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Sunrun PowerOn Puerto Rico

Sunrun PowerOn is a distributed power program that helps reduce grid strain and earns you rewards. Your battery is a two-way asset, providing reliable power to your home while earning you rewards.
Earn rewards for supporting the grid
Seamlessly use & export energy at critical demand times
Largest Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in Puerto Rico

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How it Works

Strengthen the local grid

Seamlessly use energy in your home and send energy to the grid when electricity demand is highest, called a grid event. Helping support the grid and reducing power outages on the island, while earning you rewards.

Earn rewards

You will earn $1.00 for every kWh of stored energy you use in your home or export to the grid during a grid event. The value adds up fast!

Peace of mind

Your energy needs stay the priority. Sunrun-installed batteries keep a backup reserve for outages. Systems default to 80% grid event reserve, but you can adjust this anytime in the Sunrun or Tesla mobile app.

Sunrun Poweron season

Your Sunrun system continues to be a standby resource throughout the year, and can be called upon whenever. Most grid events occur between July and October.

* If you’re newly auto-enrolled, your backup reserve during grid events will be set to 80%. You can lower this to earn more at any time via your Tesla app or by emailing grid@sunrun.com.

Summer 2025 impact

43

Dispatch events

From July 1st to October Sunrun responded to 43 events that avoided outages.

34,000

Participants

On average 34,000 homes participated this summer.

38,500

Batteries

On average 38,500 batteries were used to support the grid.

23.8

MW per event

Sunrun provided on average 23.8 MW to the grid per event.

FAQs

Initially launched in November 2023, the Sunrun PowerOn program is approved by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) to operate through June 30, 2028.

For the Tesla Powerwall system, you can adjust your Virtual Power Plant backup reserve through the Virtual Power Plant settings of your Tesla app. Note that this is not the same as your general Powerwall backup reserve, which we recommend to be at 100%. 

For the SolarEdge system, you can adjust your Distributed Power Plant backup reserve in Distributed Power Plant settings in your Sunrun app. Note that this is not the same as your general Powerwall backup reserve, which we recommend to be at 100%.

Yes! In your Tesla app (for Powerwall systems) or Sunrun app (for SolarEdge systems), you will be able to opt-out of individual grid events. If you choose not to participate in an event, you will not be compensated for that event.

During an outage, your home is the priority. Your battery powers your home exclusively and will not export energy to the grid. Features like Storm Mode or Storm Watch ensure you have an energy reserve for when you need it. PowerOn Puerto Rico is designed to mitigate the rolling outages by reducing the size, frequency, and duration. However, we will not be able to prevent all outages. In fact, we expect that outages may occur directly after grid events. For this reason, we are recommending that you begin with an 80% Virtual Power Plant backup reserve. See our "How should I balance backup with maximizing rewards?” 

If you were auto-enrolled by Sunrun you can view your Terms & Conditions here. If you opted in to the program yourself, you can view your Terms & Conditions here. For any questions, feel free to send us an email at grid@sunrun.com.

We recommend you start at an 80% backup reserve. If you want to contribute more energy to the grid and earn more in rewards, you can lower your backup reserve below 80%. For example, if you will be away from your home for an extended period, and your backup needs are not as significant, you may choose to lower your backup reserve, contribute more energy to the grid, and maximize your rewards. 

Rewards will be distributed twice a year, all rewards are sent to your email. Keep an eye out for an email from noreply@sunrun.com. If you were auto-enrolled in the program, you can view your reward payout schedule in your Terms & Conditions. If you opted in to the program, you can view your payout schedule in your Terms & Conditions.

When all available energy generation resources are in use and the utility is not expected to meet forecasted energy demand, your battery system will send some stored energy to your home and to the grid, earning you  rewards. After one of these “grid events,” your battery system will recharge from available solar and will return to normal behavior until the next event.

At any time during the program if you wish to stop participating you can unenroll by emailing grid@sunrun.com. If you unenroll from the program, your system’s performance during any previous grid events will be validated and you will receive a final payment for your earned rewards. Once your unenrollment is confirmed, you won’t earn additional rewards and you will be unable to re-enroll until the program is renewed.