​Microgrids and their deployment at both the distribution-level and consumer-end of the power grid are a rapidly developing paradigm within the power and energy sector, representing a positive disruptive change, and creating opportunities for enhancing reliability, resiliency, and security, while also increasing sustainable energy practices and clean energy developments.

​The development partners want to take the MicroGrid approach a step further to create the Lower Hill Redevelopment Energy Hub. The Lower Hill Redevelopment Energy Hub will serve as a showcase and living laboratory, taking advantage of a modern mixed-use urban site to demonstrate resiliency, electric and thermal energy symbiosis, and the community and environmental benefits of a 21st Century energy infrastructure at a local scale. 
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The Lower Hill Redevelopment Energy Hub will typically be connected and powered substantially by the electric grid, supplemented by on-site generation capabilities, which will include smart utility technologies and energy efficient systems, such as smart metering, Demand Response, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), Fuel Cells, hybrid DC/AC power, Renewable Energy (solar, wind), and Battery Energy Storage.