Energy storage expansion CVEC is partnering with Lightshift Energy and BRPA to deploy battery energy storage projects across Virginia, indicating an active opportunity to offer energy storage solutions, inverters, grid-scale storage software, and maintenance services to CVEC and its co-ops.

Funding and financing CVEC recently secured $70 million in loan funds for construction, suggesting appetite for project financing and potential for bundled solutions including project finance advisory, procurement financing for storage or solar deployments, and risk-graded lending partnerships.

Community solar CVEC launched Solar Share, a community solar program since 2018, highlighting ongoing opportunities to provide solar development services, subscriber management platforms, monitoring, and predictive analytics to optimize community solar portfolios.

Broadband initiatives CVEC engaged in USDA RUS Broadband ReConnect funding, signaling interest in expanding broadband infrastructure; potential cross-sell of smart grid, fiber backbone, and connectivity solutions to support utility-to-community communication and operations.

Security and reliability Recognized for security excellence and ongoing utilities operations, creating demand for cybersecurity, SCADA hardening, outage management, resilience tooling, and compliance services to protect critical infrastructure.