WE LEAD COLLABORATION
TO BUILD A STRONGER,
MORE MODERN ENERGY GRID.
Leads Collaboration
Gridworks leads collaboration among policymakers, energy providers, utilities, tribes, advocates and communities to meet shared energy goals.
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Trusted Experts
We are recognized and trusted experts in the challenge of achieving a stronger, more modern energy grid.
Scaling our Impact
We are scaling our impact through a growing network across the Western U.S.
“Gridworks’ research and literature review was path-breaking, and the community engagement principles are first-of-its-kind. Gridworks’ facilitation and policymaking expertise has prepared CETA well to conduct effective and efficient community engagement when we proceed to develop a transmission project.”
— MAURY GALBRAITH
Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA)
“I am proud of the CETA Board for proactively setting its expectations for robust and meaningful community engagement, and as a result setting forth a path for electric transmission projects that work for all Coloradans. Gridworks’ expertise and foresight was essential to establishing this crucial foundation, setting a high and achievable bar for how we expect transmission projects developers to interact with local communities.”
— KARL R. RÁBAGO
Colorado Electric Transmission Authority (CETA)
“We also have allies putting the Principles in citations in their briefs and their comments. That’s been pretty cool — it’s not just a document on the shelf collecting dust. People are reading it. People are looking at it.”
— SHANA LAZEROW
Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
“Gridworks facilitators were highly effective at developing a Roadmap our members felt excited to support. The work they did to support the Coalition immediately began to impact policy-making in support of building decarbonization.”
— PANAMA BARTHOLOMY Executive Director
Building Decarbonization Coalition
“ First and foremost, the filed comments demonstrate that the stakeholder process
facilitated by Gridworks was a success.”
— SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY’S
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITS 2023 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
Case Study Spotlight
Increasing Transparency in Resource Planning for New Mexico
Overview
In 2022, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission launched a new stakeholder engagement process to increase transparency, involve stakeholders early in the planning process, and tie the plans directly to the resource procurement process. Gridworks was appointed as the independent facilitator and worked closely with the two utilities, Public Service Company of New Mexico and Southwestern Public Service Company, to complete the six-month engagement process.
Why did stakeholders choose to engage? Many people wanted to express their ideas about how the utility could better meet the challenge of providing carbon-free, reliable, resilient, and affordable electricity. Others had a deep desire to understand the opportunities and constraints faced by the utility.
