On Friday, I'm talking with Piclo, a company that has set up a marketplace where big electricity consumers who need to free up capacity on the grid so they can connect (think data centers) can purchase distributed capacity from homeowners & businesses.
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The Marketplace for Energy Flexibility | Piclo
Discover thousands of global energy flexibility opportunities. Piclo helps asset owners maximize value by connecting them with every buyer, everywhere.
www.piclo.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
On Friday, I'm talking with Piclo, a company that has set up a marketplace where big electricity consumers who need to free up capacity on the grid so they can connect (think data centers) can purchase distributed capacity from homeowners & businesses.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Today on Volts: markets for distributed energy resources (DERs) are usually fragmented & opaque, making it difficult to scale up. A UK startup called Piclo is setting up a marketplace where buyers & sellers of grid flexibility can meet, compare terms, & sign contracts. Much needed, long overdue!
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Piclo has created a marketplace where buyers of grid flexibility can find sellers.
www.volts.wtf
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today on Volts: markets for distributed energy resources (DERs) are usually fragmented & opaque, making it difficult to scale up. A UK startup called Piclo is setting up a marketplace where buyers & sellers of grid flexibility can meet, compare terms, & sign contracts. Much needed, long overdue!
KYC and ACE-✔️ DERs and VPPs-✔️David super-geeked and excited-✔️Piclo transforming energy marketplaces-✔️ Great podcast you should listen to-✔️✔️
Today on Volts: markets for distributed energy resources (DERs) are usually fragmented & opaque, making it difficult to scale up. A UK startup called Piclo is setting up a marketplace where buyers & sellers of grid flexibility can meet, compare terms, & sign contracts. Much needed, long overdue!
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Piclo has created a marketplace where buyers of grid flexibility can find sellers.
www.volts.wtf
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
KYC and ACE-✔️ DERs and VPPs-✔️David super-geeked and excited-✔️Piclo transforming energy marketplaces-✔️ Great podcast you should listen to-✔️✔️
Moja mama je celkom do môjho muža. Ona hovorí: 🧔🏻♂️ka nám poslalo nebíčko. 😅. Neni on horúca vznetlivá duša ako my jej dediči @kurtas.bsky.social . Jeho jazyk lásky sú činy a služby. Napr.teraz mi nakúpil 45 položiek na sobotňajšiu party a 👦🏻 potreboval top 🎄čný a zohnal. Mňa by už tri razy piclo. ⬇️
December 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Moja mama je celkom do môjho muža. Ona hovorí: 🧔🏻♂️ka nám poslalo nebíčko. 😅. Neni on horúca vznetlivá duša ako my jej dediči @kurtas.bsky.social . Jeho jazyk lásky sú činy a služby. Napr.teraz mi nakúpil 45 položiek na sobotňajšiu party a 👦🏻 potreboval top 🎄čný a zohnal. Mňa by už tri razy piclo. ⬇️
V spodnjem domu ima resnično pičlo večino. V senatu demokratom ostaja filibuster. Vsekakor bo grdo ampak naslednje volitve so že čez dve leti.
January 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
V spodnjem domu ima resnično pičlo večino. V senatu demokratom ostaja filibuster. Vsekakor bo grdo ampak naslednje volitve so že čez dve leti.
Piclo's hiring seems a little tight right now, but they're working on the transition.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/piclo
job-boards.greenhouse.io/piclo
Piclo
job-boards.greenhouse.io
February 2, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Piclo's hiring seems a little tight right now, but they're working on the transition.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/piclo
job-boards.greenhouse.io/piclo
Interestingly, there is a market for small power providers in place it appears. The sort of thing car park operators would be expected to use.
picloflex.com/dashboard
picloflex.com/dashboard
Piclo
The leading independent marketplace for flexibility services.
picloflex.com
June 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Interestingly, there is a market for small power providers in place it appears. The sort of thing car park operators would be expected to use.
picloflex.com/dashboard
picloflex.com/dashboard
Piclo distributed energy marketplace launches in California #energysky -- via Solar Power World: www.solarpowerworldo...
Piclo distributed energy marketplace launches in California
DER marketplace Piclo has announced the launch of its platform in California. Piclo’s marketplace enables operators of batteries, smart EV chargers and
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Piclo distributed energy marketplace launches in California #energysky -- via Solar Power World: www.solarpowerworldo...
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California – pv magazine USA pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/02/04/p...
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California
The distributed energy resource market provider enables operators of batteries, smart EV chargers, and demand response systems to sell flexible capacity to utilities.
pv-magazine-usa.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California – pv magazine USA pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/02/04/p...
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California – pv magazine USA pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/02/04/p...
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California
The distributed energy resource market provider enables operators of batteries, smart EV chargers, and demand response systems to sell flexible capacity to utilities.
pv-magazine-usa.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California – pv magazine USA pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/02/04/p...
Yn yr Almaen y dyweciad yw 'Sauregurkenzeit', sef cyfnod y ciwcymbars wedi eu piclo @richardwynjones.bsky.social - methu meddwl am ddywediad tebyg yn y Gymraeg, angen i rywun fathu un
August 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Yn yr Almaen y dyweciad yw 'Sauregurkenzeit', sef cyfnod y ciwcymbars wedi eu piclo @richardwynjones.bsky.social - methu meddwl am ddywediad tebyg yn y Gymraeg, angen i rywun fathu un
Residential EV chargers enter the UK's Capacity Market for the first time
Piclo, Axle Energy facilitate entry of EV chargers into capacity market
Global flexibility services marketplace Piclo has announced that a secondary trade on its platform saw EV chargers enter the capacity market.
www.current-news.co.uk
October 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Residential EV chargers enter the UK's Capacity Market for the first time
The next power plant is a million orchestrated devices. How EnergyHub, Uplight, Virtual Peaker, Leap, Piclo, and SwitchDin divide the VPP and DERMS stack — why customer ownership decides the platform, and the dispatch-trace audit that separates megawatts from marketing.
EnergyHub vs Uplight vs Virtual Peaker vs Leap vs Piclo: VPP & DERMS Software Compared
The next power plant is a million orchestrated devices. How EnergyHub, Uplight, Virtual Peaker, Leap, Piclo, and SwitchDin divide the VPP and DERMS stack — why customer ownership decides the platform, and the dispatch-trace audit that separates megawatts from marketing.
kurums.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:15 AM
The next power plant is a million orchestrated devices. How EnergyHub, Uplight, Virtual Peaker, Leap, Piclo, and SwitchDin divide the VPP and DERMS stack — why customer ownership decides the platform, and the dispatch-trace audit that separates megawatts from marketing.
Exciting news, we won Energy Flexibility Newcomer of the Year at Utility Week’s Flex Awards! 🏆
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
May 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Exciting news, we won Energy Flexibility Newcomer of the Year at Utility Week’s Flex Awards! 🏆
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
This was for our work on Flex Markets Unlocked Phase 2, alongside Arup, Electron, Piclo, GreenSync, and the University of Edinburgh.
NEW BIEE Webinar
Unlocking non‑domestic flexibility: helping power the UK’s clean energy future
11:00-12:00, 18 June | Register: buff.ly/L0fU1rK
Speakers:
🔹Cathy McClay | MD, National Grid DSO & Flexibility Commissioner for GB
🔹Peter Stanley | CEO, Elexon
🔹James Johnston | CEO, Piclo
Unlocking non‑domestic flexibility: helping power the UK’s clean energy future
11:00-12:00, 18 June | Register: buff.ly/L0fU1rK
Speakers:
🔹Cathy McClay | MD, National Grid DSO & Flexibility Commissioner for GB
🔹Peter Stanley | CEO, Elexon
🔹James Johnston | CEO, Piclo
May 27, 2026 at 12:17 PM
NEW BIEE Webinar
Unlocking non‑domestic flexibility: helping power the UK’s clean energy future
11:00-12:00, 18 June | Register: buff.ly/L0fU1rK
Speakers:
🔹Cathy McClay | MD, National Grid DSO & Flexibility Commissioner for GB
🔹Peter Stanley | CEO, Elexon
🔹James Johnston | CEO, Piclo
Unlocking non‑domestic flexibility: helping power the UK’s clean energy future
11:00-12:00, 18 June | Register: buff.ly/L0fU1rK
Speakers:
🔹Cathy McClay | MD, National Grid DSO & Flexibility Commissioner for GB
🔹Peter Stanley | CEO, Elexon
🔹James Johnston | CEO, Piclo
Tieto filtre mi padli do oka, ale pri tej cene treba asi myslieť aj na expiraciu. Ak mi zo skladu pošlú niečo, čo mi o 10 mes skončí, tak by ma asi piclo, kúpiť ďalšie 4 sady a modliť sa, aby zase neposlali staršie…
July 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Tieto filtre mi padli do oka, ale pri tej cene treba asi myslieť aj na expiraciu. Ak mi zo skladu pošlú niečo, čo mi o 10 mes skončí, tak by ma asi piclo, kúpiť ďalšie 4 sady a modliť sa, aby zase neposlali staršie…
Of course this kind of market *should* exist, but aren't there a bunch of lucrative monopoly rate base capex opportunities that it will displace? Will utilities just stand by and let it happen? Is there a reason why they no longer have a choice? #EnergySky
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Piclo has created a marketplace where buyers of grid flexibility can find sellers.
www.volts.wtf
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Of course this kind of market *should* exist, but aren't there a bunch of lucrative monopoly rate base capex opportunities that it will displace? Will utilities just stand by and let it happen? Is there a reason why they no longer have a choice? #EnergySky
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
www.volts.wtf/p/how-to-mak...
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: pv-magazine-usa.com/...
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Piclo opens electric grid flexibility marketplace in California #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: pv-magazine-usa.com/...
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority just made pivotal decisions on its Innovative Energy Solutions program, raising eyebrows over a $28 million funding debate!
Click to read more!
#CT #EnergyInnovation #CitizenPortal #CommunityDevelopment #SustainabilityPrograms
Click to read more!
#CT #EnergyInnovation #CitizenPortal #CommunityDevelopment #SustainabilityPrograms
PURA adopts final decisions for Innovative Energy Solutions pilots; commissioner abstains over $28M funding concern
The authority adopted final outcomes for the inaugural Innovative Energy Solutions cycle: AMPUP invited to propose scaling with utilities, EDO and Kraken exit the program, and Piclo may resubmit for a future cycle; Commissioner Everett Smith abstained, arguing the program relies on roughly $28 million in ratepayer funds and risks acting like a venture capital fund.
citizenportal.ai
July 2, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority just made pivotal decisions on its Innovative Energy Solutions program, raising eyebrows over a $28 million funding debate!
Click to read more!
#CT #EnergyInnovation #CitizenPortal #CommunityDevelopment #SustainabilityPrograms
Click to read more!
#CT #EnergyInnovation #CitizenPortal #CommunityDevelopment #SustainabilityPrograms
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
Piclo has created a marketplace where buyers of grid flexibility can find sellers.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
How to make a market for distributed energy flexibility
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
Today’s podcast [https://events.usea.org/events/1098] is about the concept of a flexibility marketplace and how large loads can use Accelerated Community Energy to meet electricity demand affordably.
open.spotify.com/episode/1HiU...
open.spotify.com/episode/1HiU...
USEA Power Sector Podcast Episode 238: Piclo CEO and Co-Founder James Johnston
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
May 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Today’s podcast [https://events.usea.org/events/1098] is about the concept of a flexibility marketplace and how large loads can use Accelerated Community Energy to meet electricity demand affordably.
open.spotify.com/episode/1HiU...
open.spotify.com/episode/1HiU...
"The trade, equivalent to 528 7kW EV chargers, not only enabled Axle Energy to acquire additional capacity, but also enter EV chargers into the Capacity Market without relying on smart meter data, something that has traditionally been a requirement to demonstrate compliance."
Piclo Facilitates Another Successful Capacity Market Trade
www.piclo.energy
October 15, 2024 at 2:44 PM
"The trade, equivalent to 528 7kW EV chargers, not only enabled Axle Energy to acquire additional capacity, but also enter EV chargers into the Capacity Market without relying on smart meter data, something that has traditionally been a requirement to demonstrate compliance."