Grid Infrastructure & Connection
Transmission and distribution, interconnection queues, HVDC, DERMS, grid-edge software, and the equipment and software vendors enabling reliable, modern grid operations.
Experts
Grouped by archetype · searchableFounder / Operator
5Scott Strazik
Chief Executive Officer
GE Vernova
CEO of the largest U.S. listed pure-play grid + power-equipment company. Single most important grid-OEM operator perspective.
Andreas Schierenbeck
Chief Executive Officer
Hitachi Energy
Most senior operating leader in HVDC. The single most supply-constrained technology in the global energy transition.
Amit Narayan
Founder & CEO
Climate-AI Ventures
Authored the modern VPP / DERMS playbook; now a thesis-driven early-stage investor with deep operating credibility.
Tom Deitrich
President & Chief Executive Officer
Itron
Runs the only public-company platform with credible scale across electricity, gas, AND water utility metering. Uniquely cross-theme.
Gregg Rotenberg
Executive Chairman
Insight M; Former CEO Smart Wires
Runs the leading grid-enhancing-technology (GET) company. Directly relevant to the FERC Order 1920 transmission-planning agenda.
Strategic Advisor
7Jon Wellinghoff
Chief Regulatory Officer (Voltus); CEO (GridPolicy); Partner (Stoel Rives)
Voltus / GridPolicy / Stoel Rives
The most influential living former regulator on distributed-energy and grid-edge market design. Uniquely placed to advise on regulatory risk in DER, VPP, and transmission investments.
Cheryl LaFleur
Chairman of the Board (ISO New England); Adjunct Senior Research Scholar (Columbia CGEP)
ISO-NE / Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy
Singular dual perspective: as ISO-NE Chair she shapes how a major U.S. RTO actually integrates clean-energy resources at scale, while as FERC veteran she knows what's actually possible regulatorily.
Richard (Rich) Glick
Founder & Principal
GQ New Energy Strategies
The most recent former FERC Chair, now running an active D.C. consulting practice. Current pulse on what FERC under Christie is and isn't likely to do.
Ernest (Ernie) Moniz
President & CEO (Energy Futures Initiative); Co-Chair of the Board (NTI); Board Advisor (Angeleno Group)
Energy Futures Initiative
Most credible cross-domain advisor in US energy: ex-Cabinet secretary, working academic, active board member, and policy architect. A call with Moniz contextualizes any clean-energy or grid thesis.
Hal Harvey
Founder Emeritus (Energy Innovation); Senior Fellow (Paulson Institute, U Chicago)
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
The dean of U.S. clean-energy policy philanthropy. Most-quoted independent voice on what energy policy interventions actually move emissions and costs.
Jigar Shah
Partner (Powerhouse Ventures); Senior Fellow (World Resources Institute); Co-Founder (Multiplier*); Advisory Chair (Deploy Action)
Powerhouse Ventures; multiple advisory roles
Most operationally-versed voice in U.S. climate finance: built one of the seminal clean-energy businesses, then ran the largest single block of clean-energy financing in U.S. history.
Christine Tezak
Senior Director, Research (Managing Director, retired from active coverage 2024)
ClearView Energy Partners
One of the most respected independent energy-policy analysts in Washington; her transition out of daily coverage means she's available for senior-investor conversations she wouldn't have had bandwidth for before.
Investment Banker
2Tyler Miller
Partner; Global Co-Head, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure
Goldman Sachs
Top-of-market power-and-utilities banker at the most-prestigious U.S. bank. The first call for large-cap M&A in the sector.
Todd Giardinelli
Head of Natural Resources & Energy Transition (Investment Banking)
Bank of America
Just moved from Morgan Stanley to Bank of America to lead BofA's natural resources / energy transition push. Pivotal banker whose new mandate is being built right now.
Legal / Service Provider
3Wendy N. Reed
Member
Wright & Talisman
Partner at the boutique law firm uniquely focused on the FERC and RTO regulatory layer. Essential counsel for transmission-investment underwriting.
Catherine (Cathy) McCarthy
Partner; Chair, Power & Renewables Regulatory Department
Bracewell
Top-ranked FERC-side power regulatory counsel; essential advisor on every transmission and large-scale renewable transaction with regulatory complexity.
Paul F. Wight
Partner; Lead, Energy Regulatory
DLA Piper
Pure-play FERC litigation and electric-power regulatory partner, now anchoring DLA Piper's D.C. energy practice; the lawyer for high-stakes regulatory disputes.
Peer Fund / Dealmaker
5Adebayo (Bayo) Ogunlesi
Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO; Senior MD, BlackRock
Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock)
The most consequential infrastructure capital allocator in the world post-BlackRock combination. Sets the gravitational center for the entire space.
Connor Teskey
CEO, Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield
The single most credible energy-transition fund-manager voice globally; now running the entire $1T+ Brookfield Asset Management platform.
Andrew Olinick
Senior Managing Director, Infrastructure
Macquarie Asset Management
Active mid-large-cap principal at the world's largest infra manager. Direct peer for U.S. transmission services investments.
Sadek Wahba
Founder & Managing Partner
I Squared Capital
Mid-large-cap infrastructure GP with the most public conviction on U.S. grid build-out as a multi-decade investment thesis.
Andrew N. Pike
Partner, Co-Head Infrastructure & Power
Ares Management
Co-leads one of the most active infrastructure-and-power funds in the mid-large-cap market. Directly comparable peer.
Companies
Ranked by edge depthGlobal Infrastructure Partners
World's largest dedicated infrastructure-fund manager (>$100B AUM); acquired by BlackRock in October 2024 for $12.5B.
AES Corporation
U.S. global power generation and utility company; subject of $33.4B BlackRock/GIP + EQT take-private (2025).
Green Mountain Power
Vermont's largest electric utility; world's first B Corp utility under Mary Powell's leadership (2008–2019).
Voltus
U.S. distributed-energy-resource (DER) aggregator and virtual power plant (VPP) operator; enrolls commercial and industrial loads into wholesale markets.
GQ New Energy Strategies
Energy regulatory and policy consulting firm founded May 2023 by former FERC Chair Rich Glick and former FERC chief of staff Pamela Quinlan.
ISO New England
Independent system operator (RTO) for the New England wholesale electricity market.
Inlyte Energy
Long-duration energy-storage company commercializing iron-sodium battery technology for grid applications.
GE Vernova
Pure-play global power and grid equipment, software, and services company; NYSE-listed since 2024 spin-off from General Electric.
Hitachi Energy
Global leader in HVDC technology with 150+ GW of HVDC links integrated into power systems globally. Subsidiary of Hitachi Group.
AutoGrid
VPP / DERMS software platform; acquired by Schneider Electric in May 2022. Deployed in 20+ countries managing 8+ GW of VPP capacity. Guidehouse-ranked #1 globally.
Itron
Global provider of utility AMI smart-metering and grid-edge intelligence across electricity, gas, and water utilities. NASDAQ: ITRI.
Smart Wires
Leading grid-enhancing-technology (GET) company; SmartValve and SUMO products dynamically redirect power on the high-voltage grid to unlock latent transmission capacity.
Macquarie Asset Management
World's largest infrastructure-asset manager and a major investor in renewable energy, transport, telecom, and water.
DynaGrid
U.S. transmission and substation services provider founded 2012; Macquarie Asset Management acquired majority stake in 2025.
I Squared Capital
Miami-based global infrastructure private-equity firm with $50B+ AUM. Founded 2012 by former Morgan Stanley Infrastructure executives.
Ares Management
Global alternative-investment manager; Ares Infrastructure & Power is one of the most active U.S. mid-large-cap funds in renewables and grid services.
Wright & Talisman
D.C. boutique law firm devoted exclusively to energy law and FERC-regulated industries for 70+ years; particularly noted for representing RTOs at FERC.
Energy Futures Initiative
Nonprofit energy-policy research and convening organization founded by Ernest Moniz in 2017.
Bracewell
U.S. law firm with one of the leading FERC and energy regulatory practices, particularly in transmission, power generation, and renewables.
DLA Piper
Global law firm; energy regulatory practice anchored in D.C. with new energy regulatory leader Paul Wight (2024).
Goldman Sachs
Global investment bank; Power, Utilities & Infrastructure franchise serves the largest U.S. utility and infrastructure M&A flow.
Bank of America
Global bank; Natural Resources & Energy Transition group built out under Todd Giardinelli (2025) as a strategic priority.
Morgan Stanley
Global investment bank with a long-tenured Power, Utilities & Renewables franchise; recently rebuilding after Todd Giardinelli's departure to BofA.
Citigroup
Global bank; Power, Utilities & Renewables franchise (Tyler Miller's former home) is now in re-build after his departure to Goldman.
Show 4 more single-connection companies
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology
Independent energy and environmental policy research firm; publisher of the U.S. Energy Policy Simulator used by federal and state policymakers.
Powerhouse Ventures
Climate-tech venture capital firm focused on the energy transition.
U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office
U.S. federal program that provides loans and loan guarantees to advanced energy projects. Under the IRA, the LPO was granted $400B+ in loan authority.
ClearView Energy Partners
Washington, D.C.-based independent research firm specializing in U.S. energy policy and electricity-markets analysis.