E Source Acquires Utilligent

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.

E Source Acquires ILLUME Advising

May 6, 2025

Consulting

E Source, a utilities-focused research, data science and consulting company, has acquired ILLUME Advising, a boutique research and program-evaluation consultancy for the energy and utility sector. The deal, executed by E Source (which is backed by Align Capital Partners), is an add-on intended to expand E Source's program evaluation, human-centered research and customer-insight capabilities for utility clients across North America.

Utilligent Merges with Quantitative Business Analytics (QBA)

May 19, 2022

Energy

Utilligent announced a merger with Quantitative Business Analytics (QBA), bringing QBA’s smart meter data, meter data management (MDM) and analytics expertise into Utilligent’s utility-focused consulting practice. QBA founder Gerry Metzler will join Utilligent as executive vice president of smart infrastructure and technology to expand Utilligent’s capabilities in MDM deployments, grid analytics and photovoltaic/forecasting solutions.

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 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.