texture empowers accurate baselining, streamlined performance reporting, and frictionless enrollment validation. This data cloud foundation doesn’t just improve visibility; it drives the key operational workflows that make VPPs work, from device and customer enrollment to compliance reporting to seamless, permissioned data sharing with external partners.
“Leap is connecting the grid program landscape, while Texture is solving the challenges of data fragmentation and usability,” said Victor Quinn, Co-founder and CTO at Texture. “Together, we’re enabling storage operators to cut through the complexity and scale their virtual power plant offerings with confidence.”
