Register for gridCONNEXT 2023 - One Day Left for Early Bird Rates!

We invite you to join our gathering of leaders shaping the future of energy at gridCONNEXT® 2023 (December 5-6 in Washington DC). 

Under the evocative theme, "Grid Infrastructure: Accelerating Deployment", our distinguished keynote speakers and expert panelists will delve deep into the pivotal policy matters that pave the way for a low-carbon economy and showcase groundbreaking grid innovations that are at the forefront of this monumental transition. View the Agenda.

Early Bird Rates End Oct. 27!

GridWise Alliance Congratulates GRIP Funding Awardees

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced the first round of awardees for funding from the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships Program (GRIP). Fifty-eight projects will split up to $3.5 billion to strengthen grid resilience and reliability across forty-four states, nine of which are projects administered by GridWise Alliance member companies as primary awardees. These include:

• Exelon’s PECO Energy Company and Commonwealth Edison Company
• Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
• Portland General Electric Company
• Florida Power & Light
• American Electric Power Service Company
• National Grid
• Electric Power Research Institute Inc.

View the full list of awardees here and read more about the announcement here.

UBM Working Group Webinar Hosted by GridWise Alliance

Topic: Distribution Grid Investments to Support Implementation of FERC Order No. 2222

When: Tuesday, October 31, 12:00-1:30PM ET

Summary: In 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued Order No. 2222 to remove barriers limiting the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources (DERs) in wholesale energy markets. During this webinar, panelists with deep experience in bulk power systems and grid innovation will discuss the technologies that must be deployed on the distribution grid to fully implement the goals of FERC Order 2222 and allow all consumers to participate in this emerging market.

This webinar will preview a soon-to-be-published paper by the GridWise Alliance on the same topic.

Moderator:

• Karen Wayland, CEO, GridWise Alliance

Presenters:

• Marguerite Behringer, Director of Regulatory Policy and Industry Relations, Landis+Gyr
• Heather Donaldson, Managing Director, Global Advisory, Black & Veatch
• Joshua Wong, General Manager, Grid Orchestration, Digital, GE Digital

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Monthly Media Highlights

GridWise Alliance CEO Featured in Utility Dive

Karen Wayland was recently featured in an article from Utility Dive on the challenges electricity stakeholders are facing as they work to connect DERs to the wholesale market amidst the backdrop of FERC Order 2222 implementation.

"Both the RTOs and the utilities, and likely third-party aggregators, are going to need a suite of technologies that allow them the visibility, the controls and the market signals to really connect customers to the wholesale market," said Wayland.

Read the full article here.

GridWise Alliance Board Chair Featured on Climate Champions

GridWise Alliance Board Chair and President and CEO of United Power, Mark Gabriel, was recently featured on an episode of Climate Champions, hosted by Lee Krevat of Krevat Energy Solutions, a former GridWise Alliance Board Chair.

The two discussed Gabriel's diverse experiences in the electricity industry and how climate action and sustainability has been a through line in his career.

Listen to the full episode here.

Member News

Ampacimon Raises €10 Million for T&D Innovation Initiatives

GridWise Alliance member and GET pioneer Ampacimon has announced the successful conclusion of its series C funding round, securing €10 Million in growth equity to further drive innovation in the T&D power sector.

The company is also now adding Junction Growth Investors to its Board of Directors.

Read more about this announcement here.

Denton's Releases US 2023 Pro Bono Impact Report

Global law firm and GridWise Alliance member, Dentons, highlighted its support to GridWise through its energy practice in its US 2023 Pro Bono Impact Report.

Read the full report here.

Upcoming Events from Our Industry Partners

Energy Transition North America 2023

Join Reuters Events for Energy Transition North America (Nov. 7-8 in Houston) as they unite the CEOs, executive decision makers and their teams from through the net zero energy ecosystem to seize momentum, augment capabilities and secure growth.

The energy transition is a boardroom-level discussion for North American leaders ready to secure a share of the continent’s biggest growth opportunity.

Market leaders confirmed to attend with their decision-making teams at #ETNA23 include:

• Gretchen Watkins, President, Shell USA
• Pedro Azagra, Chief Executive Officer, Avangrid
• Sandhya Ganapathy, CEO North America, EDP Renewables
• John Kousinioris, President, CEO & Corporate Director, TransAlta Corporation
• Mark Noyes, Chief Executive Officer, RWE Clean Energy
• Enrico Viale, Head of North America, Enel
• Amos Hochstein, Special Presidential Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy
• Steve Powell, Chief Executive Officer, SoCalEdison
• Todd Becker, Chief Executive Officer, Green Plains
• Puesh Kumar, Director CEESR, U.S. Department of Energy
• Federico Toro, Chief Operating Officer, Repsol Low Carbon Generation

Learn more here and click the button below to register.

DERs and Microgrids Connect

Join Roosevelt Strategic Council for the 5th DERs and Microgrids Connect Summit (Nov. 8-9 in National Harbor, Maryland).

This collaborative, professional forum brings together large energy consumers in the built environment from Commercial and Industrial Facilities, DoD and Federal installations, City and County Stakeholders and State Commissioners, along with Utility and Energy Service Companies, Policy, Research and Industry Innovators that are all working to integrate DERs in a resilient, reliable, and affordable manner that supports a distributed and decarbonized energy future.

Learn more here and click the button below to register.

Any private sector / for profit organization members who would like to attend, can register online with the 10% VIP discount at: https://rscouncil.org/ders . Just enter the code GW10 at bottom of registration page.

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