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About the Organizer


image The Smart Grid Observer is an online information portal and weekly e-newsletter serving the global smart energy industry. SGO hosts a number of conferences each year focused on issues of high relevance for the global clean energy industry. The goal is to foster information exchange and high-quality, one-to-one networking among industry professionals. Topics include EV charging infrastructure, grid modernization, V2G, microgrids, cyber security, virtual power plants, EV battery innovation and more.

For a list of upcoming and recent Forums, click here.

Recent SGO Sponsors Include:


Organizations That Have Participated in Recent SGO Events Include:


  • ABB Inc.
  • Acealine, Inc.
  • Aclara
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Alcatel-Lucent
  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • Alvarion
  • American Electric Power
  • American Honda Motor Co.
  • Apex Networks
  • Aquion Energy
  • Argela
  • Arup
  • ASCA Bitumen Co. Ltd.
  • BASF
  • Battelle
  • BC Hydro
  • Bell Aliant
  • Black & Veatch
  • Boreas Group
  • The Brattle Group
  • BRIDGE Energy Group
  • Broan-NuTone LLC
  • BTC Broadband
  • Burns & McDonnell
  • Business Aspect
  • California Public Utility Commission
  • Cameron EDA
  • Capgemini
  • Cascadia Center
  • Centerpoint Energy
  • CHAdeMO Association North America
  • CIEMAT
  • Cisco Systems
  • CleanPoint
  • ComEd
  • CommScop, Inc.
  • Comporium
  • Con Edison of New York
  • Constellation Energy
  • Contineo Systems
  • Cooper Power Systems
  • CPS Energy
  • CTDI
  • CTIA
  • CTS
  • Customized Energy Solutions
  • DATUMCOM
  • Decision Zone
  • Demansys Energy
  • Dominion Power
  • DST Systems
  • DTEK
  • DTE Energy
  • Duke Energy
  • Dun & Bradstreet
  • Durus Networks
  • E.ON U.S. Services Inc.
  • EarthNetworks
  • Eaton
  • ecPlatforms Inc.
  • EEI
  • Embedded Automation, Inc.
  • Emerson Network Power
  • ENBALA Power Networks
  • Energate
  • Energy Future
  • EnerNex
  • EnerNOC
  • Enzen Global Ltd
  • EPRI
  • ETAP
  • EVolution Communications Group
  • Fermata Energy
  • Flextronics
  • FLO EV Charging
  • Florida Power & Light
  • Ford Motor Company
  • FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
  • Fromerly D&E Communications
  • Fujitsu
  • Gartner
  • GE Energy
  • General Motors
  • Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Glendale Water & Power
  • Five Point Partners
  • Globitel
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Green Charge Networks
  • Green Hills Software
  • GridGlo
  • GTRI
  • Halton Hills Hydro
  • Harvey Mud
  • Huron
  • Hydro One
  • Hydro Ottawa
  • Hypertek Inc.
  • IAP Solutions
  • IBM
  • ICCAS
  • Idaho National Laboratory
  • Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Indiana Fiber Network
  • Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  • Indra
  • Industrial Defender
  • Intec
  • Integral Analytics
  • Intel Corporation
  • Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC)
  • Itron
  • Ixia
  • Jabil
  • John Staurulakis, Inc.
  • Johnson Controls
  • KenJiva Energy Systems
  • KGP Logistics
  • Kia
  • KT
  • LM Ericsson
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Longbow Capital
  • Lonst and Found Technologies
  • Manifest Mind
  • Manning & Napier Advisors
  • Maravedis
  • Marconi Pacific
  • Midwest ISO
  • MindTree Ltd.
  • Moixa Energy
  • NEMA
  • Murata Electronics North America
  • National Exchange Carrier Association
  • National Instruments
  • National Grid
  • Navigant Research
  • Nebraska Information Network
  • NECA
  • Nissan North America
  • Nortel
  • NERC
  • North American Energy Standards Board
  • Northern Power Systems
  • NRG Energy
  • NTCA
  • NTS
  • NTT Comware
  • OATI
  • Oncor
  • Ontario Clean Water Agency
  • Ontario Energy Board
  • OPAL-RT
  • OpenTV, Kudelski Group
  • OPOWER
  • Pacific Gas & Electric
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Palm Associates, inc.
  • Panasonic
  • Parks Associates
  • PCS UtiliData
  • PJM
  • Plug Smart
  • PowerGrid Communicattions
  • PowerSense A/S
  • Powertech
  • Poyry Management Consulting
  • Project Safety
  • Puget Sound Energy
  • Quality Logic
  • Quanta Technology
  • Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
  • S&C Electric Company
  • SAIC
  • Samsung
  • San Diego Gas & Electric
  • SatCom Global
  • Schneider Electric
  • Scottish and Southern Energy
  • ScreenSoft
  • SDG&E
  • SDLC Solutions
  • Shell
  • Siemens
  • Silver Spring Networks
  • SLP Consulting
  • SMA America
  • SmartCom
  • Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative
  • Smart Hydro Power
  • SMUD
  • Sonoma Innovation
  • SourceOne
  • Southern California Edison
  • Southern Company Services
  • Space-Time Insights
  • SRA International
  • Stellantis NV
  • Sterling Commerce
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Strathmore Energy Research CenterC
  • SUBNET Solutions Inc.
  • Sunrun
  • Survalent
  • Symantec
  • TechTarget
  • Telcordia Technologies
  • Telintnet Research
  • Telvent
  • Tesla
  • The Climate Center
  • There Corporation Ltd.
  • Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings
  • Toronto Hydro Corp
  • Toyota Motor North America
  • TRASYS
  • Trilliant
  • Trinity 360
  • Tripwire
  • TXU Energy/Vistra
  • Tyco
  • UK Trade & Investment
  • Ulticom
  • University of Colorado
  • University of Illinois
  • University of Kentucky
  • USTelecom Association
  • U.S. Dept. of Energy
  • Utilicom
  • VaasaETT Global Energy Think Tank
  • Verisae
  • Verizon Wireless
  • ViZn Energy
  • Wallbox Chargers USA
  • Waterfall
  • Westeva SAS
  • World Resources Institute
  • WiTricity
  • Wurldtech
  • Xtensible Solutions
  • Younicos AG
  • Zenith Alternative Energy
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