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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Latest & Greatest on Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs)
March 18, 2026

Speed to Power in the AI Era: How Utilities Are Balancing Capital Investment, Customer Affordability, and Rapid Load Growth
March 26, 2026
Details TBD

[Focus Group] Accelerated Interconnection of Flexible Data Centers (Invite Only)
April 2, 2026
Details TBD

Unlocking Demand Flexibility with Edge DERMS & NWAs
April 24, 2026
Details TBD

Turbocharging Operational Excellence with Technology and AI
June 11, 2026
Details TBD

NextGrid Alliance Summit 2026 in Boston (Invite Only)
September 17, 2026
Details TBD