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SPaRC powers secure grid communications through DOE-backed research, real-world testing, and cross-sector collaboration. From technology validation to policy guidance, SPaRC supports utilities, vendors, and regulators in building a resilient, future-ready energy infrastructure.
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Utilities
SPaRC empowers utilities to build and protect secure grid communications through DOE-backed research and hands-on technology validation. By offering access to a national utility communication testbed, SPaRC enables real-world testing of next-generation technologies that strengthen secure communication infrastructure for energy systems.
From evaluating spectrum sharing risks to refining communication architectures, SPaRC helps utilities safeguard data, ensure operational reliability, and meet evolving regulatory frameworks with confidence. With technical assistance, research insights, and cross-sector collaboration, SPaRC is the trusted partner for resilient, future-ready grid communications.
Vendors
SPaRC helps technology vendors accelerate innovation through real-world testing, trusted partnerships, and DOE-backed research for regulatory frameworks. By connecting vendors to a powerful utility communication testbed, SPaRC enables technology validation for utilities in secure, high-speed environments that simulate real grid conditions.
Whether developing wireless systems, communication hardware, or cybersecurity tools, vendors gain a path to refine and prove their solutions as part of the nation’s secure communication infrastructure for energy. SPaRC supports co-development, market alignment, and early adoption of vendor technologies that strengthen secure grid communications.
Regulators
SPaRC equips regulators with the research, insights, and tools needed to shape secure, future-focused energy policy. Through DOE-backed research for regulatory frameworks, SPaRC provides science-based guidance on emerging technologies such as spectrum sharing, secure wireless systems, and grid communication architectures.
Its utility communication testbed offers real-world data that supports smarter decision-making and technology validation for utilities. By strengthening secure communication infrastructure for energy systems, SPaRC ensures regulators can develop balanced, reliable policies that support resilient and modern grid operations.