Why Saint John Energy Built Plug-In Labs
Meeting future energy needs means making smarter decisions, faster. Plug-In Labs gives Saint John Energy a way to explore new ideas, reduce risk, and test solutions before investing at scale.
That helps us strengthen reliability, support affordability, and prepare our system for what’s next.
Stable Rates
Innovation should create value. Plug-In Labs helps us test technologies, evaluate business cases, and identify opportunities that support long-term affordability.
Reliable Service
As electricity demand grows, our system needs to become more flexible and resilient. Plug-In Labs helps us explore new approaches to improve reliability, strengthen operations, and prepare for future energy needs.
Renewable Energy Transition
Moving toward lower emissions requires more than adding renewable generation. Plug-In Labs supports testing and integration of new energy sources, storage technologies, customer programs, and smarter system planning to help us evolve responsibly.
Part of a bigger energy transformation
Plug-In Labs works alongside other Saint John Energy initiatives to modernize our grid, support customers, and prepare for future energy needs.
Zero30
Zero30 is Saint John Energy’s living roadmap for delivering a cleaner energy future while protecting affordability and reliability. Plug-In Labs helps turn that roadmap into action.
Active Grid
ActiveGrid is modernizing Saint John’s electricity system to support growing demand, new technologies, and more renewable energy. And all while keeping your rates stable and service reliable.
From ideas to impact
Every project in Plug-In Labs is designed to answer a practical question: Can this create value for customers, operations, or the broader energy system? Innovation only matters if it delivers real impacts for our community and our customers.
Plug-In Labs helps us:
Evaluate emerging technologies before deployment
Model future energy scenarios
Improve system planning and decision-making
Accelerate renewable and storage opportunities
Support innovation while protecting customer value