10,000+ households · 6 countries · randomized field trials
AI for grid flexibility
Turn flexible demand into reliable grid capacity.
NRGsurf uses proprietary behavioral AI to shift electricity demand where and when the grid needs it. We combine customer response with automated assets to reduce peaks and put underused energy resources to work.
Proprietary behavioral AI proven with 12 utilities
Learned from a decade of data with millions of behavioral data points
Customer response
+Automated assets
→Flexibility where it matters
Proven in the field
Technology proven with 12 utilities.
Our technology is grounded in observed customer actions and randomized field trials. The research measures how much more electricity use can change when interventions are matched to the customer and resource type.
Research projects
- PEAKapp
- ENCHANT
- DIALOGUES
Team research experience
- UC Berkeley
Selected forPlug and Play
San Jose AI Center of Excellence · Batch 4
The capacity challenge
The grid is facing unprecedented challenges.
The data-center boom and electrification are driving demand while grid connections lag. Rising electricity costs, volatile wholesale prices and underused renewable generation make the timing and location of demand increasingly valuable.
in projects are waiting to connect to the grid.
Grid connection delays are holding back energy projects and limiting growth.
electricity price growth versus inflation.
Average U.S. residential electricity prices rose at more than twice the rate of inflation in 2025. Wholesale prices also fluctuate with demand and fuel costs.
Global data-center electricity consumption
is projected to rise from 485 TWh in 2025 to about 950 TWh in 2030.
Use renewable power when it is available.
Solar and wind curtailment is becoming more common in several markets as grids struggle to absorb generation. Shifting demand toward renewable production helps put more of that energy to work.
The NRGsurf opportunity
Shift demand away from constrained hours and toward available capacity and local renewable supply. NRGsurf combines proprietary behavioral AI with automated assets to activate that flexibility.
SourcesColumbia University CGEP, 2026 · U.S. EIA, February 2026 · IEA, Key Questions on Energy and AI, 2026 · IEA, Renewables 2025
The local flexibility challenge
Make customer flexibility count where the grid is constrained.
A demand-response portfolio can contain valuable flexibility that is hard to use for a specific grid constraint. NRGsurf identifies which customers and assets can contribute on the target feeder, selects how to activate them, and measures the delivered response and dollar value of each demand-response event.
- Grid need
- 5 MW
- Location
- Target feeder
- Event window
- Defined hours
Automated response
+Customer response
=Expected local flexibility
How much can your grid plan around?
5 MW is an illustrative grid need, not a customer result or performance guarantee.From need to action
Turn a specific energy need into a flexibility plan.
NRGsurf estimates how automated assets and behavioral response can contribute to a specific need, then turns that intelligence into a plan that can work with existing energy systems.
01Specific energy need
Illustrative flexibility event
5 MW required- Location
- Local grid area
- Event window
- 17:00–19:00
02NRGsurf intelligence
Decision intelligence
Automated response
Which assets are available?
When are they available? How much can they contribute?
- EV charging
- Battery
- HVAC
- Controllable loads
Behavioral response
Who is likely to respond?
To which intervention? How much may shift?
- Incentive
- Recommendation
- Timing
- Information
03Flexibility Plan
Structured decision object- Required response
- 5 MW
- Expected response
- Estimated range
- Automated contribution
- Available capacity
- Behavioral contribution
- Expected range
- Location
- Local grid area
- Event window
- 17:00–19:00
Predict the response.Plan the flexibility.Validate what delivered.
04Existing systems
Execute through existing systems
- Engagement
- VPP
- DERMS
- Device control
NRGsurf intelligence can complement the systems that already execute energy events.
05Actual response
What actually delivered?
Predicted responseActual response
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NRGsurf
Make flexibility reliable.
Turn flexibility you already have into a resource you can plan around and rely on.