E Source Acquires Cairn ERA

E Source Acquires CF Power

September 25, 2025

Engineering Services

E Source, a Boulder-based provider of customer, grid, and technology solutions for utilities, has acquired CF Power, a power systems engineering firm known for grid modernization and interconnection studies. The deal, supported by E Source investor Align Capital Partners, strengthens E Source's technical engineering capabilities to support utilities and developers across planning, interconnection and transmission work.

E Source Acquires UMS Group

November 28, 2023

Energy

E Source, the Align Capital Partners-backed utility market intelligence and data-science platform, has acquired UMS Group, a utility management consulting firm. The add-on strengthens E Source’s consulting capabilities in areas such as wildfire risk reduction, asset management, renewable integration and advanced AI modeling for utilities.

E Source Acquires AAC Utility Partners

January 4, 2022

Utilities

E Source, a provider of research, data science and consulting for North American utilities, has acquired AAC Utility Partners, a Columbia, South Carolina-based vendor-independent consulting firm that specializes in customer information systems (CIS), program management and cloud consulting for utilities. The transaction is an add-on to E Source's Technology Planning and Implementation (TPI) business unit and is intended to expand the company's implementation, CIS and cloud capabilities for electric, gas, water and wastewater utilities.

Aurora Energy Research Acquires EDC Associates Ltd

March 16, 2026

IT Services

Aurora Energy Research has announced it is acquiring EDC Associates Ltd., a specialist consultancy with deep expertise in Alberta’s power market. The deal is intended to strengthen Aurora’s local market coverage ahead of Alberta’s Restructured Energy Market (REM) transition and to enhance the analytics Aurora can deliver to clients.

Equinor Acquires East Point Energy

July 9, 2022

Energy

Equinor has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of Charlottesville-based battery storage developer East Point Energy LLC, bringing a 4.1 GW pipeline of early- to mid-stage US battery storage projects into Equinor's renewables portfolio. The deal accelerates Equinor's entry into the US power market and expands its capabilities in grid-scale battery storage to support its broader renewable and trading strategy.

E Source Acquires Opinion Dynamics

August 19, 2025

Utilities

E Source, a utilities-focused company backed by Align Capital Partners, has acquired Opinion Dynamics to strengthen its program evaluation, research, and advisory capabilities for utilities. The acquisition expands E Source's ability to deliver end-to-end utility customer and grid-edge solutions—particularly in areas like energy efficiency, electrification, decarbonization, and load flexibility.