One Grid, One Trusted View—Powered by Texture.
When we first started working with energy companies, I was struck by the way collaboration actually happened. A utility might send a spreadsheet. An OEM might hand over a file drop. An aggregator might spin up an API. Each was useful in the moment, but no two organizations were ever looking at the same grid. Nothing lined up. Everything was fragmented, delayed, and mostly from the past. Real-time collaboration simply didn’t exist.
I saw the same frustrations play out again and again:
- Utilities dependent on data they didn’t control
- OEMs and aggregators pressured to open their fleets without a secure method
- Regulators demanding oversight without exposing private data
Everyone wanted the same thing—to see the grid clearly—but no one was looking at the same picture. Programs stalled. Compliance slipped. Trust eroded. And instead of fixing the foundation, companies spun up innovation hubs and appointed AI czars. It was theater, not progress.
From the beginning, we knew the grid didn’t need more theater. It needed infrastructure for collaboration. That’s why we built it into Texture. On Texture, energy companies can now collaborate across the grid in real time—securely, selectively, and at scale.
#Three Ways to Collaborate on Texture
Our goal with collaboration was clear: give energy companies a real-time, secure, multi-faceted way to work from the same grid view—without losing control of their data.
Here’s how that vision translates into practice on Texture:
#Workspaces → Deep operational collaboration
Shared environments where multiple organizations operate side by side on the same assets, telemetry, and workflows. Everyone sees the same data in real time. Each org controls access for its own users.
Examples:
- A utility and a CCA co-manage a demand response program in one workspace—so dispatch signals, enrollment data, and event verification all line up.
- An OEM and an aggregator coordinate fleet dispatch without endless API calls or duplicated dashboards.
- A co-op and its O&M partner spot a battery fault in real time and resolve it together before it becomes an outage.
#Collections → Scoped data sharing
Dynamic groups of sites, devices, or programs, shared securely across organizations. Partners get exactly the data they need—nothing more.
Examples:
- A data provider shares meter-level data with a REP for settlement—without exposing unrelated customers.
- A financier reviews a live collection of in-service assets to verify performance before releasing capital.
- An installer gives a utility access only to devices actively enrolled in a program, cutting out the noise.
#Reports (coming soon) → Lightweight visibility
No-login, PII-free reports that provide proof of outcomes without exposing raw data.
Examples:
- A CCA shows regulators real-time dispatch results without sending sensitive customer records.
- An OEM provides a financier with fleet-level performance proof—enough for confidence, not exposure.
- An aggregator demonstrates event compliance to a utility instantly, without a month of back-and-forth data drops.
#Collaboration Today vs. with Texture
| Current Approach | Why It Fails | With Texture | What It Enables |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spreadsheets & Email | Useful for communication, but fragmented, insecure, and impossible to audit at scale | Workspaces: shared environments for multi-org operations | Utilities + CCAs co-manage programs, OEMs + aggregators coordinate fleets, co-ops + O&M teams monitor assets together |
| SFTP Drops | Delayed, stale, disconnected from operations | Collections: scoped, dynamic sharing of sites, devices, or programs | Data providers share meter data with REPs, financiers see live asset performance, installers give utilities visibility only into enrolled devices |
| One-off APIs | Brittle, expensive, constantly breaking | Reports (coming soon): PII-free, no-login visibility | CCAs show regulators dispatch results, OEMs give financiers aggregate fleet performance, aggregators share event compliance with utilities |
| All-or-Nothing Access | Overexposes sensitive data—or blocks it entirely | Permissioned model: role-based access, audit trails, privacy-preserving controls | Secure, auditable collaboration that scales without privacy risk |
#From Siloed Data to a Shared Reality
The grid can’t run on silos. Utilities, OEMs, aggregators, CCAs, co-ops, data providers, REPs, financiers, insurers, installers, and O&M partners all need to work from the same trusted, real-time view.
Texture delivers:
- Collaboration without silos: Shared views of the grid move beyond disconnected spreadsheets, APIs, and file drops, so every partner operates from the same source of truth.
- Security without overexposure: Data access is scoped to what matters—no more risky “all-or-nothing” sharing that leaks sensitive information.
- Privacy without friction: Personally identifiable information (PII) is stripped out when not required, enabling transparency without compromising trust.
- Real-time access without brittle integrations: Instead of stale or delayed data pipelines, organizations see live telemetry and program outcomes as they happen.
- AI-ready workflows that scale across organizations: With structured, auditable collaboration, automation and AI agents can coordinate across multiple orgs reliably and at scale.
This isn’t dashboards on top of databases. This isn’t theater. This is collaboration infrastructure.
#Collaboration, Built for the Energy Industry
With Workspaces, Collections, and Reports (coming soon), Texture gives energy companies a way to finally work together—securely, in real time, and at scale.
And when collaboration still means delivering data into another system? Texture has that covered too. More on that next week.
If your team is ready to move past fragile integrations and endless privacy risks, Texture is ready.
Schedule a demo and see collaboration across the grid, for real.