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As a leading organization in promoting and accelerating grid modernization, Grid Forward congratulates the winners of the latest round of investments under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program....Read More
PacifiCorp, EnergyHub and Larry Bekkedahl are recognized for their industry-defining contributions to modernizing the electric grid. June 27, 2024 –Grid Forward announced the winners of the 2024 Grid Innovator Awards during its Annual Member Meeting...Read More
Grid Forward played host at two recent events that together help paint the picture of how the federal government, state regulators and utilities are aligning on solutions for grid modernization. Download our summary of the...Read More
By Linda Barney, Barney and Associates On April 30, 2024, GridForward hosted a Utility Business Model (UBM) Working Group session where a representative from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions introduced...Read More
The current U.S. administration has been very active in introducing programs to advance grid modernization – so much so that it can be challenging to keep them all straight. That’s one reason we invited Whitney...Read More
Here’s another recap from GridFWD 2023, excerpted from an article in Public Utilities Fortnightly. We continue to see expert commentary and insights arising from our sessions at GridFWD 2023. In this latest example, we hear...Read More
An article by Brett Lyon and Tom Brim,North Highland’s Energy and Utilities practice Electric utilities now have access to a rapidly proliferating array of technologies that help operators manage the disruption facing the grid with...Read More
A perspective from GridFWD 2023 by Sam Teal Last month, I attended the 2023 GridFWD conference at Skamania Lodge in the stunning Columbia Gorge. Representatives from utilities, government agencies, energy consultancies, and technology vendors came...Read More
The U.S. DOE Grid Deployment Office (GDO) announced the second funding opportunity under the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program, with up to $3.9 billion available for projects to enhance grid flexibility and resilience, funded...Read More
Grid Forward Congratulates All Recipients of U.S. DOE Grid Deployment Office Funding Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) Program investments for 58 projects across 44 states totaling...Read More
Grid resiliency was the central topic of the 2022 GridFWD conference in Denver, Colorado. The 2023 conference is coming back to the Pacific Northwest this year and building on the previous one with the focus...Read More
Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Utilidata and Pat Hoffman are recognized for their industry-defining contributions to modernizing the electric grid. June 26, 2023 –Grid Forward announced the winners of the 2023 Grid Innovator Awards during its Annual...Read More
Our Symposium on Accelerating Grid Modernization with EVs will occur in conjunction with the Grid Forward annual member meeting this Friday on the Vancouver, WA waterfront. Learn more about how rapid advances in EVs and vehicle-to-grid...Read More
by Bryce Yonker, Executive Director, Grid Forward. This article was first published in the NWPPA Bulletin. While many of us in the utility community wait to hear back from the U.S. DOE on initial funding...Read More
An article by Katie Bertcher, Larry Gelbien, and Stuart SchareGuidehouse Energy, Sustainability, & Infrastructure Many utilities in the western United State are ramping up wildfire planning and management efforts in light of increasing wildfires generally...Read More
