Southern Co. is partnering with mPrest to improve the resiliency and flexibility of Southern's distribution system.

The companies were awarded a grant to develop a distribution product that converts grid-edge devices into fully integrated equipment for improved management at the edges of the electric grid, which mPrest said in a news release will result in energy and cost savings and reliable integration of distributed energy resources.

The grant was awarded under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Israeli Ministry of Energy jointly with the Israel Innovation Authority and managed by the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.

Israel-headquartered mPrest provides monitoring, control and big data analytics software solutions.