{{Short description|GE subsidiary}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Current Lighting Solutions, LLC | logo = Current-logo.png | type = Subsidiary | founded = {{Start date and age|2015|10|7}}<br>Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | location_city = Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Steve Harris (CEO) | industry = Engineering | products = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = American Industrial Partners | website = {{URL|https://www.currentlighting.com}} }} '''Current Lighting Solutions, LLC''' (formerly named '''Current, powered by GE''' and '''GE Current, a Daintree company''') is an American company that sells energy management systems and commercial and industrial lighting. It is headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.
==History== Current was established by General Electric on October 7, 2015, as a startup subsidiary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fortune.com/2015/10/07/ge-current/|title=GE's new Current gives the Internet of Things a jolt of energy|date=October 7, 2015|website=Fortune|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/interview/2447002/could-ges-new-start-up-current-have-the-power-to-transform-the-energy-market|title=Could GE's new start-up Current have the power to transform the energy market?|publisher=BusinessGreen|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> It began with more than $1 billion of revenue and expected to grow to a $5 billion business by 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyse.com/network/article/nyse-current-by-ge|title=Current by Powered GE|publisher=New York Stock Exchange|first=Dan|last=Sampson|access-date=August 15, 2016|archive-date=August 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817025550/https://www.nyse.com/network/article/nyse-current-by-ge|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On April 21, 2016, Current acquired the building automation company Daintree Networks for $77 million, planning to combine Daintree's open-standard wireless network with GE's open source platform Predix to offer a new energy management system to businesses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/GEs-Current-Buys-Networked-Lighting-Firm-Daintree-Networks-for-77M|title=GE's Current Buys Networked Lighting Firm Daintree Networks for $77M|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref>
On November 6, 2018, GE announced that it would sell Current to the US private equity firm American Industrial Partners. Under the terms of the sale, AIP will maintain use of the GE brand. The deal was concluded in April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ge.com/reports/ge-sell-current-intelligent-environments-unit-american-industrial-partners/|title=GE To Sell Current, Its Intelligent Environments Unit, To American Industrial Partners|first=Tomas|last=Kellner|date=November 6, 2018|website=GE Reports}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181106005464/en/American-Industrial-Partners-Acquire-Current-powered-GE|title=Business Wire|website=www.businesswire.com|date=November 6, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190402005341/en/American-Industrial-Partners-Completes-Acquisition-Current-powered|title=American Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition of Current, powered by GE|date=April 2, 2019|website=www.businesswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanindustrial.com/2019/04/01/american-industrial-partners-completes-acquisition-of-current-powered-by-ge/|title=American Industrial Partners Completes Acquisition of Current, powered by GE|last=AIP|access-date=April 4, 2019|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404130921/https://www.americanindustrial.com/2019/04/01/american-industrial-partners-completes-acquisition-of-current-powered-by-ge/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On June 20, 2022, the company announced that it would rebrand from GE Current to Current Lighting Solutions following the acquisition of Hubbell’s Commercial & Industrial (C&I) Lighting business.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.currentlighting.com/newsroom/current-launches-new-brand-identity-capture-expanded-companys-customer-centric-focus | title=Current™ Launches New Brand Identity to Capture the Expanded Company's Customer-Centric Focus | Current }}</ref> Current's HLI Brands at [https://www.CurrentLighting.com CurrentLighting.com] were formerly part of Hubbell Lighting, while its GLI Brands at [https://www.LED.com LED.com] were formerly part of GE Current.<ref>{{cite web |date= June 27, 2022 |title=Making Sense of the Recent Current™ Rebranding |url=https://inside.lighting/news/22-06/making-sense-recent-current-rebranding |website=inside.lighting |location=Atlanta |publisher=Inside Lighting |access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Clayton |date=June 19, 2023 |title=Current going strong after merger |url=https://www.adhq.com/about/ad-news/current-going-strong-after-merger |website=adhq.com |location=Wayne |publisher=Affiliated Distributors |access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Discover Current |url=https://www.led.com/discover |website=LED.com |location=Mayfield Heights |publisher=Current |access-date=October 29, 2025}}</ref>
The company appointed Steve Harris as its new Chief Executive Officer, succeeding interim CEO Bill Tolley, on May 30, 2023.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
== Projects == Current has worked or partnered with companies such as Hilton, Simon Properties, the City of San Diego, AT&T, Intel, and Qualcomm.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.currentbyge.com/partnerships/|title=Partnerships that Power Progress|last=GE|first=Current, powered by|website=www.currentbyge.com|access-date=September 13, 2016|archive-date=September 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919063359/http://www.currentbyge.com/partnerships/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Within the first 5 months of its existence, Current secured the world's largest LED installation with JPMorgan Chase.<ref name="wsj">{{Cite web|url=http://www.currentbyge.com/approach/|title=Our Approach|last=GE|first=Current, powered by|website=www.currentbyge.com|access-date=September 13, 2016|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917141942/http://www.currentbyge.com/approach/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Under the deal, Current will replace 1.4 million existing lights at 5,000 of JPMorgan Chase's bank branches with LED lighting. The replacement is expected to reduce the lighting-related energy used at these branches by 50 percent.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ge-strikes-deal-to-install-led-lighting-at-5-000-j-p-morgan-bank-branches-1455836163|title=GE Strikes Deal to Install LED Lighting at 5,000 J.P. Morgan Bank Branches|last=Mann|first=Ted|date=February 18, 2016|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref>
For the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Current provided 200,000 energy-efficient lights at more than 40 Olympic venues (over 46 million square feet in total), reducing 50 percent of the energy costs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hub.currentbyge.com/h/i/279111798-rio-2016-current-lights-up-the-olympic-games-infographic/271938|title=Current Lights Up the Olympic Games|website=Current, powered by GE}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://www.led.com Official website for Current's GLI Brands] *[https://www.currentlighting.com Official website for Current's HLI Brands]
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