Legal
Legal documents
Grid CEO’s policies in plain English — what our forms collect, how the installer-matching model works, and where the money comes from. Five short documents, no boilerplate you can’t parse.
Privacy Policy
In short
We collect what our enquiry forms ask for, share it with up to three vetted pros so they can quote your project, and never sell it. That’s the whole model.
Grid CEO (“we”, “us”, operated as grid.ceo) is a guide, tool set and installer-matching venue for off-grid energy, water and self-sufficiency projects. This policy covers exactly what we collect through the site, why, and who else ever sees it.
What our forms collect
- Name — so we, and any pro we match you with, know how to address you.
- Email address — required on every enquiry, so we can reply.
- Phone number — optional. Only collected if you’d rather a pro called you than emailed.
- Site & load details — whatever you tell us about your location, property and the equipment or loads you’re trying to run. This is the technical information a pro needs to quote, so the more specific, the better the match.
- Business details — if you apply to our vetted pro network instead: your business name, service area and trades, so we can route the right leads to you.
- Installer billing data — if you take leads through the contractor portal: a record of the leads you bought or won and what each cost (your charges ledger), plus your Grid rating and current tab balance. Your card itself is held by our payment processor, Stripe — we never see or store the full number; we keep only the card brand, last four digits and expiry Stripe returns, so you can recognize it.
How we use it
- To reply to your enquiry directly, on the channel you asked for.
- To match your project to relevant vetted pros so they can quote it.
- To operate, secure and improve the site itself.
Who sees it
When you submit an enquiry where installer matching is live, we share the details you gave us with up to three vetted pros — installers, suppliers or other partners suited to your project — so they can contact you with a quote. That is the only sharing that happens with your enquiry. We do not sell it, rent it, or hand it to a marketing list. We also use a small number of service providers — hosting and email delivery, and Stripe for installer card payments — who process data strictly on our behalf to run the site, deliver your enquiry, or take a contractor’s payment; they don’t get to use it for their own purposes. A homeowner’s contact details are only ever released to an installer once that installer has bought or won your lead — a match alone doesn’t hand your details to anyone.
How Europe is handled
Installer matching is being switched on state by state in the United States and country by country in Europe; until it is live in your area, an enquiry is not shared with any installer. It stays with Grid CEO — we reply with equipment shortlists and guidance ourselves, and your details hold your place on the waitlist for your country until vetting there is complete and introductions switch on. Everything else in this policy applies to European enquiries unchanged.
How long we keep it
We keep enquiry details for as long as it takes to match you with pros and see the project through, plus a short window afterward in case you follow up. We don’t run a permanent archive of old enquiries — once there’s no active reason to hold something, we delete it. Want it gone sooner? Ask through the contact form and we’ll action it.
Your choices
You can ask us what we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or opt out of anything ongoing, at any time — through the contact form. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as the CCPA/CPRA.
If you’re contacting us from Europe
Where the GDPR applies, the lawful basis for processing your enquiry is your consent — given when you submit the form. You have the right to ask what we hold about you, and to have it corrected or erased; the fastest route is the same contact form used above. Because Grid CEO’s hosting and email tools run in the United States, data you submit may be processed there.
Security
We apply reasonable safeguards to protect the information you send us. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we can’t guarantee it absolutely.
Contact
Questions about this policy, or about data we hold on you, go through the contact form — that’s also how account and privacy requests reach us, since we don’t publish an email address.
Terms of Use
In short
Grid CEO is a guide, tool set and installer-introduction venue — not a contractor, installer, engineer or broker of record. Any work you contract is between you and the pro you choose.
By using grid.ceo you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site.
What Grid CEO is
Grid CEO publishes educational content and calculators for off-grid energy, water and self-sufficiency planning, and introduces visitors to a network of vetted installers and suppliers who can quote and carry out the work. Introductions are being switched on region by region — state by state in the US, country by country in Europe; until vetting for your area completes, an enquiry joins a waitlist and equipment-shortlist service rather than a live installer introduction.
What Grid CEO is not
Grid CEO is not a contractor, installer, electrician, engineer or broker of record. We do not design, build, assemble, wire or install anything. Nothing on this site is a specification, quote, guarantee or offer. Any system you go on to build is specified, quoted, contracted and installed directly between you and the installer or supplier you choose — that agreement, its price and its workmanship are between the two of you, not us.
Tools, calculators & estimates
Every figure our calculators return — array size, battery bank, generator size, tank size and similar — is an indicative planning estimate based on the inputs you give, not an engineering specification. Use it to brief a professional, not to replace one.
No professional advice
Content on this site is general information only and is not engineering, electrical, financial or legal advice. Always consult a licensed professional before designing, purchasing or installing an off-grid system.
Third-party links & affiliates
The site links to third-party products and services, some of which are affiliate links — see the Affiliate Disclosure tab. We are not responsible for third-party content, products, pricing or practices.
Intellectual property
The site’s content, branding and design are owned by Grid CEO or its licensors and may not be copied or reused without permission.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Grid CEO is not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss arising from use of the site or reliance on its content, and the site is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind.
Governing law & changes
These terms, and any dispute about them, are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, USA, reflecting where Grid CEO operates from. If you’re a consumer based in Europe, nothing here overrides any mandatory consumer-protection rights the law of your own country gives you. We may update these terms from time to time; continued use of the site means you accept the current version.
Cookie Policy
In short
Two functional cookies: your region choice (US or Europe) and today’s region, so the site shows the right prices and forms. No analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. The only third-party cookies are our payment processor’s, and only on the contractor billing page when an installer chooses to add a card. Your theme preference lives in local storage and never leaves your device.
Cookies are small pieces of data a site stores on your device. Grid CEO sets exactly two — and they exist only so you don’t have to re-pick your region every visit.
What actually happens on your device
- Region choice (
gcs) — set when you pick United States or Europe, kept for up to a year, read only to show the matching prices, spellings and forms. It contains the word “us” or “europe” and nothing else — it doesn’t identify you and isn’t shared with anyone. - Region for today (
gcd) — if you haven’t picked a region, your first visit of the day sets this from your device’s timezone so pages stay consistent as you browse. It expires at midnight, holds only the word “us” or “europe”, and is ignored once you make an explicit choice. - No tracking cookies. No analytics, advertising or affiliate-tracking cookies — nothing follows you around the web.
- Payment security (installers only) — if you open the contractor portal and add a card, our payment processor Stripe loads its own script and sets its own cookies to detect fraud on that page. They appear only there, only for signed-in installers taking that step, and only for payment security — not for tracking. Nobody who is just reading guides or sending an enquiry ever loads them.
- Theme preference — whether you view the site in light or dark mode is saved in your browser’s local storage, not a cookie. It stays on your device; clearing your browser data simply resets it.
- Spam protection — our enquiry forms include a hidden form field that filters automated spam. It stores nothing on your device and doesn’t identify you.
If that ever changes
Should we ever introduce analytics or affiliate cookies, two things happen first: European visitors get a consent prompt before any such cookie is set, and this policy is updated — check the date at the top.
Managing cookies
Block or clear cookies freely in your browser settings — without the region cookie the site still works, it just asks your region again. Nothing else of ours is stored.
Affiliate Disclosure
In short
Some product links may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Our editorial picks are not for sale — paying us doesn’t buy a spot on this site.
Grid CEO earns revenue in two ways, disclosed in the spirit of the U.S. FTC endorsement guidelines:
- Affiliate commissions. Some outbound links to products — portable power stations and solar generators from brands such as EcoFlow, Bluetti, Jackery and Anker, or via marketplaces like Amazon — are affiliate links. If you buy through one, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
- Referral fees. Where and when matching is live in your area (rolling out state by state in the US, country by country in Europe), if we match you with an installer, supplier or other partner, we may receive a referral or advertising fee from them for the introduction.
Neither arrangement changes the price you pay. Compensation doesn’t dictate what we recommend — our editorial picks are not for sale, and a brand or pro can’t buy a better review or a place in the queue. Product availability, pricing and specifications are set by the third parties involved and can change at any time.
Disclaimer
In short
Sizing numbers from our calculators are planning estimates, not engineering specs. Electrical work needs a licensed professional — every time, no exceptions.
The information on this site is provided for general educational purposes about off-grid energy, water and self-sufficiency. None of it is professional advice for your specific site.
Calculator & sizing-tool outputs
Array size, battery bank, generator size, tank size and every other number our tools return are planning estimates, built from the inputs you give and general rules of thumb — a starting point for a conversation with a pro, not a stamped design. Real systems depend on site conditions, code, equipment derating and details a calculator can’t see. Have the final design checked and signed off by a licensed electrician or engineer before anything is installed.
Safety & suitability
Off-grid power, battery, fuel, water and structural systems involve electrical and physical work that can be hazardous — fire, shock, structural failure — if specified or installed incorrectly. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and site. Always have systems designed, permitted and installed by appropriately licensed professionals, and follow manufacturer instructions and local code.
No guarantee
We make no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability of any information, figure or recommendation on this site, and we are not responsible for decisions made in reliance on it.
Image credits
Photography on this site is self-hosted from Pexels (Pexels license) and Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons images used under their stated licenses:
- Sump pump photo — Famartin, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped/resized).
- CPAP machine photo — Mnalis, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (cropped/resized).
- Transmission-lines photo (State of the Street dispatch) — Corey Coyle, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (cropped/resized).
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- compact toilet — 2023-Klimademo-Bern-30, by MHM55, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
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- hybrid inverter — Enphase M190, by Maury Markowitz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)
- inverter generator — Wen 4800 Watt Inverter Generator, by TaurusEmerald, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- lte router — Netgear-Nighthawk-AC1900-WiFi-Router, by Evan-Amos, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)
- manual transfer switch — ABB 230V 16A fuses in fuse box in German shop, 2024, by Pittigrilli, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (source)
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- power station 3 — Jackery Explorer 1000 New JE-1000D, by Qurren, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
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- small wood stove — Cabin @ Venekvævtjørna 04, by Rémih, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
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- water filter — Logistics Marines conquer slopes 150120-M-WC024-007, by Cpl. Kaitlyn Klein, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)
- water filter housing — Img-0037 A Noah backpack portable water purification unit, which includes a ceramic filter and a high intensity U.V. light source to render microorganisms inert, by TootsweetMC, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)
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- alaska — Monahan Flat and the eastern Alaska Range mountains, by Paxson Woelber, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
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- arkansas — Goat Bluff Overlook (Erbie) (64ce0a17-e5c6-4f99-847e-938f827cfee7), by NPS, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)
- california — Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Marshall’s Beach, March 2018, by Frank Schulenburg, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- colorado — Maroon Bells (11553)a, by Rhododendrites, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- connecticut — Autumn New England's Barnet, Vermont, by Carol M Highsmith, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
- delaware — Fenwick Island Lighthouse - Delaware - 8561424842, by Dougtone, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)
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- louisiana — Lake Martin LA USA cypress 1, by Pierre5018, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- maine — Portland Head Light. Original image, by Carol M Highsmith, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
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- massachusetts — Charles River Esplanade Boston May 2018 004, by King of Hearts, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
- michigan — Gfp-michigan-pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore-colorful-sunset-over-lake-superior, by Yinan Chen, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain (source)
- minnesota — Bower Trout Lake Portage, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, Minnesota - BWCA (41891175252), by Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (source)
- mississippi — Dunleith is an antebellum mansion in Natchez, Mississippi LCCN2011631320, by Carol M. Highsmith, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)
- missouri — Gateway Arch - St. Louis - Missouri (17275578342), by Sam valadi, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (source)
- montana — Glacier National Park, Montana, US - 2022 1, by TerryDOtt, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (source)
- nebraska — Chimney Rock 2009, by NorthernMagnolia, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 (source)
- nevada — Valley Fire State Park. Nevada, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
- new hampshire — A scenic view of a tranquil lake (Lonesome Lake in New Hampshire) surrounded by mountains covered in autumn foliage. The glass-like clear water of the lake reflects the blue sky and clouds above, along with the neighboring forested hills. A large rock is visible in the foreground under the water’s surface. The sky is mostly clear with some scattered white clouds., by Jeff Golenski, Wordpress, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
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- south dakota — Dean Franklin - 06.04.03 Mount Rushmore Monument (by-sa), by Dean Franklin, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)
- tennessee — Cades Cove - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee - June 21, 2015, by Lee Ann Ratledge, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (source)
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- utah — Delicate Arch sunset, by Ymaup, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (source)
- vermont — Barn two silos Vermont, by Carol M Highsmith, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
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- washington — Rainier20200906, by Caleb Riston, Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (source)
- washington dc — United States Capitol, Washington DC, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
- west virginia — New River Gorge Bridge, by Carol M Highsmith, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
- wisconsin — Holstein dairy cows Dunnum Family's, by Carol M Highsmith, Rawpixel, CC CC0 1.0 (source)
- wyoming — Barns grand tetons, by Jon Sullivan, PD Photo., Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (source)