A potentially world changing energy innovation

An innovator among energy companies, Smart Grid News is looking at Gridmates as the game-changer for the nearly 50 million people in the United States, not to mention the billions more across the world facing energy poverty.

"The idea of crowdsourced energy is very innovative and Gridmates has found a unique niche that, if it can help people in need live a dignified life and can channel donors' interest in eliminating energy poverty to help supply electricity to those without that, I support it," Patty Durand, executive director of the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC), told Smart Grid News. "Their goal of eliminating energy poverty through a donor network is unique and a worthy goal."