Grid Forward brings together diverse stakeholders to educate and collaborate with one another to identify, replicate and scale successful approaches to modernizing our regional grid. We provide information and community to help leaders create pathways for electric grid modernization via advanced technology, policy progress and business innovation.
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Thank you to our amazing sponsor, Virtual Peaker, for sharing the latest episode of #GridPulse. If you are interested in how we’re combating the rising demand for energy, you won’t want to miss this. #Podcast #Energy #PowerGrid
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Check out what Marc Spieler, Senior Managing Director at NVIDIA, has to say in Capacity - a techoraco brand: “By deploying accelerated computing resources directly adjacent to available grid capacity, we can unlock stranded power to scale AI inference efficiently.” His team at NVIDIA, which is a top supporter of Grid Forward, along with EPRI, Prologis, and InfraPartners, collaborated to produce smaller data centers for the AI era. These smaller distributed sites could meet rising computing needs without straining the grid. Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/g4nV9ZjJ.
Showcase your solution’s impact on affordability at #GridFWD2026! The Innovation Pavilion highlights real-world solutions tackling the grid’s biggest challenges, this year with a focus on affordability. As a Pavilion participant, you can: ✅ Share your business case in the GridFWD app ✅ Present on the Pavilion stage and run interactive demos ✅ Receive three business case coaching sessions before the event Demos are short, casual, and designed for conversation with attendees. Submit your live PDF form to events@gridforward.org by April 24, 2026 to join. Let’s showcase solutions that make the grid more affordable!
Are you heading to the 2026 ARPA‑E Energy Innovation Summit in San Diego, April 7-9? Our Executive Director & CEO, Bryce Yonker, will be a Main Stage Speaker to share more about the critical juncture of grid innovation and putting commercial capabilities in motion for the grid. To learn more and register, click here: https://lnkd.in/dWxW3-h #Energy #GridAdvancements #InnovationSummit
Deadline Extended! We want to hear your topic ideas for #GridFWD2026. Submit your ideas for speakers and topics to explore how to keep energy affordable for all. Make sure your ideas are heard! Submissions are due Monday, March 23. ⏰ https://lnkd.in/g9RCKfd4
This Friday, March 20, is the final day to submit topics and speakers for #GridFWD2026. Know a topic or presenter who can engage audiences and dig into technology, process, regulatory, policy, and business measures we can take to keep energy affordable for all? We want to hear from you! Don’t miss this opportunity; submit speaker nominations here. https://lnkd.in/g9RCKfd4
Balancing Growth and Affordability While Building the Grid We Need Today Don't miss this opening episode of our GridPulse podcast. Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson joins the podcast to explore the need for smarter transmission utilization, meeting the demand for accelerating data center facilities, thoughtful rate design for large loads, and updated regulatory processes that take innovation into account without sacrificing public accountability. Find the episode on the web or your favorite podcast app. https://lnkd.in/g_8gm8vT #GridPulse #DataCenters #PowerGrid
Time is running out! ⏰ Final submissions for #GridFWD2026 are due March 20th. We’re looking for speakers who can dig into process, regulatory, policy, and business strategies to keep energy affordable for everyone. Know an engaging speaker on utility modernization? Submit them now to speak at GridFWD 2026! https://lnkd.in/g9RCKfd4
There has been a shift in the utility industry from asking what technology to use to asking how to make all the technology systems work together. At DTECH 2026, Utility industry leaders shared real-world challenges around operationalizing ADMS, DERMS, automation, and AI, reminding us that technology alone isn’t the hard part; trust, data quality, and organizational alignment are. Grid Forward member, Abhinav G., from Grid Transformation shares his experience at DTECH. Learn more about the operationalization gap, AI with guardrails, DERs, grid-forming inverters, and cybersecurity and data quality in our blog. https://lnkd.in/gygp96Vt #DTECH2026 #GridFormingInverters #AIGuardrails
Thank you, Marguerite Behringer for spreading the word about our call for speakers and sessions. Do you know someone passionate about the technologies, processes, and business approaches that can help keep energy affordable? Do you have ideas for conference sessions to address affordability and utility modernization? Submit your ideas here. https://lnkd.in/g9RCKfd4
It’s not spring yet, but it IS “Call for Speakers and Conference Sessions” season - and AFFORDABILITY is the freshest crop (topic) on the market 🥕🥕🥕 For example, Grid Forward is planting seeds for our September event: https://lnkd.in/g2_piXwH ... and other conferences are stirring the soil. Got ideas for creative conference sessions you’d like to see onstage? Know of a superb, engaging speaker who addresses affordability & utility modernization? Reach out - I am passionate about creating unique and diverse panels for the energy industry.