Bidgely Champions "AI Built for Your Reality" at DistribuTECH 2026, Unveils New Strategy for Unified Grid Intelligence

LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 27, 2026--

Bidgely will bring the next wave of artificial intelligence (AI) to DistribuTECH International 2026 (Upper Level Booth #201), taking place February 2-5 at the San Diego Convention Center. Under the banner “AI Built for Your Reality,” Bidgely will advance the industry conversation beyond theoretical AI to scalable, real-world deployment, turning fragmented utility data into a definitive layer of behind-the-meter intelligence.

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“The industry has reached a tipping point where generic AI is no longer enough to manage the complexities of the modern grid. Phase two requires a unified intelligence layer that works in concert with the industry’s most trusted software providers,” said Abhay Gupta, CEO of Bidgely. “At DistribuTECH we will show utilities they don't have to build from scratch; they can leverage pre-trained AI that matches their current readiness and roadmap.”

Featured Bidgely DistribuTECH Sessions

Topics will center around five core pillars of grid transformation: delivering high-fidelity time-of-use (TOU) and distributed energy resource (DER) insights for CX Plus, generating proactive intelligence to alleviate call center demand, identifying electric vehicles (EVs) and heat pumps to refine electrification targeting, empowering rigorous grid planning, and providing a secure, high-performance AI architecture for CIO and IT teams.

From EVs to Everything: A Framework for Beneficial Electrification the Grid Can’t Wait For
T uesday, February 03, 11:00 –11:50 am

Bidgely’s Abhay Gupta (Founder & CEO) will be joined by OG&E’s Ryan Jones (Grid Innovation Manager) and TRC’s Maddie Emerson (Advanced Energy Associate Director) to demonstrate a streamlined framework that uses appliance-level analytics to support not only EVs but a scalable, whole-home electrification strategy that segments and targets high-opportunity customers for HVAC, water heating, DER programs and more.

AI in the Affordability Era: How PSEG-LI Is Reinventing Customer Engagement
February 04, 1:00 – 1:50 pm

Bidgely’s Ted Nielsen (Chief Product Officer) and PSEG Long Island’s Nayan Parikh (Technology Group Product Manager) will share how AI-driven analytics modernize CX through personalized, cost-saving engagement—without adding operational burden—to better support rising call volumes, DER complexity, and evolving customer expectations.

Scaling for Impact: Five Steps to Scale AI Value Across the Utility Enterprise
Wednesday, February 04, 2:00 – 2:50 pm

Bidgely’s Karthik Moorthy (Chief Growth Officer), Infosys’ Srikanth Srinivasan (Vice President, Energy Transition), AWS’ Don McDonnell (Global Energy and Utility Partner Lead) and Arizona Public Service’s Sanket Adhikari (Sr. Manager, Digital Transformation) at will explore how for CIOs, the challenge isn’t finding AI—it’s scaling it fast enough to accelerate transformation across the entire organization.

Experience The Bidgely Ecosystem at Booth #201

Bidgely’s newly launched UtilityAI Pro introduced a unified vertical intelligence layer that empowers utilities to execute a flexible ‘build, buy, or partner’ strategy directly within their existing cloud environments, maximizing the value of current technology investments. This ecosystem-enabled strategy amplifies the value of utility data through expanded partner programs ranging from world-class hardware providers like Itron and cloud data experts like Snowflake.

Throughout the conference, Bidgely will host four live demos showcasing the Bidgely ecosystem, including UtilityAI Pro, in action:

Attendees are also invited to meet with Bidgely’s team of data scientists and energy experts to discuss how to tailor AI to their specific grid and customer needs.

To learn more about Bidgely’s presence at DistribuTECH 2026 or to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting, visit bidgely.com/dtech.

About Bidgely

Bidgely is an AI-powered SaaS Company accelerating a clean energy future by enabling energy companies and consumers to make data-driven energy-related decisions. Powered by our unique patented technology, Bidgely's UtilityAI™ Platform transforms multiple dimensions of customer data - such as energy consumption, demographics, and interactions - into deeply accurate and actionable consumer energy insights. We leverage these insights to empower each customer with personalized recommendations, tailored to their individual personality and lifestyle, usage attributes, behavioral patterns, purchase propensity, and beyond. From a distributed energy resources (DER) and grid edge perspective, Bidgely is advancing smart meter innovation with data-driven solutions for solar PVs, electric vehicle (EV) detection, EV behavioral load shifting and managed charging, energy theft, short-term load forecasting, grid analytics, and time of use (TOU) rate designs. Bidgely’s UtilityAI™ energy analytics provides deep visibility into generation and consumption for better peak load shaping and grid planning, and delivers targeted recommendations for new value-added products and services. With roots in Silicon Valley, Bidgely has over 16 energy patents, $75M+ in funding, retains 30+ data scientists, and brings a passion for AI to utilities serving residential and commercial customers around the world. For more information, please visit www.bidgely.com or the Bidgely blog at bidgely.com/blog.

Bidgely leaders take the stage at DistribuTECH 2026 to demonstrate the evolution from theoretical AI to scalable, real-world deployment.

Three Texas siblings who perished in an icy pond raised the death toll to at least 42 in U.S. states still gripped by extreme cold Tuesday as crews scrambled to repair hundreds of thousands of power outages in the shivering South and forecasters warned the biting winter weather is expected to get worse.

Brutal cold lingered in the wake of a massive storm that dumped deep snow across more than 1,300 miles (2,100 kilometers) from Arkansas to New England and left parts of the South coated in treacherous ice.

Freezing temperatures hovered Tuesday as far south as Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina, and were forecast to plunge again overnight. Parts of northern Florida were expected to sink to 25 F (minus 3.9 C) late Tuesday into early Wednesday.

The arctic misery over the eastern half of the U.S. was expected to worsen Friday and Saturday. The National Weather Service said another winter storm could hit parts of the East Coast this weekend, and more record lows were forecast as far south as Florida.

“This could be the coldest temperature seen in several years for some places and the longest duration of cold in several decades,” the agency’s Weather Prediction Center warned Tuesday.

Officials in states afflicted with severe cold reported at least 42 deaths.

Three brothers ages 6, 8 and 9 died Monday after falling through ice on a private pond near Bonham, Texas, Fannin County Sheriff Cody Shook said in a news release Tuesday. The two older boys were pulled from the water by first responders and a neighbor, then taken to a hospital. The youngest was found after an extensive search of the pond. Bonham Independent School District said it was devastated by the loss.

More than 500,000 homes and businesses remained without power in the winter storm's aftermath, with more than half the outages in Tennessee and Mississippi. Reconnecting some hard-hit areas could take days. Electric utility Entergy said some of its 6,000 customers in Grenada, Mississippi, might not have power until Sunday.

Jean Kirkland used a lighter and paper Tuesday to light the flame on her gas stove top. Her neighborhood in Lexington, Mississppi, lost power Sunday, and Kirkland and her daughter have been relying on the stove and a couple of gas-powered heaters to keep warm. Outside, icicles dangling from power lines clattered.

“When you’re used to certain things, you miss them when they’re gone,” said Kirkland, who’s been getting by without hot water or lights at night and misses watching TV.

Health officials warn against using gas-powered stoves to heat a home. They can give off fumes that increase the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

More than 120,000 outages remained in Nashville, Tennessee, and neighboring communities Tuesday. Nashville Electric Service said in a social media post it had dispatched more than 740 workers to restore power. It didn’t say how long that might take.

Lisa Patterson had planned to ride out the deep freeze at her family's Nashville home. But she and her husband lost power, trees fell onto their driveway and their wood stove proved no match for the cold. Along with their dog, the couple had to be rescued and taken to a warming shelter.

“I’ve been snowed in up there for almost three weeks without being able to get up and down my driveway because of the snow. I’m prepared for that. But this was unprecedented," Patterson said.

In Kentucky, Gov. Andy Beshear warned that the temperatures could become so frigid that as little as 10 minutes outside “could result in frostbite or hypothermia.”

In New York City, officials said 10 people had been found dead outdoors in frigid weather. More deaths were reported across a dozen states. They included two people run over by snowplows in Massachusetts and Ohio, and two teenagers killed while sledding in Arkansas and Texas.

Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia; Bates from Lexington, Mississippi; and Hall from Nashville, Tennessee. Associated Press writers around the country contributed.

A tree downed by ice rests in a front yard just feet from a house in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Travis Loller)

People take the Staten Island Ferry as ice floats on the Hudson River, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

A woman walks across the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)

Carrie Hampton tries to navigate a snowy intersection without spilling her coffee in New York, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A person walks their dog in the snow after a storm in Portsmouth, N.H., Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

In this image provided by the City of Oxford, Miss., snow and ice cover trees and streets as a winter storm passes through, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, in Oxford, Miss. (Josh McCoy/City of Oxford, Miss. via AP)

A man digs a car out of the snow on Beacon Hill following a winter storm that dumped more than a foot of snow across the region, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

A lineman works to restore power in Oxford, Miss. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, following a weekend ice storm. (AP Photo/Bruce Newman)