Dec. 23 at 2:22 PM
$NXXT the San Francisco blackout on Dec 21 is a real “why resilience matters” moment. A fire at a PG&E substation left about 130,000 customers without power. Traffic lights went out, autonomous vehicles got stuck at intersections, ride-hailing paused across the Bay Area, and grocery and restaurant operators dumped spoiled inventory right before Christmas. That is what a centralized grid failure looks like in a modern city.
$NXXT is framing the answer as resilience. First, Next Utility Operating System (UOS), their AI platform they say can reduce power downtime by 10% and interruptions by 17% using continuous monitoring, predictive analytics, and automated responses that aim to stop small issues from cascading. Second, smart microgrids that combine solar, battery storage, and backup generation in one system that can operate independently during grid failures, keeping critical loads running.
After outages like this, microgrids and smart controls stop being optional
