A recent article on Venturebeat.com forecast the rising value of microgrid players in the electric industry. Check out this reference to Viridity in the piece:
“One of the most promising players to watch in the space is Viridity Energy, provider of a technology platform that allows microgrids to run demand response programs — rerouting and rebalancing power loads to decrease disruptions and maintain grid health while paying consumers for the energy that they conserve. Viridity CEO Audrey Zibelman, formerly COO at PJM Interconnect, one of the largest grid management companies in the world, will be featured at GreenBeat 2009, VentureBeat’s seminal executive conference on the Smart Grid.”
Full article: http://green.venturebeat.com/2009/10/29/microgrids-a-21b-market-in-the-making/