What NewGrid does

NewGrid is a private cleantech software company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, that develops topology optimization software for electric power transmission system operators. Its core product, the NewGrid Router decision-support tool, applies system-wide search algorithms to identify preventive and corrective reconfiguration solutions that re-route power flow around congested bottlenecks without requiring new hardware. The software supports industry-standard formats (PowerWorld, PSS/E, GE/Alstom EMS), performs AC contingency verification against user-specified lists (e.g., N-1), and embeds 85 years of collective energy expertise held by its co-founders, who originated the technology under a DOE ARPA-E grant.

The company sells through a sales-led go-to-market motion, combining a NewGrid Router software license (recurring subscription) with NewGrid Services, a three-tier professional services offering covering auditing (historical and forward-looking congestion exposure assessment), monitoring (ongoing congestion analysis), and mitigation (working with operators to implement reconfiguration solutions). Customers include North American utilities (Alliant Energy, Minnesota Power), international renewable energy developers (EDF Renewable Energy), and a UK system operator (National Grid ESO), with stated outcomes including 50% congestion cost reduction, 10% transfer capacity increase, 75% lower wind curtailment, and 25% constraint flow reduction. Capitalization to date consists exclusively of non-dilutive grants from the National Science Foundation, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, MassVentures, and DOE ARPA-E; the company operates with 1–10 employees and has no disclosed institutional venture funding, suggesting a niche consulting-plus-pilot-software business model rather than a scaled SaaS operation.

Name

NewGrid

Legal name

NewGrid

Website

https://newgridinc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NewGrid develops topology optimization software that helps electric transmission operators re-route power flow around congested grid bottlenecks without new hardware. It sells NewGrid Router software and professional services to utilities, system operators, and renewable energy companies in North America and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Power Transmission Grid Optimization Software

NAICS

Electric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution (22112)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Protection, Relaying & Substation Automation Upgrades (IEC 61850) (EUAEALAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Protection, Synchronization & Grid-Code Compliance (Ride-Through, Fault Current, Relays) (EUAFAIAI)

Keywords

• Transmission grid optimization
• Topology optimization software
• Grid congestion management
• Power system decision support
• Transmission planning software

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Congestion Monitoring and Mitigation Services: Professional services including auditing (historical and forward-looking congestion exposure assessment), monitoring (ongoing congestion analysis and event identification), and mitigation (working with operators to implement reconfiguration solutions). Services are tailored to each client's needs with custom reconfiguration solution options.
2. NewGrid Router Software License: Topology optimization software sold as a decision-support tool for transmission system operators and utilities. The software is described as easy-to-use and fast, with 85 years of collective energy expertise embedded.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NewGrid develops and sells the NewGrid Router, a topology optimization software decision-support tool for electric power transmission system operators that identifies grid reconfigurations to relieve congestion and increase transfer capability without new hardware. The company also delivers accompanying auditing, monitoring, and mitigation professional services to transmission operators, system operators, and utilities, all powered by the same topology optimization technology.

Product overview

NewGrid offers a unified product-service portfolio centered on topology optimization technology for the bulk electricity transmission grid. The core product is the NewGrid Router topology optimization software, which functions as decision-support software for transmission operators. This is supplemented by NewGrid Services, a suite of consulting services that includes auditing, monitoring, and mitigation offerings—all powered by the same underlying topology optimization technology. Together, the software and services enable operators to identify and implement grid reconfiguration solutions without additional hardware, relieving congestion and increasing renewable energy access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NewGrid Router: Topology optimization software decision-support tool for transmission operators. Provides insights for managing grid flexibility, finding reconfiguration solutions, and optimizing power flow.
• NewGrid Services

Products and services

• NewGrid Router

Quantifiable outcome

• 50% grid congestion cost reduction
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Greentown LabscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech startup incubator in the United States. Provides NewGrid with ecosystem access, mentorship, and connections within the US cleantech community.
• WATT CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding member of the WATT (Wide-Area Topology Toolkit) coalition of advanced transmission technology companies. Coalition promotes adoption of advanced transmission technologies to improve grid efficiency and renewable integration.
• Boston UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Pablo Ruiz serves as Associate Research Professor at Boston University where he led the DOE ARPA-E Topology Control Algorithms project. BU collaborated with researchers from seven institutions in developing transmission topology optimization technology.
• The Brattle GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic consulting firm where Dr. Ruiz serves as Senior Consultant and Xiaoguang Li previously worked as a Consultant. Supports utilities, system operators, technology vendors, and project developers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Smarter Grid Solutions: Provides active network management and DERMS software for distribution and transmission operators; among the closest direct competitors to NewGrid's topology-reconfiguration approach for managing grid congestion.
• Survalent Technology: Supplies SCADA/EMS/OMS software used by utilities and system operators; overlaps with NewGrid as operator-facing decision-support software for transmission and distribution control rooms.
• Open Access Technology International (OATI): Provides energy management, scheduling, and grid analytics software to utilities and ISOs/RTOs; competes for the same decision-support and grid-operator software wallet as NewGrid Router.
• Energy Exemplar: Makes PLEXOS, a market-leading power system and electricity-market simulation platform used by utilities, system operators, and regulators; competes at the planning/analysis intersection where NewGrid Router operates.

Broad incumbents

• Hitachi Energy (Grid Software / former OSI): Global grid-software incumbent via the acquired OSI Monarch EMS platform and broader transmission portfolio; competes broadly with NewGrid for utility and ISO software budgets.
• GE Vernova (GridOS / GE Digital): Provides EMS, ADMS, and grid-management software suites to large utilities and TSOs; its installed base and incumbent relationships represent the primary competitive moat against NewGrid.
• Schneider Electric (Grid Operations / EcoStruxure): Offers a broad portfolio including DERMS and grid optimization (e.g., AutoGrid assets); an incumbent that could bundle topology-style optimization into existing utility offerings.
• ASPEN Tech (Aspen Grid): Industrial/grid optimization software from an Emerson subsidiary that targets utility asset and operations optimization; broad incumbent with potential overlap on transmission analytics.

Emerging players

• AutoGrid (Schneider Electric): Specializes in DER optimization and virtual power plants; adjacent competitor for utilities seeking congestion relief through flexible distributed resources rather than transmission switching.
• EnergyHub: DERMS platform serving utilities with demand-side flexibility programs; a partial-overlap competitor addressing similar congestion-management outcomes via distributed flexibility instead of transmission reconfiguration.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/newgridinc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors3 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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