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Our Energy Technology team brings together people who have worked inside utilities, national labs, and clean energy startups. Our goal is simple: build practical software that helps utility teams do what they already do best, just faster, with better visibility and confidence.

Perfectionism gets a bad reputation at work. It’s the classic interview answer to “What’s your biggest weakness?” But for many of us, it’s actually real. Read the post: buff.ly/2GLtROK

Grid reliability ultimately comes down to two things: frequency and voltage staying within tight limits. When a disturbance hits, generators are expected to respond automatically. buff.ly/W2MIhS4

Last week at Energy Tech, I was reminded how many people across the industry are working on the same challenge: how to make the grid move faster without sacrificing reliability. Curious to see where the next few years take us.

Friday thought for anyone staring at a long to-do list today. Big projects rarely get finished in one heroic push. They move forward in small steps that stack up over time. On our blog, Dylan Noel shares a simple approach that helps him stay focused: buff.ly/4CL3MGi

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Energy Tech. We loved the conversations with engineers, planners, and grid operators about the future of interconnection studies, automation, and grid reliability. Always inspiring to spend time with the people pushing the grid forward.

By automating model preparation, case creation, and study workflows, teams can spend less time setting up studies and more time understanding the results. Learn more about how Minerva is helping utilities streamline grid studies. buff.ly/fVoA4ZE

One thing that surprises people outside the utility world: How many critical workflows still involve spreadsheets. Not because engineers love spreadsheets. But when you’re trying to get a study done, and existing tools don’t quite fit the workflow, spreadsheets fill the gaps.

Energy Tech is tomorrow! We’re looking forward to seeing many of you in Richmond for a day of conversations about the future of the grid, the tools engineers actually need, and how the industry is adapting to a rapidly changing system. See you soon.

In From 5 to 50: A Practical Playbook for Scaling Your Product Team, Jason shares hard-earned lessons from teams that have lived through rapid growth and come out stronger. It’s about what actually breaks as you scale and what to fix first. buff.ly/v6HJsCc

Heading to Energy Tech? Make sure you’re set up before you arrive. Download the DE Meetings app to access the full event schedule, session details, and important updates all in one place. buff.ly/CojPdAF

Most software companies don’t understand the grid. Most grid consultants don’t understand software. Utilities get stuck in the middle. We built the team we wish existed. One mission: help utilities modernize study workflows without the fluff.

Most content guidance fails for one simple reason. It lives somewhere “else.” Instead of treating content guidance as a separate, someday project, he shows what happens when you build it directly into your day-to-day work. buff.ly/nD2QbzY

Heading to Energy Tech? Make sure you’re set up before you arrive. Download the DE Meetings app to access the full event schedule, session details, and important updates all in one place. buff.ly/CojPdAF

Stop Drowning in Spreadsheets & Studies. Accelerate Your Grid Planning Team. Are manual workflows, complex spreadsheets, and broken processes slowing you down? We replace them with intelligent, scalable software engineered by power systems experts. buff.ly/SlLBnxf

Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) and Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) are the hottest topics in the industry - but they only work if the customer is on board. How do we take these complex technologies and make them accessible to the everyday user? buff.ly/z9oM74f

Ever wonder how a language built for documentation ended up shaping modern hardware? In “A Brief History of VHDL and the FPGA,” Jordan traces the unexpected evolution of VHDL from a 1980s DoD standard into the backbone of synthesizable hardware design. buff.ly/Lad4NOV

The grid modernization challenge isn't just about hardware. It’s about a cultural and digital evolution. Join us for a featured fireside chat: "Hyperscaling Teams: Building the Workforce for the Future Grid." buff.ly/z9oM74f

Virginia is the world’s most concentrated data center market, and the demand is skyrocketing. Peak load is projected to grow by 70% by 2045—driven almost entirely by Generative AI. Get the blueprint for the grid of the future. buff.ly/z9oM74f

Future-proofing the energy sector requires two things: Cutting-edge infrastructure and empowered people. buff.ly/z9oM74f