Uplight + AutoGrid:  Unlocking Potential Energy

Uplight has acquired AutoGrid, fundamentally expanding its partners, programs, depth of customer engagement, and ability to create and manage flexible capacity for energy grids around the globe.

Electrification and digitization are imperatives that are rapidly changing the nature and needs of an increasingly distributed and decarbonized energy system.

Solutions that create compelling opportunities for active energy customer participation will harness the collective power and massive potential of grid-connected assets, providing reliable flexibility capacity as an essential tool to optimize the modern grid.

This acquisition puts Uplight at the center of this transformation and will deliver more customers and grid-connected devices into a greater variety of energy programs.

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Jeff Hamel

Director of Enterprise Partnerships

Brandi Davis-Handy

Chief Customer Officer

Nadège Petit

Chief Innovation Officer

Potential Energy for The Clean Energy Ecosystem

At the intersection of the electrification, digitization and decarbonization imperatives

For our Utility Clients

More program impact, powered by energy customers:

Deeper customer engagements
Seamless program enrollments
Management and orchestration of multiple DER types and classes

More ways to attain goals:

Multi-DER demand response
Fleet optimization
VPPs
Full range of flexible capacity solutions, from Grid to Prosumer DERMS

Confidence through scale

Continued backing of Schneider Electric
Experience in 17 countries
Serving 8 of the 10 largest utilities and 2 of the largest 5 global energy companies
8,300+MW of flexible resources under management

For our Ecosystem Partners

Expanded markets let you reach more energy customers:

Uplight reaches 110 million homes and businesses today. Add AutoGrid’s additional reach in new geographies and new markets

Improved Customer Recruitment, Engagement, and Satisfaction

Take Uplight’s unrivaled engagement platform and extend it into the VPP space for a world-class customer experience

Offer More Value for the Grid and Your Customers

Gain more value from every connected device as a participant in Demand Response, DERMS, and ADMS solutions
More opportunity for cross-sell and up-sell

For Clean Energy Companies and Organizations

A “one-stop shop” to connect, manage, and monetize diverse grid-connected assets
Energy retailers can create industry-leading user experiences that increase user satisfaction

Participate in multiple market types and geographies

Large asset owners/operators can monetize capacity

FAQs

You have questions, we have the answers.

Why this acquisition?

Electrification and digitization are imperatives that are rapidly changing the nature and needs of an increasingly distributed and decarbonized energy system. Solutions that create compelling opportunities for active energy customer participation will harness the collective power and massive potential of grid-connected assets, providing reliable flexibility capacity as an essential tool to optimize the modern grid.

This acquisition puts Uplight at the center of this transformation and will deliver more customers and grid-connected devices into a greater variety of energy programs.

Who is AutoGrid?

AutoGrid is a cleantech company that offers distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) and manages distributed energy resources (DERs) via virtual power plants (VPPs), microgrids, large asset and grid-scale storage management, energy market access, and beyond. AutoGrid is based in Redwood, CA and is was previously owned by Schneider Electric. Schneider is also a strategic investor in Uplight

What makes Uplight and AutoGrid the right fit for each other?

This acquisition combines Uplight’s depth of expertise in energy customer engagement with AutoGrid’s leading flexibility management platform, generating more value from grid connected assets across the clean energy ecosystem.

It enables compelling paths of active participation for residential, small business, and commercial & industrial customers, bringing with them more types of assets that can be connected to the grid.

This larger platform aggregates technologies and programs that have previously been disconnected, unlocking significant new opportunities for energy providers, smart energy equipment manufacturers, automakers, service providers, and a host of other clean energy ecosystem players.

I am a current Uplight or AutoGrid client. How does this acquisition affect my current relationship?

Our priority is to continue to deliver on behalf of our clients every day. In service of that, nothing changes right now in how you work with Uplight or AutoGrid. Continue to rely on your account support and success resources, and continue to operate within your current agreement structure.

As we work to integrate our two companies, excellence in delivery and supporting our current and future clients will drive our strategy and decisions and we’ll work with you each step of the way.

How much is Uplight paying for AutoGrid? What is the structure of the deal?

Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed at this time. We are acquiring AutoGrid from Schneider Electric and Schneider will remain a strategic investor in Uplight

I have more questions. Who do I talk to?

We’re happy to chat! Please contact us below.

Uplight + AutoGrid: Unlocking Potential Energy