truCurrent selected by US Foods As Energy Transition Partner

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2023

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Distributed Sun (DSUN), a leading developer, investor, owner and operator of solar and distributed energy resources nationwide, announced today that truCurrent^™, a subsidiary of DSUN, has been selected by US Foods^™ (NYSE: USFD), one of the largest foodservice distributors in the United States, to support the company's energy transition efforts such as fleet electrification, virtual power plant (VPP) design considerations and other solutions to accelerate decarbonization efforts. 

As a corporate-wide energy advisor to US Foods, truCurrent develops and sponsors projects approved by US Foods on a portfolio and individual site level basis to support their nationwide energy transition efforts, including integration and implementation services. Benefits will extend from lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for US Foods to the communities and environments where it operates today – including major facilities in more than 60 different rate territories.

truCurrent brings 15 years of new, clean energy business, technology and finance innovations to US Foods, combining intelligent decision-making tools and development practices at the grid edge to help US Foods achieve their goal, approved in 2022 by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32.5% by 2032 from a 2019 base year. truCurrent delivers a smart energy transition and infrastructure roadmap that aligns asset deployments to performance risks and operating mandates – thus optimizing cost, calendar and carbon goals over the coming decade by integrating on-site, off-site and mobile energy solutions into one nationwide network of virtual and physical power plants.

"We are thrilled to work with such a forward-thinking - and acting - company such as US Foods, whose vision to decarbonize and modernize will no doubt be something the entire industry will come to emulate," said Chase Weir, CEO of DSUN and truCurrent. "Meeting formal GHG emissions goals requires a deep understanding of energy technologies, policy and regulatory frameworks, and the grid operators' landscape – this is the kind of work we love to do to help our customers achieve their goals." 

"In our most recent 2022 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, we highlighted our commitments and progress against key initiatives intended to enhance the efficiency of our facilities and fleet and achieve our GHG emissions reduction goals," said Dirk Locascio, chief financial officer, US Foods. "We are excited to collaborate with truCurrent to drive these programs forward in a meaningful way."