GridUnity launches interconnection management solution at DISTRIBUTECH
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GridUnity, known for its grid modernisation solutions, announced the launch of a new interconnection management solution and a new venture with Southern Company to streamline large generation interconnection at DISTRIBUTECH 2025.
The company announced the launch of GridSync, an enterprise-grade interconnection management solution purpose-built for Transmission Owners (TOs). Debuting at DISTRIBUTECH 2025, GridSync joins the company’s flagship solution, GridInterConnect, to create an end-to-end interconnection ecosystem—intended to accelerate timelines, improve transparency, and reduce regulatory risk across all stakeholders.
GridSync is meant to centralise communication, data validation, study management, and construction coordination—all aligned with FERC Order 2023.
“With GridSync, we’re solving the biggest blockers to faster grid interconnection: competing commercial drivers, fragmented data, and disconnected workflows,” said Brian Fitzsimons, CEO of GridUnity. “GridSync doesn’t just automate—it connects Transmission Owners with ISOs, developers, and their internal teams to enable real-time collaboration, defensible data sharing, and audit-ready compliance.”
GridSync provides Transmission Owners with:
- Automated compliance tracking and real-time audit logs
- Integration with RTO/ISO systems for faster collaboration
- End-to-end project oversight from intake through commissioning
- Smarter data workflows that can free up engineering capacity
Factor This Content Director Paul Gerke caught up with Ashley Kelly, head of sales for GridUnity, at DISTRIBUTECH to discuss his company’s new offering and his thoughts on coming together at DTECH to tackle interconnection challenges head-on.
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Southern Company chooses GridUnity platform
GridUnity also announced that its GridInterConnect for Transmission software has been selected by Southern Company’s electric utilities. Serving 4.5 million electric customers across Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, Southern Company, through its electric utility subsidiaries, operates 27,000 miles of transmission assets with a peak demand of approximately 40 gigawatts.
By implementing GridUnity’s GridInterConnect solution (formerly known as Interconnection Life Cycle Manager), Southern Company’s electric utilities will help ensure FERC Order 2023 compliance including a streamlined cluster study process, while at the same time providing an updated customer experience and more transparency into generation projects as they are built and move into operation.
“GridUnity’s GridInterConnect software will reinforce our ability to provide industry-leading customer service,” said Todd Lucas, Vice President of Transmission Operations and Policy at Southern Company. “By delivering a smooth and streamlined interconnection process, we will deliver an enhanced customer experience to project developers and other interconnection customers. Providing clear, accessible information from site selection all the way to synchronization will provide transparency in the process, reducing project risk and enabling generator developers to have the kind of certainty they’re looking for. This process will play a key role in helping ensure generation is brought online in an efficient, reliable manner ultimately benefiting all electric customers across Southern Company’s electric utilities’ footprint.”
“Interconnection delays are one of the most significant roadblocks to getting more energy resources onto the grid. With electricity demand soaring, it’s never been more important to remove barriers to bringing more projects online while ensuring safety and procedural simplicity,” said GridUnity CEO Brian Fitzsimons. “We’re thrilled to welcome Southern Company into the GridUnity family.”
GridUnity was recently named the recipient of a $49.5 million Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnerships (GRIP) matching award from the U.S. Department of Energy and was named among the top ten Innovative Grid-Enhancing Technology Pioneers for 2024 by analyst group Darcy Partners.
Key features of GridUnity’s GridInterConnect for Transmission include:
- FERC Order 2023 compliance: GridInterConnect for Transmission software manages cluster studies, automating some key parts of the current manual process to accelerate it.
- More customer transparency: As a system of record for the entire interconnection process, the GridUnity platform offers constantly accessible updated project information, removing long waits and guess work from the process.
- Audit logs: The GridInterConnect software tracks all applications, communications, payments, and progress that it can be reviewed either in aggregate to provide critical data for ongoing system improvements or individually to deliver a clear project timeline and narrative.
- Integration with utility systems: The GridUnity platform integrates with existing utility software through secure APIs to bring multiple functions across the utility together. Systems often integrated with the GridUnity platform include CYME, financial accounting software, SAP, Docusign, and ERP software.
- Security: With SOC 2 version 2 and NIST 800-171 certification, the GridUnity platform is hosted on AWS with geographic redundancy and role-based security.
Originally published Sean Wolfe on Factor This.
