{
  "id": 11198119,
  "title": "Google Is Paying For Heat Pumps To Make Room On California's Grid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/google-is-paying-for-heat-pumps-to-make-room-on-californias-grid",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2026/10/01/google-is-paying-for-heat-pumps-to-make-room-on-californias-grid/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Google is funding a PG&E virtual power plant of 21,000 home devices totaling 11 MW, testing whether homes can make room on the grid for AI demand.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}