Olivine ClimateResponse VPP and DER Platform

Olivine, Inc. is an energy company that states it was founded in 2010 and opened an operations center in Oahu, Hawaii in 2025. It delivers turnkey energy programme solutions, market expertise and DERMS technology for utilities, community choice aggregators and corporate partners.

The Olivine DER Platform supports utility programme management, while ClimateResponse VPP and its technology suite aggregate resources for demand response. Other products include CarbonEQ for load shifting in building decarbonisation (launched 2024), a phone and web app, a web store, a price server and remote intelligent gateway telemetry software. Named utility customers include PG&E, SCE and ComEd.

• Olivine DER Platform: utility programme management and DERMS.
• ClimateResponse VPP: aggregation of storage, thermal, agricultural and EV charging resources.
• CarbonEQ: load-shifting solution for building decarbonisation.
• Customer apps: phone and web app and web store for programme participants.
• Price server: signal and price distribution to participants.
• Remote Intelligent Gateway: telemetry software with CAISO and PJM market integration.

Vietnamese utilities or aggregators piloting peak-reduction programmes with commercial battery and EV charging sites. Operators of charging networks seeking demand-response revenue. Building owners adopting load shifting to cut emissions.

Provides utilities with an end-to-end programme operator and DERMS in one offer. The ClimateResponse VPP now covers thermal storage, agricultural and EV charging resources. The site reports joint dispatch of ELRP and DSGS VPP resources totalling 535 MW in 2025. CAISO-certified telemetry software and OpenADR support ease market and utility integration.

California runs large emergency demand programmes that pay VPP aggregators, and EV charging is being added as a flexible resource. For Vietnam, programme-operator models like this show how utilities can outsource demand-response delivery before building their own DERMS.

Founded 2010 per the website; operations center on Oahu, Hawaii opened 2025. Launched ClimateResponse VPP in 2021 and CarbonEQ in 2024. Partnership with Epic Charging posted 25 July 2025 and with Ford on EV participation in California ELRP (2024). Member of RMI's Virtual Power Plant Partnership.