What we do

New Energy Solutions Lab (NESL) custom‑designs and builds prototype, edge‑native Energy Management System (EMS) controllers—both front‑of‑meter and behind‑the‑meter—that our clients take into production. Our StreetPole and Pedestal controllers mount on low‑voltage feeders to measure, monitor, and control energy where it’s used. Networked together, they form a local mesh that coordinates session‑based, addressable energy‑asset transfers across LV feeders without relying on a real‑time centralized cloud connection.

How it works

We adapt a telecom‑proven control‑plane architecture (rooted in ITU/IETF signaling principles) to power systems in which energy assets are first‑class citizens. Policy decisions—who gets energy, when, and under what limits—are negotiated among connected edges, while policy enforcement—switching, throttling, and routing—executes locally on each controller. This decoupling lets local intelligence continuously adapt to changing feeder capacity and utilization while keeping operations resilient, scalable, and bandwidth‑light.

The five verbs of an energy session

We describe every energy transfer session using five core policy attributes:

• Generate — PV arrays, gensets, the grid, and other producers.

• Store — stationary batteries, mobile packs, EVs.

• Transform — AC/DC inverters, DC‑DC converters, chargers.

• Consume — EV charging, HVAC, lighting, cooking, appliances.

• Distribute — panels, subpanels, switches, feeder links.

Each session (e.g., an EV charge window, a battery peak‑shave event, or a PV export) runs under edge policies that balance local demand and capacity across the feeder—shaving peaks, time‑shifting loads, and prioritizing critical services—while masking variability in the underlying bearer electrical path.

Why it’s better

Compared to centralized, cloud‑dependent control, NESL’s distributed, proactive, session‑oriented approach delivers lower latency, higher reliability, easier scaling, and better economics for multi‑tenant buildings and neighborhood microgrids—a practical, sustainable alternative to yesterday’s reactive, centralized grid controls.