“The Grid That Negotiates” – Decentralized Energy Exchange Managed by Multi-Agent AI Collectives
At 3:14 PM in the smart district of SolarGate City, demand on the energy grid surged, blame a heatwave, a local football final, and 4,000 simultaneous A/C units flipping on like popcorn. Traditionally, this would’ve meant rolling blackouts or desperate grid-throttling. But not today. Because HAL-GRID, the district’s agentic energy orchestrator, didn’t just manage demand. […]