Fugro is the world’s leading Geo-data specialist, dedicated to mapping, modelling, and monitoring the Earth’s surface and subsurface across built and natural environments. We deliver critical insights that help our clients design, construct, and manage their projects and environments safely, sustainably, and efficiently, on land and at sea. | Fugro: Driving Innovation in Power Utility Networks with Lidar and ROAMES As power utilities face increasing challenges—aging infrastructure, climate-driven risks, and the growing demand for renewable integration—accurate, actionable data has never been more critical. Fugro is leading the way with advanced geo-data solutions that transform how utilities manage transmission and distribution networks. At the core of this transformation are two powerful technologies: Lidar and Imagery. Lidar is a cornerstone of Fugro’s asset management strategy. Through high-resolution aerial and ground-based Lidar scanning, we capture and create 3D models of transmission corridors, substations, and surrounding environments. This data provides utilities with unparalleled visibility into their networks, enabling them to identify vegetation encroachment, assess structural integrity, and detect potential hazards before they escalate. Lidar’s accuracy supports optimized maintenance planning, reduces operational risk, and ensures compliance with stringent regulatory requirements—all while minimizing environmental impact. Building on this foundation, Fugro’s ROAMES (Remote Observation, Automated Modeling, and Engineering System) platform revolutionizes network management by converting Lidar and imagery data into a dynamic digital twin of the entire asset network. This virtual environment allows utilities to visualize assets in real time, simulate scenarios, and apply predictive analytics for proactive decision-making. With ROAMES, utilities can forecast asset performance, prioritize maintenance, and respond quickly to emerging threats such as storm damage or wildfire risk—without relying solely on costly field inspections.
Fischer Block
Helping utilities improve reliability and resiliency of the grid, with Early Fault Detection technologies and solutions. Applying AI and Machine Learning pattern recognition, Fischer Block, with patented ‘no outage’ installations, is on the leading edge of deploying predictive analytics across the grid. Contact us to Learn More at sales@fischerblock.com.
Fast Forward
Fast Forward has reset the standard scale of line patrol and outage mitigation— Our crew can efficiently capture data on more than 5,000 miles, or 100,000 poles per week, and set to double again in 2026. | Fast Forward has reset the standard scale of line patrol and outage mitigation. We help electric utilities prevent outages, system inventory and GIS tasks with vehicle-mounted camera systems. Our crew can efficiently capture data on more than 5,000 miles, or 100,000 poles per week, and set to double again!
envelio Inc.
envelio Inc. was founded in Boston in May 2024 to drive the U.S. energy transition through smart grid software. With its proprietary Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP), the cleantech company offers its customers a transparent insight into actual grid operations and a variety of tools for resilient grid planning. The digital twin enables grid operators to optimize processes through automation and digitization, address grid vulnerabilities, visualize and plan hosting capacity, and automate grid connections. More than 70 utilities have now adopted and scaled the Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP), including E.ON, which operates the largest distribution grid in Europe. envelio Inc. is a spin-off of the award-winning German company envelio GmbH, which was founded in 2017 by RWTH Aachen University and is based in Cologne, Germany. envelio’s innovation in grid technology was named a “Best of 2024” Innovator in Power & Utilities by Darcy Partners in the Innovative Grid Technologies category. Additionally, envelio won the internationally renowned BloombergNEF Award for “Relieving bottlenecks in the deployment of clean power.” These awards highlight envelio’s leadership in modernizing grid operations and advancing clean energy solutions. | envelio, Inc. delivers software that helps electric utilities plan, interconnect, and operate distribution grids more efficiently and with greater transparency. Its Intelligent Grid Platform provides utilities with computable distribution grid models to support hosting capacity analysis, interconnection studies, load flow analysis, and grid upgrade planning.
Electro Industries/GaugeTech
Exclusively providing integrated energy & PQ monitoring solutions, utilizing AI & deep industry expertise, improving reliability, efficiency, and sustainability. EIG offers fully integrated energy management solutions, consisting of AI driven energy management and cutting-edge metering technology. These tools seamlessly work together to provide a complete system that is easily deployed with minimal user interaction. EIG’s engineering services team delivers turn-key commissioning and training to quickly help make your project a success. With over 45 years of experience in energy management, EIG has a proven track record of delivering results to Fortune 500 companies. EIG’s software offerings are built based on deep industry expertise in power monitoring, power quality, and energy conservation. EIG provides best-in-class AI driven analytical tools to analyze all aspects of a customer’s energy usage and provide actionable results. Reports focus on highest risk factors, least efficient facilities, and most wasteful circuits. Machine learning provides predicted energy and demand for planning and implementing peak demand reduction.
Edge Zero Pty Limited
Edge Zero delivers the real-time operational visibility utilities need—without waiting for full AMI rollout or costly infrastructure overhauls. Our platform creates a data layer for the last mile, giving utilities live insight into transformer-level voltage, current, and power quality. This enables faster fault detection, reduced truck rolls, improved SAIDI/SAIFI performance, and more confident DER integration. We help utilities address immediate operational challenges on the low voltage network—the most underserved and least-instrumented part of the grid. By equipping the secondary side of the grid with real-time data, utilities can strengthen reliability today and prepare for a more complex, distributed energy future. Edge Zero’s solution is purpose-built for operations. It’s fast to deploy, works with or without AMI, and integrates seamlessly with existing GIS and ADMS platforms. Our EdgeSensors support both single- and three-phase configurations and are equipped with remote firmware updates, cloud reporting, and built-in Wi-Fi, cellular and Bluetooth connectivity. Our platform is already trusted by utilities across the U.S. and internationally—from Vermont to Sydney—to improve reliability, optimize grid planning, and expand DER hosting capacity. For utilities facing tighter budgets, regulatory scrutiny, and accelerating electrification, Edge Zero offers a pragmatic way to uplevel system awareness without overhauling core infrastructure. Think of us as a scalable operational upgrade—one that enhances visibility, strengthens resilience, and complements your existing systems. Whether you’re a cooperative, municipal, or IOU, Edge Zero provides the last-mile intelligence that helps you stay ahead of emerging risks, meet performance goals, and serve your communities with confidence. Edge Zero is the fastest way to gain real-time visibility at the edge of the grid—so you can deliver reliability now, and flexibility next.
DIgSILENT
DIgSILENT is an independent software and consulting company providing highly specialized services in the field of power system analysis for transmission and distribution systems as well as for generation and industrial plants. DIgSILENT’s innovative product portfolio comprises the grid software PowerFactory, the asset and protection management system StationWare and the monitoring system PFM300. | DIgSILENT is an independent software and consulting company providing highly specialized services in the field of power system analysis for transmission, distribution, generation and industrial plants. DIgSILENT’s innovative product portfolio comprises the grid software PowerFactory, the asset and protection management system StationWare and the monitoring system PFM300.
Cyberhawk
Founded in 2008, Cyberhawk™ is the world leader in aerial data management, seamlessly combining drone-based inspection and survey data with its software solution, iHawk™. As an industry pioneer, Cyberhawk conducts 500,000 inspections and surveys each year and has completed over 35 world firsts since its inception, operating worldwide in more than 40 countries. Made up of a highly skilled team of energy sector veterans, world-class pilots, inspection engineers, and in-house software developers, Cyberhawk offers a true end-to-end aerial inspection, survey and management solution for the energy, oil and gas and construction capital project sectors.
AVEVA Software LLC
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. Over 90% of leading industrial enterprises rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe, reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA helps them engineer capital projects more efficiently, operate better and create sustainable value, from the plant to the cloud and beyond. Through our industrial intelligence platform, CONNECT, and our trusted and secure information management applications enriched with industrial AI, AVEVA empowers businesses to drive deeper collaboration between teams and to accelerate insight across their ecosystem of suppliers, partners and customers. Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA’s open solutions draw on the expertise of more than 6,000 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. The company, which has operations around the globe, is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Learn more at www.aveva.com. | 10 of the top 10 mining companies rely on AVEVA software for their critical operations! AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. The company’s digital applications and secure industrial cloud platform enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers, and partners. Enterprises worldwide rely on AVEVA to help them deliver safe and reliable operations and processing of minerals. AVEVA provides solutions to connect people with trusted information enabling efficient engineering (brownfield and greenfield projects), optimized operations, ESG management and responsible growth. Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, we are headquartered in Cambridge, UK and listed on the London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 100.
ADAION SMART GRID SOLUTIONS, S.L.
Adaion is an AI-powered grid optimization and system planning platform. Adaion streamlines and automates the grid planning and optimization process for over 30 distribution utilities by combining an AI-driven digital twin with agentic planning to help Distribution Utilities spot constraints, simulate remedies, and execute the best actions, increasing grid reliability, lifting planner productivity and unlocking extra hosting capacity. Current modules, Adaion Twin, Adaion Plan, and Adaion Copilot, are conceived as a connected ecosystem, as one platform, helping Distribution Utilities, act faster, invest smarter, and make confident decisions.