Posted January 30, 2025

This investment, alongside the investment from Toyota's Growth Fund - Woven Capital, further validates WeaveGrid's grid-interactive vehicle approach of deep automotive partnerships and direct integrations. These partnerships underscore the value of our trusted integrations in driving managed charging innovation. 

Unlike competitors relying on screen scraping or reverse engineering to access vehicle data, WeaveGrid’s automotive and charging data integrations ensure unmatched precision, cybersecurity, and innovation in advanced EV solutions like active managed charging, distribution optimization, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities.

This investment and our ongoing partnerships with auto and charging OEMs enable WeaveGrid to advance managed charging innovations through integrations trusted by automakers and electric utilities alike.

In Q1 2025, we will be hosting a webinar about the investment and our partnerships with Toyota, Hyundai, and Kia. If you’re interested in attending, please let us know by filling out this form: 

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Posted January 30, 2025

ICF is seeking a detail-oriented candidate to support clients and projects by providing information on the regulatory environment related to state utility regulation, energy efficiency, demand response, flexible load management, distributed energy resources, smart grid services, electric vehicles, building electrification, decarbonization and reducing GHG emissions. The candidate will advise on the implication of various regulatory strategies and support clients (internal and external) through participation in regulatory workgroups. The candidate may support clients by preparing filings, data request responses, comments and workgroup information requests. The candidate also will develop a repeatable process and the training to grow ICF’s regulatory advisory services throughout North America. The right person for this opportunity would ideally be located in the Mid-Atlantic area

What you will be doing: 

• Advise and support clients with regulatory related activities, in some cases acting as utility staff augmentation, on topics related to state utility regulation, energy efficiency, demand response, flexible load management, distributed energy resources, smart grid services, electric vehicles, building electrification, decarbonization and reducing GHG emissions 
• Participate in regulatory groups such as Commission-led workgroups to gather information to inform a client’s regulatory strategy and to represent the client as appropriate, as well as to support internal clients such as the program implementation area 
• Develop and edit documents such as filings, data request responses, comments 
• Coordinate and facilitate internal client meetings and for utility groups to assist with regulatory strategy development 
• Share within ICF gathered regulatory information to inform proposals and program implementation 
• Develop a plan and materials to expand ICF’s regulatory advisory services 
• Other duties as required to support our regulatory advisory work nationally and provide direct support to leadership and the implementation teams as needed 
• Must have a reliable vehicle for local occasional travel. Requirements are between 5% to 20% of the time. (reimbursement for mileage provided)

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Posted January 24, 2025

January 22nd, 2025 — New York — Piclo, the leading digital marketplace for DER-enabled energy flexibility, is proud to announce its expanded partnership with National Grid, one of the world's largest publicly listed utilities. The strategic expansion will see Piclo offering its flexible energy solutions in Massachusetts, complementing its existing operations in New York and Connecticut.

This development highlights Piclo’s mission to accelerate the transition to a more flexible and sustainable energy grid across the United States. The platform’s innovative approach allows utilities, energy market operators, energy companies, and large-scale energy consumers to trade flexibility—enabling smarter, more efficient management of electricity grids and helping to balance supply and demand.

Our partnership with Piclo has been instrumental in delivering a more flexible and efficient energy future, enabling us to tap into the potential of distributed energy resources to help plan and operate the grid more cost-effectively. Together, we're building a smarter, more resilient grid that meets the evolving needs of our customers and the energy market."  — Josh Tom, Director, Energy Transition Solutions, National Grid.

Strengthening National Grid Partnership Building on the success of its partnership with National Grid in New York as well as Eversource and United Illuminating in Connecticut, Piclo is now scaling its operations to support the growing need for flexibility in energy markets across the US. National Grid’s commitment to working with Piclo has led to a series of successful flexibility programs, where Piclo's platform facilitates trading of energy from businesses and distributed energy assets, ensuring grid stability and reducing reliance on traditional energy sources.

"Through our partnership with National Grid, we are not just adapting to the evolving energy landscape—we're actively shaping it. By leveraging our innovative platform to unlock the potential of distributed energy assets, we are fostering a more resilient, flexible grid that will enhance stability, reduce reliance on traditional sources, and empower businesses to play a key role in the future of energy." — James Johnston, CEO, Piclo

With this extended collaboration, Piclo will bring its industry-leading marketplace further into the Northeast to Massachusetts, where it will help accelerate the adoption of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) like electric vehicles, demand response, and battery storage.

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Posted January 21, 2025

Job Description
Are you a highly self-driven and motivated account manager focused on sales enablement across major partners? If so, we have an opportunity for you here at Copeland, focusing on serving our customers in the utility space. As a sales leader you will work to identify new opportunities for placement of our suite of HVACR solutions across the utility channel.

Copeland offers an excellent compensation package with competitive salary, comprehensive healthcare package, 401k (75% company match up to 5%), quarterly company funded retirement plan with an additional contribution of 2.5%, tuition assistance, flexible work schedule, paid time off (3 weeks + paid holidays) and ongoing Copeland-led training.

As a Utility Account Manager, YOU WILL:

• Lead existing utility partnerships including yearly planning and strategy.
• Identify new sales opportunities across the utility space at our key customers.
• Become an expert on our products, both hardware and software, to ensure the best experience for our customers and how they fit into their goals.
• Collaborate with our partners outside sales teams to ensure they are equipped to sell our solutions to meet the utility’s energy and sustainability goals.
• Exude confidence, project a professional image, and present an engaging personality when meeting with customers.
• Represent Copeland at customer facing and industry events.
• Report out on trends in the industry across your respective channel.
• Collaborate with inside sales and sales operations to maintain a database of leads and opportunities inside Salesforce CRM.
• Support new product launches and placement with our existing customers.

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