What Smarter Grid Solutions does

Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) is a Glasgow-headquartered grid technology company founded in 2008 as a spin-out from the University of Strathclyde. The company builds Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) software used by distribution utilities, DER owners and operators, battery fleet operators, municipal authorities, and commercial and industrial customers in Europe and North America. Its core product, Strata Grid (also branded ANM Strata), is a model-free DERMS platform that provides Active Network Management (ANM), real-time monitoring and control of distributed energy resources, flexible interconnection, network optimisation, microgrid control, and integration with ISO/RTO markets. Supporting modules — Cirrus Flex (fleet DERMS for developers and aggregators), Element Grid (grid-edge integration gateway) and Element Flex (behind-the-meter asset management), and Strata Resilience (microgrid EMS with islanding) — share a common integration environment supporting OpenADR, SunSpec Modbus, OpenFMB, and vendor APIs. The platform has been in continuous on-grid commercial operation for 15+ years, actively managing over 400MW and historically over 1.3GW of DER assets, and is deployed at named customers including UK Power Networks, Western Power Distribution, SP Energy Networks, Con Edison (via Endurant Energy), Hydro-Québec, Avangrid, National Grid, Northern Powergrid, and London Hydro.

SGS operates a platform-plus-services business model combining multi-year enterprise software licences (e.g., Western Power Distribution's Enterprise Licence across multiple Grid Supply Points, UK Power Networks Cloud Dispatch), cloud-hosted SaaS/managed service deployments with 24x7x365 control room operations for fleet operators, and specialist consultancy services covering grid connections support, curtailment studies, and technical limits assessments. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supplemented by an Approved Integrator channel partner programme (with Enzen Global Solutions as a flagship partner delivering into India, Australia, and the Middle East). Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed. Following its August 2021 acquisition by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI), SGS operates as a division of MEPPI, combining its DERMS software with MEPPI's hardware ecosystem (BESS, transformers, circuit breakers) and 36+ year North American utility relationships. The company has 51–100 employees, offices in Glasgow (UK HQ), London, Warrendale, PA (US HQ), and New York, and reported quantifiable outcomes including up to 90% reduction in DER connection costs, doubled grid hosting capacity in the Avangrid FICS project, and accelerated connection of 150MW of renewable generation at SP Energy Networks that would otherwise have been delayed by reinforcement works.

Name

Smarter Grid Solutions

Legal name

Smarter Grid Solutions Limited

Website

https://smartergridsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Smarter Grid Solutions is a UK-based DERMS software company, now a division of Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, that provides a model-free Active Network Management platform to distribution utilities, DER operators, and battery fleet owners across Europe and North America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Distributed Energy Resource Management Software (DERMS)

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

DERMS Platforms & Utility Control Room Integration (EUADALAC)

Keywords

• Distributed energy management
• Active network management
• Grid edge software
• DERMS platform
• Microgrid control systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Glasgow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. DERMS Software Licensing (Enterprise Licence): Enterprise software licensing model where distribution utilities (e.g., Western Power Distribution) enter into Enterprise Licences allowing Strata Grid to be rolled out across multiple Grid Supply Points. Multi-year contracts with utilities for platform deployment and operational use.
2. Professional Services & Consultancy: Specialist consultancy services in smart energy asset control supporting energy market transitions and distribution system planning. Includes grid connections support, curtailment studies, technical limits assessments, and implementation consulting.
3. DERMS Software-as-a-Service / Managed Services: Cloud-hosted Strata Grid instances providing flexibility dispatch, optimisation, and DER management as a managed service. Includes 24x7x365 control room operations for fleet operators.
4. Approved Integrator Partner Programme: Partners in North America, Europe, Middle East, India, Africa, and Australia resell SGS products and build professional services businesses around them, earning re-sell commissions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Smarter Grid Solutions develops and sells a layered Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) software platform — led by its flagship active network management product Strata Grid (ANM Strata) — that enables electric distribution utilities, distribution system operators, and DER/battery fleet operators to connect, monitor, and orchestrate distributed energy resources in real time. The company also supplies complementary products (Strata Resilience, Cirrus Flex, Element Grid, Element Flex) and supporting professional services for deployment and integration.

Product overview

Smarter Grid Solutions is a DERMS software company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core product is Strata Grid (ANM Strata), a multi-use case DERMS platform for utility-scale DER integration and Active Network Management. Supporting modules include Cirrus Flex for fleet/portfolio DER management, Element Grid for grid edge real-time control, and Element Flex for behind-the-meter asset management. Strata Resilience provides microgrid-specific functionality. The products share a common integration environment and support open standards communications and APIs. Consultancy services complement the software offerings with grid analysis and connection support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Strata Grid: Grid Responsive DERMS software for utilities to manage distributed energy resources, providing optimization, flexibility services, and grid capacity management.
• Cirrus Flex
• Strata Resilience
• Element Grid
• Element Flex

Products and services

• Strata Grid (ANM Strata) Active Network Management (ANM) software platform that enables distribution utilities and DSOs to connect, monitor, and orchestrate distributed energy resources on constrained distribution networks in real time, avoiding or deferring costly network reinforcement.
• Strata Resilience Microgrid energy management software that orchestrates on-site generation, storage, and loads in both islanded and grid-connected modes for resilient operation of remote sites, campuses, and commercial/industrial microgrids.
• Cirrus Flex Fleet DERMS software for battery storage operators, DER developers, and aggregators that need to monitor, dispatch, and optimize a portfolio of distributed or aggregated assets in coordination with utilities and flexibility markets.
• Element Grid DER integration gateway that connects on-site distributed energy resources and DER hardware to the Strata ANM platform, handling protocol translation and grid-edge telemetry.
• Element Flex Grid-edge monitoring and control software providing real-time visibility and operational telemetry of distributed energy resources at the edge of the network.
• Professional Services and Consultancy Consulting, deployment, integration, and training services that help utilities and DER operators implement, integrate, and operate the Smarter Grid Solutions DERMS platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced connection costs by up to 90% for distributed generation customers (UK Power Networks)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor, strategic and core.

• Outram ResearchminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Outram Research developed Real Time Fault Level Monitor prototypes for SP Energy Networks. SGS integrated ANM Strata and ANM Element software to manage generation and storage devices in the fault level management solution.
• Nexant (Grid360)strategicTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019SGS partnered with Nexant to provide network management and online power systems analytics functions for the UK Power Networks DERMS deployment. Nexant's Grid360 product was incorporated into SGS's ANM Strata platform to provide control centre analytics.
• GreenSync (deX)strategicTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019Australian company GreenSync's 'deX' distributed energy marketplace product was incorporated into the UK Power Networks system built on SGS's ANM Strata platform, providing neutral market facilitation for Distribution System Operators.
• Enzen Global SolutionscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2017Enzen became an Approved Integrator partner in 2017 and delivers DERMS solutions from a dedicated Centre of Excellence. Enzen provides professional and systems integration services focused on transformational change solutions, delivering SGS products to customers in India, Australia, and the Middle East through their Active Network Management Centre of Excellence.
• Ofgem (NIC Programme)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSGS partnered with SP Energy Networks on the Network Innovation Competition (NIC) funded Charge project for EV charging infrastructure, developing solutions for connecting EV chargepoints to the electricity network.
• Sidewalk LabsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Sidewalk Labs on a residential market design pilot with London Hydro, exploring behind-the-meter energy technologies and community-scale solar PV in a 100-home pilot using SGS's DERMS and forecasting algorithms.
• SSE Distributed EnergystrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandmark partnership between SGS and SSE's Distributed Energy division to support smart cities and local energy decarbonisation initiatives.
• Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. (MEPPI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSGS was acquired by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and its subsidiary MEPPI in August 2021. MEPPI provides critical infrastructure products including gas circuit breakers, power transformers, battery energy storage systems, and rail equipment. Together they deliver combined DERMS software and grid control products enabling utilities to respond to energy system needs and maximise grid performance. MEPPI provides capital and hardware ecosystem access; SGS provides software platform.
• VitalityminorOthersPrivate medical insurance provider offered to SGS employees as part of the company's health and wellbeing benefits programme.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• AutoGrid Systems: DERMS and VPP aggregation platform for utilities and energy service companies, now a Schneider Electric division. Closest direct peer — both sell DER orchestration software and VPP aggregation to distribution utilities and DER operators, including Con Edison-adjacent deployments.
• EnergyHub: DERMS platform focused on residential and C&I demand response, VPPs, and behind-the-meter asset aggregation for utilities in North America — overlapping with SGS's Cirrus Flex and Element Flex offerings.
• OATI (Open Access Technology International): Provides DERMS, energy management and settlement software to utilities and ISOs — including DERMS deployments that compete directly with SGS in North American markets.
• Enbala (now ABB): Real-time DER aggregation and VPP platform (acquired by ABB) serving utilities, aggregators and ISO markets — directly comparable to SGS's Cirrus Flex fleet DERMS functionality.

Broad incumbents

• Siemens Smart Infrastructure (Gridscale, Spectrum Power): Provides GridScale DERMS and Spectrum Power ADMS as part of an integrated utility software portfolio targeting DNOs/DSOs worldwide — a direct competitor in the same enterprise utility sales motion as SGS.
• Hitachi Energy (Network Manager / e-mesh): Supplies enterprise ADMS plus e-mesh DERMS energy management to utilities for integrated distribution management and DER orchestration — competing with SGS at the same blue-chip utility accounts.
• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure DERMS): Through AutoGrid and its broader EcoStruxure grid software stack, Schneider offers a bundled DERMS + ADMS + grid management portfolio to utilities globally — competing head-to-head with SGS for enterprise utility RFPs.
• GE Vernova (GridOS DERMS): Delivers GridOS DERMS alongside its ADMS portfolio for distribution utilities, providing another bundled enterprise alternative to SGS's standalone DERMS-plus-ANM platform.

Emerging players

• PXiSE Energy Solutions: Real-time DERMS and grid orchestration technology provider for utilities and renewables operators — focused on active grid management, similar conceptually to SGS's ANM Strata capabilities.
• Uplight: Energy orchestration platform spanning customer engagement, DERMS, and flexibility markets for utilities; partial overlap with SGS in DR and DER optimization, particularly in the North American market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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