Grid Modernization Consulting | Newhouse Project Consulting

Grid Modernization

Delivering the People, Programs, and Talent Behind a Modern Grid

Utilities are rebuilding the digital backbone of the grid — data centers, operational networks, telecom infrastructure, and control systems — while keeping the lights on and the workforce ready. NPC brings the program discipline, change adoption expertise, and technical talent that turn grid modernization investment into operational reality.

We work at the intersection of technology and the people who run it. Our teams support utility clients through complex, multi-year modernization programs where the engineering is only half the challenge — the other half is delivery governance, operational readiness, and a workforce prepared to run new systems on day one.

OUR GRID MONETIZATION SERVICES

Program and project management for grid data center build-out, migration, and commissioning
PMO stand-up, governance design, and executive reporting cadence
Schedule, risk, dependency, and vendor coordination across multi-party programs
Integration management across engineering, IT,OT, and operations stakeholders
Benefits realization tracking and program health assesment

Organizational readiness assesment and operating model design for modernized grid functions
Change management, stakeholder engagement, and commuinications strategy
Role design, process redesign, and standard operating procedure deployment
Training strategy, curriculum design, and delivery for control room and network operations teams
Adoption measurement and sustainment planning post go-live

Network Operations, telecom engineering, and field area network (FAN) support resources
Data center operations and project delivery personnel
Power systems and control systems support roles
Project managers, business analysts, scheduling, and program support staff
Flexible engagement models – surge support, embedded teams, and long-term augmentation

OUR DELIVERY PARTNERSHIP

Newhouse Project Consulting + ElectraGrid Solutions

NPC delivers grid modernization in partnership with ElectraGrid Solutions, LLC, a minority and women-owned utility infrastructure contractor serving the electric utility industry.

The combonation gives utility clients a single, diverse-certified teamspanning both sides of the grid:

NPC brings program delivery, organizational readiness, technology adoption, and workforce strategy – The disciplines that keep complex modernization programs on schedule and make new systems stick.

ElectraGrid Solutions brings deep power delivery domain expertise across transmission and disttribution construction and maintenance, restoration services, and field execution – grounded in a rigorous safety culture and decades of utility sector experience.

Together we understand how the physical grid and the digital grid depend on each other, and we staff and govern programs accordingly.

WHY UTILITIES WORK WITH NPC

Established utility relationships. Preferred vendor status and active engagements across major California utilities, including Southern California Edison and PG&E
Certified diverse supplier. Women-owned business (WBENC). DBE certified, and partnered with a minority and women-owned utility contractor.
Proven in regulated, high-stakes environments. Delivery experience across utility, transit, government, and enterprise clients including BART, Valley Water, Kaiser, Salesforce, IBM, and Microsoft
Human-centered and outcome-driven. Our five-phase approach – Discover, Analyze, Design, Implement, Operationalize – is built to embed change, not just launch it.