Explore the Microgrid Ecosystem

Suppliers & Services

Microgrid Service Providers

Design, finance, build, own and operate a site power system under a service contract. AlphaStruxure carried these jobs at Brookville in the county’s 2022 account.

Microgrid Control Equipment Suppliers

Supply equipment and software that coordinate generation, batteries, electrical distribution and charging. Schneider Electric lists the products used at Brookville.

Tribal Microgrid Owner-Operators

Operate local power systems for tribal facilities and emergency services. Blue Lake Rancheria is a California example; its experience does not establish every community’s priorities.

Electricity Distribution Utilities

Provide the distribution grid connection around which a microgrid can operate. The Blue Lake Rancheria report names Pacific Gas and Electric.

Microgrid Developers & Operators

Develop microgrids with on-site generation, energy storage, controls and load management. Services can include design, construction, ownership and operation; confirm each company’s scope and project terms.

Organizations to Explore

AlphaStruxure

Designs, finances, builds, owns and operates energy systems under service agreements. Its Brookville project supplies bus charging for Montgomery County.

Schneider Electric

Lists the controls and electrical equipment used at Brookville.

Blue Lake Rancheria

Operates and maintains a tribal microgrid through its building, construction and utilities team. Its current department page also describes electrical work on the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Owns and maintains remote grids for eligible customers and deploys distribution microgrids during selected outages. Its page says distribution microgrids mainly use diesel generation; the Redwood Coast Airport project uses third-party-owned solar and storage.

PowerSecure

Designs, installs, monitors and services distributed energy and microgrid systems. It identifies itself as a Southern Company subsidiary.

Scale Microgrids

Develops and operates microgrids and offers finance through Scale Capital Solutions and microgrid service agreements. Its Santa Clara transit project was under construction in September 2025; this evidence does not confirm completion in 2026.

Enchanted Rock

Designs and builds on-site power systems and provides operations and maintenance, including microgrid applications under the ERock name. Its own page also describes generator manufacturing.

Arup

Designed the Martha’s Vineyard Transit Authority microgrid with other named project partners. The design connects generation, storage and bus charging and allows operation apart from the main grid.

Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek – Gull Bay First Nation

Developed the Giizis solar and storage microgrid with Ontario Power Generation. OPG’s August 2019 release reports operation and assigns maintenance to the Nation’s development corporation, Ma’iingan Development Inc.

Colusa Indian Community

Owns an island-mode microgrid operated by its Tribal Utility Authority, according to its wholly owned company Colusa Indian Energy. That company also develops, builds and services energy projects for other clients.

San Diego Gas & Electric

Operates the Borrego Springs community microgrid and describes upgrades involving solar, storage and diesel backup. The saved fact sheet gives construction targets in 2025 and discusses renewable operation alongside retained diesel support.

Hydro-Québec

Led development of the Lac-Mégantic microgrid with the city and federal support. The project, inaugurated in 2021, connects solar, storage and controls and can separate from the main grid.

BC Hydro

Sets connection requirements and offers solar and storage rebates for eligible remote microgrid communities. Its application page requires technical review and lists separate conditions for remote systems.

Products & Services

Microgrid Controls

Hardware and software that coordinate a local power system.

Site Power Service

Power from a local system for buses or critical facilities.

Methods & Technologies

Battery Energy Storage

Stores and supplies electricity as part of the site power system.

Gas Generation

Generators provide part of the Brookville site’s power system.

Microgrid Control

Coordinates local resources and loads and supports grid-connected or islanded operation.

Solar Photovoltaics

Solar panels generate electricity at the two documented sites.

Standards & Rules

IEEE 2030.7-2017 microgrid controller specification

Standard for the specification of microgrid controllers, including the microgrid energy management system functions and testing procedures.

Routes to Buyers

Energy as a Service Contract

The county obtains project power infrastructure under a long-term agreement with AlphaStruxure.

Sources

AlphaStruxure official evidence

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Enchanted Rock official evidence

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Arup official evidence

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BC Hydro official evidence

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Blue Lake Rancheria official evidence

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Colusa Indian Community official evidence

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Hydro-Québec official evidence

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Pacific Gas and Electric Company official evidence

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San Diego Gas & Electric official evidence

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PowerSecure official evidence

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Scale Microgrids official evidence

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Department of Energy: Microgrid Systems

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IEEE SA: IEEE 2030.7-2017

Active standard for the specification of microgrid controllers.

Schneider Electric: Brookville Bus Depot

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