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Webinar

Microgrids for Water Utilities - FREE Webinar, Sponsored and Presented by Enchanted Rock

August 7, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Online

(Times listed in Mountain time zone)

Fee per person: Complimentary, Exclusively Sponsored by Enchanted Rock.

Can’t attend? Register now so you can watch later, on demand!

Objectives

  • Evolving Threats: Understand the reliability challenges utilities face, from extreme weather to grid stress, and why traditional backup generators may no longer be sufficient.
  • Resilient Microgrid Solutions: Discover how natural gas microgrids provide stormproof power, ensuring water infrastructure stays operational during extended outages.
  • NFBWA Case Study: Gain insights into NFBWA’s microgrid journey, including the tangible benefits achieved, such as uninterrupted water service through hurricanes.
  • Sustainability & Reliability: Learn how natural gas microgrids offer a more sustainable and cost-effective alternative to diesel generators, with up to 100X lower emissions.

Expert Panel

Greg Bowen, President - Critical Infrastructure, Enchanted Rock

Matt Froehlich, P.E., Director – Public Works / Principal, BGE, Inc.

Description

This webinar explores the challenges water utilities face from Black Sky Events (e.g., hurricanes, wildfires, power outages) and how microgrids provide a reliable backup power solution. Featuring Matt Froelich, District Engineer at BGE, this session will highlight the successful deployment of a 2.4 MW natural gas microgrid at the North Fort Bend Water Authority (NFBWA) in Texas. Learn how NFBWA replaced unreliable diesel generators with a microgrid that ensures uninterrupted water service and reduces maintenance and fuel logistics.


Founded in 2006, Enchanted Rock is a national leader in electrical resiliency-as-a-service, powering companies, critical infrastructure, and communities to ensure business continuity during unexpected power outages from extreme weather, infrastructure failures, cyberattacks and other grid disruptions. Enchanted Rock’s electrical microgrids and generators use natural gas and renewable natural gas (RNG) to produce significantly lower carbon emissions and air pollutants than diesel generators, capable of achieving resiliency with net-zero emissions. Additionally, the company’s end-to-end microgrid software platform, GraniteEcosystem™, provides real-time 24/7/365 system monitoring and optimization, including forecasting of electricity market conditions to ensure worry-free reliable power to customers.

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Certificates of Completion

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