Questions about Gridpol
Do I need a license, or do you?
Gridpol is a paperwork and submission service, not an electrical contractor. We do not install, design for construction or sign as the contractor. Every application is filed in the name of the licensed installer, with the installer’s license number, and in the customer’s name as the utility account holder. We act only as the installer’s authorized representative, using the installer’s utility portal accounts and the customer’s signed authorization where the utility requires it. Your license number goes on the application; we never file under our own name.
What does “unlimited” mean?
Every interconnection application for your customers is included for $500 a month: new PV, storage, PV + storage, system changes that need a new application, and EV charger requests where the utility has a process. No per-project fees from us.
Which utilities do you work with?
Any US utility that accepts interconnection applications. Our database lists all 2,906 distribution utilities from EIA Form 861 (2025), including small cooperatives and municipal utilities, and maps 100.0 % of ZIP codes to them. For 149 utilities the process is confirmed from their own official sources. For the others we work from the state commission’s interconnection rule or the association policy that applies, and confirm the utility’s own form on the first project – what we learn goes back into the database.
Do you make the single-line diagram and site plan?
Yes. You enter the equipment (modules, strings, inverter or microinverters, battery, charger), main panel busbar and breaker, connection method and where the equipment goes, and upload a roof sketch or photos. We draw the single-line diagram and a site plan with your company and license in the title block. They are interconnection drawings, not a permit plan set, and they are not PE-stamped.
How fast do you submit?
Applications are typically submitted within 2 business days after complete documents. We do not promise utility approval times – each utility’s tariff and workload decide those.
How do you get into my utility portals?
You save your portal logins in your account’s credential vault. They are encrypted (AES-256-GCM), never shown again after saving, and every time our team opens one it is logged with date, person and project. You can delete them anytime.
Who signs for the homeowner?
The homeowner does. We send a signature link for the authorization that lets you – and us on your behalf – submit the application. Where the utility sends its own e-signature request (for example from its portal), the homeowner signs that too.
What is the pre-submission check?
Before we file, your project is checked against common rejection reasons: missing customer signature, name or address that does not match the bill, missing account or meter number, drawing values that do not match the equipment, system size above the utility’s simplified limit, the NEC 705.12 120 % busbar rule for load-side connections, and a missing battery operating mode.
Are permit plan sets included?
No. Gridpol covers the utility interconnection only. Building and electrical permit plan sets for your city or county are not part of the plan.
Is there a free trial or setup fee?
No trial. Gridpol Unlimited is $500 a month on a 12-month agreement.