The Grid Forward blog is the place for original announcements, news, interviews and articles from Grid Forward and around our community. Pitch us your idea – contact us with your article idea.
Monterey, CA – October 9, 2025 Grid Forward, a member-based non-profit organization promoting grid modernization, announced Pitch Aeronautics, a developer of advanced installation drones, power line sensors, and data analytics platforms, as the winner of...Read More
On Oct. 1, the Department of Energy announced the termination of 321 financial awards totaling $7.56 billion. The awards were issued by the Offices of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Grid Deployment (GDO),...Read More
A Grid Forward Forum podcast episode with Cloverleaf Infrastructure and Iron Mountain Data Centers There are many approaches being tried to meet the rapidly growing power demand for AI-focused data centers, from small nuclear reactors...Read More
Insights gained at the symposium Standing Up to Wildfire: Practical Tech and Tactics for Utilities By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates On June 4, 2025, Grid Forward hosted a Symposium ‘Standing up to Wildfire: Practical Tech...Read More
On May 8 of this year, Grid Forward announced its participation in the Partners in Wildfire Prevention organization. This coalition of organizations from various industries, regions, and sectors works to raise awareness about the growing...Read More
Insights gained at the symposium Standing Up to Wildfire: Practical Tech and Tactics for Utilities By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates On June 4, 2025, Grid Forward hosted a Symposium ‘Standing up to Wildfire: Practical Tech...Read More
Insights gained at the symposium Standing Up to Wildfire: Practical Tech and Tactics for Utilities By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates On June 4, 2025, Grid Forward hosted a Symposium ‘Standing up to Wildfire: Practical...Read More
State energy offices have a delicate balancing act in leading policy, tracking market signals, and encouraging economic development. All that is harder now that load growth is accelerating. David Terry, the president of National Association of...Read More
Grid Innovator Awards recognize standout leadership in grid modernization, honoring Puget Sound Energy, Pano AI, and Rich Sedano for their contributions to modernize our energy system Portland, OR – June 4, 2025. Grid Forward, a...Read More
Organization expands wildfire mitigation efforts with new national partnership and upcoming utility-focused symposium. PORTLAND, Ore. May 8, 2025 – Grid Forward is proud to announce it has joined the Partners in Wildfire Prevention organization, a...Read More
On a new episode of the Grid Forward Forum podcast, the CEOs at Holy Cross Energy and United Power, Inc. had a candid discussion about how smaller public utilities are tackling current challenges and opportunities....Read More
Grid operators and the overall energy ecosystem have been looking for indications of how the substantial changes in federal policy will affect how they operate and serve the goals and expectations of their communities. That’s...Read More
Did you know that Watch Duty was the most downloaded iOS app during recent wildfires? We wondered why, so we invited Nick Russell, VP, Operations at Watch Duty, to come on the Grid Forward Forum podcast....Read More
The growth of AI and the modern grid are inextricably linked. The grid needs to deliver power to a growing fleet of huge data centers, while AI offers promise to make the grid more efficient...Read More
A recap from GridFWD 2024 by Tom Brim, AVP and Brett Lyon, Manager in North Highland Consulting’s utility practice How far we have come. Just think, for those of us at the GridFWD 2023, many...Read More
