About Nexwatt
Built by people who've worked in ISO control rooms.
Nexwatt was founded in Washington, DC in 2023 with a specific conviction: community solar programs are sitting on capacity market revenue they can't access because the ISO enrollment pathway is technically too hard to navigate without dedicated infrastructure.
Why Kwame Asante built Nexwatt
Kwame Asante built Nexwatt after spending years working at the intersection of distributed energy policy and ISO market operations — first in energy consulting, then in grid modernization programs. He observed community solar developers repeatedly unable to complete ISO capacity enrollment because the technical complexity of aggregating dispersed BTM assets, normalizing heterogeneous telemetry, and navigating ISO-specific filing requirements exceeded their internal capacity.
FERC Order 2222 changed the regulatory landscape — but the tools hadn't caught up. Community solar programs that had spent years building subscriber portfolios suddenly had a pathway to wholesale market revenue, but lacked the technical infrastructure to walk through it. Nexwatt is that tool.
Washington, DC was a deliberate choice — proximity to FERC, DOE, and the policy environment that continues to shape the DER aggregation landscape is an operational advantage, not just a tagline.
The team
Kwame Asante
CEO & Founder
Energy policy and ISO market operations background. Previously in energy consulting and grid modernization programs in the mid-Atlantic region.
Nadia Osei
Head of Engineering
Software engineering and telemetry systems background. Previously built DER monitoring systems for utility-scale programs.
Marcus Webb
Head of Market Operations
ISO capacity market operations background. Previously worked on wholesale market operations at a mid-Atlantic energy firm.
Our conviction
Behind-the-meter solar, storage, and load flexibility represent gigawatts of potential capacity market participation that ISOs want — and that communities with solar programs should benefit from financially. The technical barriers to DER aggregation shouldn't be the reason that opportunity goes unrealized. That's what Nexwatt is here to change.
Based in Washington, DC — proximate to FERC, DOE, and the policy environment shaping the DER aggregation landscape.
Work with us.
We're looking for community solar program operators and DER aggregators ready to pursue ISO capacity market participation.
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