NJUNS

What NJUNS does

NJUNS, Inc. — formally the National Joint Utilities Notification System — is a not-for-profit utility consortium that operates a software-as-a-service platform for electronic notification and workflow tracking of joint utility ventures. Founded in 1990 following a pole-transfer accident involving Georgia Power and BellSouth (originally as the Electronic Notification Pole Transfer Program), the organization was renamed NJUNS in 1997 as membership spread nationally. The platform enables real-time collaboration among utility companies and contractors on pole transfers, make-ready work, joint trench coordination, permits, and large infrastructure projects, delivered through modular components including the Joint Pole Administration, Joint Trench Coordination, Large Project Notification, and Pole Attachment modules; the system is web-based with permanent, accountable documentation and reporting functionality, and holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

The business is governed and funded by its members: 3,800 utility members across 34 states pay recurring maintenance fees to participate, and leadership is provided through a Board of Directors (two directors per member state) and a 12-member Executive Committee elected annually from among the sponsoring utilities. The GTM motion is sales-led and referral-driven within the utility industry, supported by a "Request a Demo" form, state-level user group meetings, and word-of-mouth adoption. Named large members span investor-owned utilities (Duke Energy, Dominion Energy, Georgia Power, Entergy, Ameren, Consumers Energy, Pacific Power, Portland General Electric, Oncor, Consolidated Edison, National Grid), telecom carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter, Crown Castle), and cooperatives (SMECO, Alabama Power). NJUNS operates exclusively in the United States, is not venture- or PE-backed, and discloses no revenue or headcount.

Name

NJUNS

Legal name

NJUNS, Inc.

Website

https://web.njuns.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NJUNS is a not-for-profit SaaS consortium serving 3,800 US utility members across 34 states, providing electronic notification and workflow tracking for joint pole transfers, make-ready work, joint trench coordination, and attachment permitting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Suwanee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Member Sponsorships: As a not-for-profit consortium, NJUNS is funded through sponsoring memberships from utility companies. Member utilities pay maintenance fees to participate in the system and access the platform.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

NJUNS provides a software-as-a-service platform for electronic notification and workflow tracking of joint utility ventures. Utility companies use the platform to coordinate pole transfers, make-ready work, pole attachments, joint trench projects, and permits among multiple utilities and contractors in real time. The system is delivered to sponsoring member utilities across 34 U.S. states.

Product overview

NJUNS is a not-for-profit consortium of utility companies that provides a unified software-as-a-service platform called the National Joint Utilities Notification System. The platform consists of several integrated modules: the core Joint Pole Administration Module for managing pole transfers and attachments, the Joint Trench Coordination Module for underground project collaboration, the Large Project Notification Module, and the Pole Attachment (PA) Module that satisfies federal and local regulatory requirements. The system is accessed through a web-based application portal where utility companies create, track, and close tickets related to joint utility ventures, with the platform serving over 3,800 utilities across 34 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NJUNS Platform A web-based software-as-a-service platform that enables utility companies to communicate and track joint-use field workflow, including pole transfers, make-ready work, joint trench coordination, and permits for new pole attachments.
• Joint Pole Administration Module Core module for managing pole attachments and transfers between utility companies, enabling real-time notification and tracking of pole-related field work.
• Joint Trench Coordination Module Module for coordinating joint trench projects among multiple utility companies to streamline underground infrastructure development.
• Large Project Notification Module Module for tracking and notifying members about large infrastructure projects requiring coordination and collaboration across multiple utilities.
• Pole Attachment (PA) Module Module that satisfies requirements of federal and local pole attachment policies, allowing companies to use NJUNS to meet internal and external mandates for pole attachment management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced administrative costs through electronic notifications vs. manual letters and phone calls
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AT&TcoreOthersAT&T is a key sponsoring member of NJUNS, participating across multiple states (AL, CA, FL, GA, KS, KY, LA, MS, MO, NC, OK, TN, TX, WI). AT&T is represented on the Board of Directors.
• Duke EnergycoreOthersDuke Energy is a sponsoring member across multiple states (FL, NC, SC). Representatives serve on state Boards of Directors including North Carolina (Falisha Gipson, Nicole Chapman), South Carolina (Brittany Dellinger).
• VerizoncoreOthersVerizon participates as a sponsoring member across multiple states (MA, MD, NY, PA, RI). Verizon representatives serve on state Boards including New York (Julie Wadman), Rhode Island (Stephanie Magnan), Pennsylvania (John Brennan).
• AmerencoreOthersAmeren is a sponsoring member in Illinois and Missouri. Illinois representative Kristi Archer serves as Secretary on the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Dominion EnergycoreOthersDominion Energy participates in South Carolina (SCANA acquisition) and Virginia. Beth Harris from Dominion Virginia Power serves as Vice-Chairperson on the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Consumers EnergycoreOthersConsumers Energy is a sponsoring member in Michigan. Holly Webb serves on the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Pacific Power (PacifiCorp)coreOthersPacifiCorp participates in Oregon and Washington. Oregon representative Lisa Walker serves on the Oregon Board of Directors.
• Portland General ElectriccoreOthersPortland General Electric is a sponsoring member in Oregon. James Lowry serves on the Oregon Board of Directors.
• Crown CastlecoreOthersCrown Castle is a sponsoring member in New Jersey. Kenneth McDonagh serves on the New Jersey Board of Directors and the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Georgia Power CompanycoreOthersGeorgia Power is a key sponsoring member in Georgia. Jenny Minter serves as a Georgia Board of Directors representative.
• EvergycoreOthersEvergy (formed from Kansas City Power & Light and Westar merger) is a sponsoring member in Kansas and Missouri. Jessica Everhart serves on the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Alabama Power CompanycoreOthersAlabama Power is a sponsoring member in Alabama. Jermaine Clements serves on the Alabama Board of Directors.
• Consolidated EdisoncoreOthersConsolidated Edison is a sponsoring member in New York. Paul Smith serves on the New York Board of Directors and the 2026 Executive Committee.
• Oncor Electric DeliverycoreOthersOncor is a sponsoring member in Texas. Britney Bartholomew serves on the Texas Board of Directors.
• National GridcoreOthersNational Grid is a sponsoring member in Massachusetts and New York.
• ComcastcoreOthersComcast is a sponsoring member in Pennsylvania.
• Charter CommunicationscoreOthersCharter Communications is a sponsoring member in Missouri.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Itron: Itron delivers AMI, meter data management, and grid analytics software to electric and water utilities globally. It is comparable as a major established vendor of vertical software into the same electric utility customer base that funds NJUNS memberships.
• Esri (ArcGIS Utility Network): Esri's ArcGIS platform is the de facto GIS backbone for most U.S. electric utilities, often used to manage pole and attachment data. It is broadly comparable to NJUNS as enterprise utility infrastructure software, though it lacks NJUNS's purpose-built joint-use workflow.
• Oracle Utilities: Oracle Utilities offers a broad suite (CIS, MDM, OMS, field service) sold to the same electric and water utility buyers that NJUNS serves. While not specialized in pole-attachment coordination, it competes for member IT budget and represents an integration/incumbent threat.
• Bentley Systems: Bentley Systems provides infrastructure engineering software widely used by electric utilities and telecoms for asset/network design. It serves the same utility customers as NJUNS and represents a broad incumbent offering in the utility digital tooling market.
• Salesforce (Energy & Utilities Cloud): Salesforce's Energy & Utilities Cloud provides CRM, field service, and asset workflows that overlap with NJUNS's joint-use coordination functionality. It represents the type of large-scale commercial platform that member utilities may adopt for adjacent workflows, making it a relevant incumbent benchmark.
• Quanta Services / POWER Engineers: Quanta Services (including POWER Engineers) is the largest U.S. utility infrastructure construction firm, performing T&D, joint trench, and make-ready work. It is comparable to NJUNS as a stakeholder in the same joint-utility construction workflow that NJUNS coordinates.
• Trimble (Utility & Infrastructure): Trimble provides utility asset management, field solutions, and infrastructure design tools used by electric utilities and their contractors. It overlaps with NJUNS in serving the same utility field-workflow buyers and represents a credible incumbent competitor for budget share.

Direct peers

• Osmose Utilities Services: Osmose provides pole inspection, engineering, and asset management services to electric utilities and cooperatives across the U.S. It is directly comparable to NJUNS as a vendor serving the same utility customers for pole-related workflows and decision support.
• National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC): NISC is a not-for-profit cooperative that delivers software, apps, and services to electric, water, and telecommunications utilities, mirroring NJUNS's member-owned utility consortium model. Both organizations are governed by their member utilities and provide mission-critical software at scale to similar utility customer bases.
• ARCOS LLC: ARCOS provides SaaS for utility crew callout, resource scheduling, and storm/incident management to electric utilities and cooperatives across the U.S. It is directly comparable to NJUNS as a vertical SaaS platform solving field-workforce coordination problems for the same utility customer segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/njuns-inc.

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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