Comprised of a diverse group of companies and organizations, the GridWise Alliance is a public-private partnership dedicated to bringing our nation's energy system into the 21st century. The Alliance brings together key stakeholders and works to identify and resolve the challenges associated with implementing the GridWise Vision. The Alliance also acts as a resource for the U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution as well as for other interested parties.

A non-profit (501-c6) organization, membership in the Alliance is open and may include businesses such as energy customers, utilities and vendors as well as associations, regulators, public agencies and elected representatives. To provide oversight, the Alliance established a Board of Directors, which represents a wide range of stakeholders in the energy system. These leaders share a common belief in the merits of GridWise and in the necessity of working together to refine and implement the vision.

The GridWise Alliance Declaration: Created by Alliance members as an endorsement of the GridWise Vision, this declaration is a non-binding agreement to work together to achieve that vision. Download PDF.
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The DOE provided nominal support for the establishment of the GridWise Alliance and is gaining insight for programs within its Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution. To promote and oversee the transformation of our energy system and to ensure broad, public benefit, the DOE is seeking to identify and change key regulatory barriers, catalyze open-protocol architectures and standards, develop strategic technologies when commercial interest is insufficient, conduct demonstrations to increase interest and decrease risk perceptions, and support the basic science needed to analyze and advance the transformation.