Welcome to the NextGrid Alliance

The NextGrid Alliance (NGA) is a global peer utility network of over 150+ utilities, designed to address the energy sector’s toughest challenges through collaboration, shared insights, and co-innovation.

Utilities worldwide face common hurdles in advancing innovation, including explosive load growth, lengthy implementation timelines, limited resources, and barriers to collaboration with startups.

Our mission is to catalyze utilities to innovate faster, together, and at greater scale. By tapping into the collective intelligence of the industry, NGA members gain access to actionable insights and proven strategies and technologies that can drive meaningful progress.

Learn more about the Alliance and our annual Summit here.

Click below to sign into the NGA LinkedIn member portal or to request membership.

Upcoming Events

The NextGrid Alliance's goal is to drive disruptive innovation for the utility industry. We achieve that by convening utility-only thought forums centered around core priorities to enable problem solving and foster strategic collaborations. Our 3 Working Group tracks are: Grid Modernization, Build out of Electric Networks and Integrated Energy Planning.

Check back here often to see our upcoming events that may be of interest. If you'd like to learn more about the NextGrid Alliance or invite your colleagues, please reach out to Shunsuke.Sakaguchi@nationalgrid.com.

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Date
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[Focus Group] Accelerated Interconnection of Flexible Data Centers (Recurring meeting Q2 2026)
April 1 - June 30, 2026
Invite Only

Unlocking Demand Flexibility with Edge DERMS & NWAs
April 23, 2026
Details To Be Confirmed

Turbocharging Operational Excellence with Technology and AI
June 10, 2026
Details To Be Confirmed

NextGrid Alliance Summit 2026 in Boston
September 16 - 17, 2026
Invite Only

Past Events

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Date
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Accelerating Utility Innovation in the AI era
January 28, 2025

Interconnection - Breaking Bottlenecks with Emerging Tech
February 27, 2025

Showcase - Integrated Energy Platforms
March 4, 2025

AI-Powered Grid Operations: Unlocking Predictive Insights for Grid Reliability and Resilience
April 17, 2025

Innovation in Undergrounding
May 13, 2025

Advanced Grid Management (ADMS/DERMS): From Lab to Scale
May 22, 2025

How Gas Will Work - Global Vision and Strategy
June 5, 2025

Unlocking Grid Flexibility: Scaling Demand-Side Solutions
June 12, 2025

Accelerating Data Center Connections - Exploring Innovative Utility Solutions
June 24, 2025

Heat Electrification – Exploring Heat Pumps from Research, Utility and Customer perspectives
August 19, 2025

Integrated Energy Planning: Utility-Collaboration Models That Drive Progress
October 8, 2025
In-person Workshop

Modernizing the Grid: Enabling Flexibility for Resilient Energy Systems
October 8, 2025
In-person Workshop

From Hard Hats to Robots: Innovation in Utility Construction
October 8, 2025
In-person Workshop

How to Capture Value from Innovation Activities
October 9, 2025
In-person Workshop

Data Analytics Platforms that drive Accuracy, Integration and Safety
February 24, 2026

Latest & Greatest on Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
March 17, 2026