KERN — For Utilities

You have the customers.
You have the assets.
KERN connects them.

Your customers have PV, storage, heat pumps and EV chargers. Your grid has flexibility requirements. KERN is the autonomous platform layer that turns your customer base into a steerable, monetisable flexibility portfolio — without building an operations team for it.

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Where utilities are leaving value on the table

Problem
Controllable assets without an optimisation platform
Smart meters and CLS switches are rolling out — but there is no platform above them. No optimisation, no aggregation, no market access. The potential stays untapped.
KERN
KERN sits above the meter as the autonomous management layer — real-time optimisation, fleet control, market-ready aggregation.
Problem
Redispatch 2.0 is manual and costly
Grid congestion management requires coordinated control of distributed generation — without a platform this is operationally complex, error-prone and doesn't scale.
KERN
KERN handles Redispatch 2.0-compliant dispatch autonomously, with confirmation per asset.
Problem
Customers leaving for smarter energy providers
New energy players offer HEMS, community tariffs and flexibility revenues. Utilities without smart services lose the customers who want to actively participate.
KERN
KERN is your behind-the-meter product — branded as your service, delivered by KERN. Customers stay and engage.
Problem
No access to flexibility markets from your own customer base
You have the customer relationships and the assets — but without an aggregation platform you can't monetise that flexibility.
KERN
KERN aggregates your customer base into a marketable portfolio. You can run your own aggregator subsidiary — or partner with an external one.

Three ways to deploy KERN

Use case 01

HEMS Fleet — Customer Base as Flexible Resource

Deploy KERN HEMS with household customers who have PV and storage. Customers benefit from self-consumption optimisation and lower bills. You gain a steerable fleet for Redispatch or flexibility monetisation — without operational load per customer.

Use case 02

Energy Communities — Compliant, Automatic

KERN ESC manages optimisation and autonomous asset control for energy communities. You can offer energy communities as a service — no custom development, no manual billing processes needed from KERN's side.

Use case 03

Flexibility Monetisation — From Your Customer Base

The aggregated flexibility from HEMS fleet, C&I customers and ESC becomes a marketable portfolio via KERN. Route it through your own aggregator subsidiary or an external partner to FCR, aFRR or intraday markets.

The reference model — running in production

Leading utilities built their complete flexibility stack on KERN:

Grid
Live MV/LV microgrid — production system, Austria
Aggregator
Utility-owned aggregator securing bids on Austrian energy markets via KERN
Communities
Energy community platform — KERN as optimisation layer

Live system — visitable on request in Austria.

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