WA’s first Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Test Lab is now open! Located at our South Metro Depot, the lab trials how energy technologies, like rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and smart appliances, can safely and efficiently connect to the network. By simulating real-world conditions, we’re testing how these technologies work together to unlock opportunities such as virtual power plants systems that link many small energy devices so they can act like a single power source. This helps households