E Source Acquires AAC Utility Partners
January 4, 2022
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.
- Buyers
- E Source, Align Capital Partners
- Targets
- AAC Utility Partners
- Platforms
- E Source
- Industry
- Utilities
- Location
- South Carolina, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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