Traditional net‑metering models are often difficult to apply in a multi-family setting. Grid Forward member Idaho Falls Power (IFP) sought to test innovative customer‑sited distributed energy resources (DERs) through its first multi‑family Net Metering Pilot Project with Orchard Park Energy LLC. Orchard Park Apartments, located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is a new multi-family residential development...Read More

On Thursday September 3rd, Grid Forward hosted its sixth Virtual Utility Roundtable, during which utility leaders met to share information about their AMI deployment plans and to discuss strategies for maximizing the value from these investments. This discussion built on earlier virtual utility roundtables in which another group analyzed data and examined the resiliency of...Read More

Grid modernization discussions often focus on the promise of new technologies such as analytics or energy storage. But the second session of the Grid Forward Accelerating Grid Innovation Summit proved that technological innovation actually occurs when the technology is supported by transformations in business models and financial approaches, along with establishing key collaborative partnerships.Read More

Grid modernization discussions often focus on the promise of new technologies such as analytics or energy storage. But the second session of the Grid Forward Accelerating Grid Innovation Summit proved that technological innovation actually occurs when the technology is supported by transformations in business models and financial approaches, along with establishing key collaborative partnerships.Read More