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#56: WeaveGrid and Oracle accelerate utility EV program adoption

Electric utilities help scale EV programs, Federal budget stalemate, Moon Five awarded $3.4M grant

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Steve Taylor
September 13, 2025

The Business and Policy of Charging Infrastructure

The 3 big stories

  • WeaveGrid partners with Oracle to scale utility EV programs

  • Congressional budget deal still uncertain, shutdown looming

  • Moon Five secures $3.4M grant to support multifamily properties

Plus, featured jobs and news.

Steve

Industry News

WeaveGrid and Oracle announced a partnership this week designed to accelerate utility EV program deployment while reducing implementation costs and complexity.

The partnership integrates WeaveGrid's EV charging management software directly into Oracle Utilities' existing platforms through Oracle's Integration Hub. The integration allows utilities to leverage their existing infrastructure, including billing systems, customer communication tools, and program management platforms, without requiring custom integrations or system replacements.

Through the partnership, Oracle's Opower platform can now engage EV drivers directly through utilities' established customer channels. With Opower serving more than 175 utilities globally, this integration significantly expands the reach and accessibility of EV management programs.

Several joint projects are already operational. WeaveGrid's technology is now featured in Oracle Home Energy Reports, rolling out with major utilities across the country. Additional launches are scheduled throughout the year as utilities integrate their Oracle systems with WeaveGrid-managed EV programs.

Steve’s take

Oracle's utility footprint includes hundreds of North American utilities, making it the dominant platform for billing and customer engagement in the utility sector.

When utilities include EV program messaging within trusted communications like Home Energy Reports, they’re able to achieve enrollment rates necessary to make managed charging programs financially viable. Essentially, turning customer outreach from a cost center into a revenue driver.

The timing of this partnership is important. Utilities are struggling with unprecedented load growth, with EVs representing both the primary challenge and a promising solution. By integrating EV charging programs into Opower's established customer channels, utilities can scale adoption and improve load management with minimal friction and maximum cost efficiency.

Earlier this week, Oracle signed a $300B cloud infrastructure deal with OpenAI. This investment highlights Oracle’s long-term bet on being the central nervous system for AI and by extension utility-scale operations. For WeaveGrid, this ecosystem integration transforms its market position from specialized EV software provider to essential infrastructure for how utilities will orchestrate distributed energy resources across their entire grid.

–Steve

Power and Policy

Congress remains locked in contentious negotiations over the fiscal year 2026 federal budget as the October 1 start of the fiscal year looms, with no agreement yet on total discretionary spending levels and growing risk of a government shutdown. The White House has proposed a budget that shifts significant resources toward defense and border security while cutting non-defense programs, but neither the House nor Senate has coalesced around final topline numbers.

With appropriations work far from complete, the Trump administration has asked Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR) that would extend government funding through January 31, 2026. Democrats have resisted a “clean” CR, warning they will block any stopgap funding measure unless it includes health care priorities such as reversing Medicaid cuts, extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, and restoring NIH funding. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has signaled he is prepared to risk a shutdown fight to secure these provisions, while Republicans, citing concerns about political leverage, are demanding a straightforward funding patch without policy riders. 

Rob’s Take 

The standoff reflects deep partisan divides over whether to impose steep cuts to non-defense discretionary spending and over how to balance defense funding with domestic programs, with internal GOP splits adding further uncertainty. Unless congressional leaders and the White House can quickly reach consensus on either a short-term CR or overall spending framework, the FY 2026 budget process is likely to begin under a cloud of brinkmanship and potential disruption. Congress has only seven days left in session this month, so grab your popcorn, this will be one to watch.

Emerging Tech

Moon Five Technologies has been awarded a $3.4M grant from the California Energy Commission to install more than 450 EV chargers at multifamily properties in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) backed startup will use this grant to target disadvantaged multifamily properties that have historically lacked access to charging infrastructure.

Moon Five’s apartment-focused EV charging ecosystem, called Horizon, installs chargers downstream of tenant meters, bypassing expensive building-wide electrical upgrades and avoiding lengthy utility approvals.

Each charger includes a bidirectional-ready design paired with a proprietary energy management system that balances load at the apartment level and enables future grid services like load shedding and resiliency.

Installations will begin in early 2025 through partnerships with Los Angeles and Bay Area nonprofit housing providers focused on high-impact sites where need is greatest.

Steve's Take

Moon Five's approach addresses three barriers to multifamily EV charging, including landlord economics, utility friction, and complex grid integration requirements.

Their downstream-of-meter solution restructures the financial model by transferring charging costs directly to tenants while eliminating property owners' financial risk and operational responsibilities.

The company's two-week installation timeline is a big advantage over traditional utility upgrades that can take years to complete. This speed-to-market capability could accelerate multifamily charging adoption across the sector.

The success of this nonprofit housing partnership model could establish a scalable framework for other states working to close charging equity gaps.

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