WeaveGrid – Weekly Recap

WeaveGrid is advancing its position in grid-orchestration software with a series of partnerships and pilot results that extend its DISCO platform beyond residential electric vehicles into complex commercial and distributed energy applications. During the week, the company underscored its strategy of turning EVs into grid-flexibility assets that can flatten peaks, defer infrastructure upgrades, and integrate with storage.

A newly highlighted partnership with Synop targets commercial EV charging sites such as fleet depots, workplaces, and multi-asset locations at the distribution edge. Synop’s AI-enabled energy management system and SynopLink site controller will be integrated with WeaveGrid’s DISCO software to give utilities more granular visibility into commercial charging behavior and manage flexible load at the distribution level.

The collaboration is designed to offer fleet operators and charging site owners clearer pathways to participate in utility programs and access additional grid-services revenue streams. Strategically, it signals WeaveGrid’s expansion into orchestrating a broader set of distributed energy resources, including batteries, BESS, generators, and other behind-the-meter assets to strengthen its role in managed charging and virtual power plant ecosystems.

WeaveGrid also announced a partnership with PowerFlex focused on large commercial EV charging sites that can represent hundreds of megawatts of flexible capacity. By integrating WeaveGrid’s orchestration platform with PowerFlex’s Adaptive Load Management, the joint solution aims to coordinate charging at the charger, site, and grid levels and provide utilities with hyper-local visibility into flexible load.

This offering is positioned to help utilities serve more EVs using existing infrastructure while deferring capital-intensive distribution upgrades and enhancing the value proposition for commercial customers. Together with the Synop collaboration, the PowerFlex deal supports WeaveGrid’s ambition to act as a vendor-agnostic orchestration layer across diverse EV and DER portfolios.

On the residential side, WeaveGrid highlighted its role in ComEd’s Electric Vehicle Energy Management System pilot conducted with Emporia and Treehouse. The pilot used panel-level EMS technology to dynamically manage home Level 2 EV charging so total household load stayed within panel limits, aiming to avoid costly electrical panel upgrades while maintaining driver convenience.

The company emphasized that combining panel-level EMS with active managed charging can help utilities address constraints from the home service panel through to the wider grid without large upfront infrastructure spending. WeaveGrid also pointed to the equity benefits of avoiding expensive panel replacements, aligning its solutions with regulatory goals around equitable access to EV charging and grid modernization.

WeaveGrid further boosted executive visibility through Co-Founder and President John Taggart’s appearance on Energy Central’s “Power Perspectives” podcast. This thought-leadership effort targets utility planners evaluating managed charging, virtual power plants, and broader grid-resilience strategies, supporting the company’s positioning as a partner for utilities navigating transportation electrification.

Taken together, the Synop and PowerFlex partnerships, ComEd pilot results, and increased thought-leadership activity reinforce WeaveGrid’s grid-flexibility strategy and expand the reach of its DISCO platform into both commercial and residential segments. These developments point to growing engagement with utilities and commercial operators, and may support the company’s longer-term prospects for recurring software-driven revenue as EV adoption and DER integration accelerate.

Overall, the week marked a period of strategic execution for WeaveGrid, with new collaborations and pilot outcomes underscoring its role in enabling utilities to manage EV growth while enhancing grid reliability and customer participation in flexibility programs.