Ava SmartHome Battery (virtual power plant rebate)
How much you can get
Market-rate customers: $90/kWh for the portion of your battery you choose to share. Income-qualified customers: $500/kWh for the portion of your battery you choose to share. Participation payments: $3 per month for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) based on that percentage, paid every three months over the course of five years.
The details
- Run by
- Ava Community Energy (formerly East Bay Community Energy)
- For customers of
- Ava Community Energy (formerly East Bay Community Energy)
- Eligibility
- Being an Ava Community Energy customer; installing or having one of the program-approved home batteries; owning the grid services rights to your battery; not being enrolled in another Demand Response (DR) program such as ELRP, DSGS, market-integrated programs (like Renew Home, OhmConnect, or Leap), Hourly Flex Pricing (HFP), or Ava's Resilient Home. Income-qualified customers are those receiving CARE/FERA benefits; they must work with a qualified installer and must assign the installation rebate to the qualified installer.
- Checked
- Confirmed on the official page on 2026-10-11:
Market-rate customers: $90/kWh for the portion of your battery you choose to share. Income-qualified customers: $500/kWh for the portion of your battery you choose to share. You earn $3 per month for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) based on that percentage. Payments are made every three months over the co
We re-check this program every week. See every California rebate change.