Strategic Partner of the Year
Celebrating the organisations supporting utilities in developing their strategies for the future. This includes creating solutions for customers, planning out services for the future, responding to evolving policy and regulation and strengthening internal processes.
Utility Partner of the Year
Celebrating the organisations supporting utilities in developing their strategies for the future. This includes creating solutions for customers, planning out services for the future, responding to evolving policy and regulation and strengthening internal processes.
EA Technology & UKPN
Operators including UK Power Networks (UKPN) to improve the resilience of their new and existing networks and improve customer experience by providing in-depth visibility and actionable insights into network performance.
Operators use the visibility and grid-edge insight provided by VisNet’s automated monitoring solutions to achieve the following:
- Boost service reliability and operational efficiency
- Improve customer experience
- Manage capacity to support decarbonisation
- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Reduce penalties from lost customer minutes
- Reduce maintenance costs from on-site engineer visits
FYLD
FYLD is redefining how utilities deliver field operations, turning risk into resilience and strategy into execution. As the AI-powered field intelligence platform of choice, FYLD empowers utilities to meet regulatory challenges, decarbonisation goals, and customer demands with confidence. Our ShowMe solution has prevented up to 35% of job failures and improved customer satisfaction by 20%, while our broader platform delivers predictive insights, compliance enforcement, and workforce optimisation. By embedding intelligence directly into daily fieldwork, FYLD enables utilities to operate proactively, scale with certainty, and build trust with customers and regulators with every job done right the first time.
Granular Energy
Granular Energy is a technology company founded less than 4 years ago, who's unique platform has been adopted by most of the UK's large B2B energy suppliers and many more internationally, helping to transform the way clean energy is sold to consumers. Granular Energy's platform is a first-of-a-kind technology that matches individual units of energy generated, with energy consumed - on a massive scale. Bringing a new level of traceability to energy contracts helps combat greenwashing and creates a new incentive for storage and other technologies that can deliver clean energy in the times and places where its
Mesh-AI
Mesh-AI is a data and AI consultancy who partners with organisations across the UK energy ecosystem to deliver Clean Power and NetZero goals through whole system intelligence. Our pioneering collaborations with NESO and the largest DINO in the UK have delivered the foundations of a smarter, more connected energy system. With NESO, we've delivered a sector wide Data Sharing Infrastructure (DSI) Pilot, and Volta, a re-imagined AI driven control room capability to intelligently balance the grid. With the DNO, we’ve built a modern cloud based data and AI capability to help evolve their ageing asset base, accelerating their connections queue.
Northern Powergrid & E.ON Next
Northern Powergrid and E.ON Next have joined forces to deliver Empower Flex - a first-of-its-kind pilot targeting areas with high fuel poverty to cut electricity bills by up to 15%. Focused in Crowle and Starbeck, the initiative offers free domestic batteries, home insulation where eligible, and additional to the pilot, tailored income/debt support to households who need it.
Empower Flex improves energy efficiency, supports grid resilience, and removes upfront costs for customers. This strategic partnership between a network operator and energy supplier offers a scalable, future-facing model - setting a new standard for inclusive decarbonisation for a fairer, energy future.
UK100 and UK Power Networks DSO
UK100 and UK Power Networks DSO have built a powerful partnership delivering practical tools and advice that equip local authorities with the information they need to support energy decarbonisation and growth strategies. Since 2024, this included creating and disseminating our joint Energy Toolkit, the Beyond Targets: Conference and Wider Benefits Research, Climate Leadership Academy, and upcoming new guides on Flexibility and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. We’ve also collaborated to provide insights on devolution, local government reorganisation and RESPs from the experiences of our 120 members; both to shape UK Power Networks’ strategy and support their relationships with councils and ED3 preparation.