The Grid’s Tech Future Is Already Being Written in Vermont
The future isn’t waiting. Coordination, data, and user trust are the real battlegrounds for energy’s next decade.
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Utilities & Operations
Operational insights for utilities and energy companies. Learn about modern utility operations, coordination challenges, and digital transformation strategies.
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How the Heck Does Texture’s Tesla Integration Work?
Learn how Texture integrates with Tesla through both the Fleet API and Grid Services API to enable DER monitoring, control, and orchestration for energy companies and utilities.
Energy is starving for coordination, and AI will feed it.
AI is transforming the energy industry by breaking down data silos, integrating systems, and enabling real-time coordination, unlocking new business value and operational efficiency across the sector.
The Hidden Data Risks in Utility Operations
Discover how emailing customer data via CSVs creates major security risks for utilities. Learn why this common practice threatens data privacy and how Texture's incremental approach provides secure data sharing without disrupting operations.
The Energy Industry's Point Solution Problem: Why Utilities Keep Reinventing the Wheel
Utilities waste resources creating disconnected point solutions. Texture provides a platform approach, acting as the central nervous system that enables real-time data flow between systems so utilities can focus on innovation.
Weaving Software Into the Energy Sector: Unifying Silos With a Data-First Approach
Discover how unified data platforms can break down silos in energy organizations, enabling real-time insights, cross-functional collaboration, and smarter decisions. Learn how Texture transforms energy data into a unifying force.
The Human Side of Energy’s Digital Transformation
Exploring the human challenges of energy’s digital transformation—bridging the gap between technology and talent. Learn lessons from other industries and strategies to empower teams to embrace new tools confidently.
Why Cloud Infrastructure is the Future for Energy Companies
The energy landscape is transforming: bidirectional power flows, behind-the-meter assets, and real-time demands require new approaches to infrastructure. Learn why cloud isn't just an option for energy companies—it's essential for future success.
Unlocking Turnkey Distributed Storage Grid Services (DSGS) with Texture
Texture’s turnkey DSGS solution automates enrollment, compliance, and payouts for California’s Demand Side Grid Support program, easing participation, streamlining events, and ensuring customers get rewarded for grid support.
Streamlining Demand Response with Texture’s Digital Grid Services Solution
Texture simplifies demand response management with turnkey solutions, automating enrollment, control, M&V, and payments—helping utilities balance grids, reward customers, and streamline energy programs.