What Advanced Microgrid Solutions does

Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) is a San Francisco-based energy storage company founded in 2013 that designs and installs behind-the-meter battery storage systems in commercial and multi-family buildings to reduce demand charges, lower consumer energy costs, and provide cleaner electricity. The company's core offering integrates battery hardware with building energy management to enable peak shaving, demand response, and grid services participation. AMS serves building owners as end customers and utilities as both investors and channel partners, with a strategic mix of regulated utility backers (Southern Company, AGL Energy, Engie) and energy-focused venture investors (DBL Partners, Energy Impact Partners).

The company has raised approximately $72.5 million across six funding rounds from 2014 through 2020, with the largest single event being a $34.7 million raise in July 2017 led by DBL Partners, Energy Impact Partners, and Southern Company. A $17.3 million round in February 2020 represents the most recent capital event in the available data. The firm's 51-100 employee footprint and hardware-centric business model indicate capital-intensive project economics, with revenue likely tied to deployment cycles rather than recurring software margins. The leadership team includes co-founder Jackalyne Pfannenstiel (former CPUC Chair), a Chief Development Officer, a Partner/Chief Risk Officer, and a Senior VP of Policy and Markets, signaling deliberate regulatory and utility-relationship depth unusual for a company of this size.

Name

Advanced Microgrid Solutions

Website

https://advancedmicrogridsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Distributed Energy Storage and Grid Services

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Microgrids (Factories, Warehouses, Campuses) (EUAFAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Microgrid Controllers, Energy Management & DER Orchestration (MGC, SCADA, Optimization) (EUAFAJAH), Hybrid Microgrids (Solar+Storage+Gen, Multi-Resource) (EUACALAH), Critical Facilities Microgrids (Hospitals, Data Centers, Military, Emergency Services) (EUAFAJAB), Remote/Off-Grid & Islanded Microgrids (Rural, Islands, Mining Camps) (EUACALAE)

Keywords

• Energy storage systems
• Microgrid solutions
• Building energy management
• Distributed energy resources
• Grid optimization software

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Advanced Microgrid Solutions installs advanced energy storage systems in buildings to lower energy costs for consumers and provide clean energy. The company develops and operates distributed energy resource platforms that aggregate behind-the-meter storage assets to deliver grid services, demand response, and energy cost savings for utilities, building owners, and energy customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Building Energy Storage Systems Advanced energy storage systems installed in commercial and multi-family buildings to lower energy costs and provide clean energy for end consumers.
• Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Optimization Platform Software platform that aggregates distributed energy resources, including building-sited battery storage, to provide grid services, demand response, and capacity value to utilities and grid operators.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stem Inc. Stem is a publicly-traded provider of AI-driven behind-the-meter energy storage and software for commercial and industrial customers, operating an Energy-as-a-Service model that closely mirrors AMS's building-focused storage offering.
• Fluence Energy: Fluence is a global leader in utility-scale and distributed energy storage products and services, jointly backed by Siemens and AES. It overlaps with AMS on the C&I / commercial storage side and competes for the same utility channel partners.
• Sonnen (Shell): Sonnen, owned by Shell, provides residential and commercial battery storage with virtual power plant aggregation. It targets similar building-owner customers and competes directly for distributed storage contracts.
• GridPoint: GridPoint offers building-level energy management and behind-the-meter battery storage for commercial portfolios, with a subscription software-plus-hardware model directly comparable to AMS.
• GreenCharge (Engie): GreenCharge (now integrated into Engie's North America distributed energy business) deploys commercial building energy storage in partnership with site hosts — effectively a sister offering to AMS's model.

Broad incumbents

• Tesla Energy: Tesla Energy sells Powerwall, Megapack, and Autobidder software for behind-the-meter and front-of-meter storage. It is a broad incumbent with the balance sheet to undercut smaller competitors like AMS on price and scale.
• Engie Storage (Engie): Engie is both an AMS investor (via its 2015 participation) and a broad incumbent in distributed energy resources through its Engie Storage / GreenCharge assets, making it a hybrid strategic competitor and shareholder.
• SunPower: SunPower is a residential and commercial solar and storage provider with a dealer network that competes for the same building-owner wallet share, although SunPower is primarily solar-led rather than storage-led.
• Enphase Energy: Enphase, via its IQ Battery and Ensemble software, is expanding from residential into light-commercial behind-the-meter storage, putting it into adjacent competition with AMS for distributed building assets.
• Wartsila Energy Storage: Wartsila delivers grid-scale and distributed energy storage optimization solutions for utilities and C&I customers, overlapping with AMS on software-led optimization of commercial storage fleets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/advmicrogrid
• Facebookfacebook.com/advanced-microgrid-solutions-1709699825970388
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/advanced-microgrid-solutions

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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