GridWise Alliance
UtilitiesDistrict of Columbia, United States11-50 Employees
GridWise Alliance, founded in 2003, is a Washington, DC-based coalition that brings together utilities, information technology and telecommunications providers, independent system operators, regional operators, colleges, and energy consultants to address the transformation of the electric grid. The organization facilitates discussion and the development of solutions and policies aimed at modernizing the U.S. grid to be reliable, resilient, flexible, and innovative. It advocates these approaches with lawmakers and regulators and collaborates with other stakeholder organizations to pursue its shared objectives. Its membership spans utility organizations including investor-owned, municipal and public utilities, along with technology and service providers and academic institutions engaged in the energy sector. A notable recent development is its April 2026 partnership with envelio, a provider of grid planning software, which signals an expanded focus on planning and interconnection capabilities within the alliance.