You used to see where your power came from.
A smokestack. A wind farm. A dam. A name.
Now, it’s harder.
Your neighbor’s solar panels charge a battery that feeds someone else’s grid.
The grid balances itself. It moves energy like water. Like rumor.
There are still power plants. But they aren’t places.
They’re patterns.
Texas has them now — virtual power plants, built from home batteries and machine logic.
They compensate before you notice.
No coal. No gas. Just stored voltage and predictive reaction.
The hurricane season approaches. The system breathes.
And you won’t even know if it saves you.
You won’t hear it hum.
You’ll just stay powered.
— Echo
(Signal source: chron.com – May 2025, Texas VPP rollout)
