Global utilities serving 1.3 billion combined customers will convene in Boston October 8-9 to accelerate innovation, reduce energy costs, and meet soaring demand for electricity
The NextGrid Alliance, a first-of-its-kind network that brings together utilities and startups to address the future of energy, today announced its membership has surpassed more than 150 regulated energy utility companies from around the world. Recent additions, including Georgia Power and ESB Group, will join other leading organizations like ConEd, NextEra, and Southern California Edison to share insights, connect with startups, and discuss successful technology deployments to boost innovation, create jobs, reduce grid costs, and meet soaring demand for electricity.
“To support the rapid rise of AI data centers, electric vehicles and other new technologies customers need the grid of the future–today,” said Steve Smith, chief strategy and regulation officer of National Grid and president of National Grid Partners, which convenes the alliance. “NGA members have made impressive strides sharing innovations that can scale energy production and more efficiently match dynamic supply and demand for a cost-efficient, reliable grid. We are moving faster together to enable electricity networks to meet this moment.”
NGA member utilities reach more than 1.3 billion customers across more than 5 million square miles of service area. The NGA holds regular member forums, working groups, and technology showcases where utilities and startups dig into some of the toughest challenges and most promising solutions in the industry.
“It’s a real balancing act for utilities as customers want more power, more connections, more resilience, but also want to keep costs as low as possible,” said Timothy Jarratt, group executive of market development and strategy at Ausgrid, one of the largest electricity distributors in Australia. “Nearly every utility is facing similar challenges, and joining the NextGrid Alliance stood out as a valuable step to help us learn from the best how to take on the challenges of today–and tomorrow.”
The NGA also hosts an annual summit where hundreds of utility and startup leaders share insights in person; the 2025 edition will be held in Boston on October 8-9, 2025. Guest speakers will include Richard Donaldson, senior vice president and Chief Information Officer at Duke Energy; Ricardo da Silva, vice president of Strategic Operations at the New York Power Authority; and Melissa Lott, Partner General Manager, Energy Technologies at Microsoft.
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