We turn energy paperwork
into execution.
Gridline builds workflow infrastructure for community solar operators. We started as an energy education platform. Now we ship billing software.
Why we exist
Community solar is scaling. Billing complexity is scaling faster. Operators are stitching together spreadsheets, PDFs, and manual emails.
We saw operations teams spending 2-5 days every month on billing. Copy-paste from utility bills. Manual calculations. One-off invoices. Mistakes caught after statements were sent.
Gridline productizes the exact steps operators already run — parse, compute, generate, invoice, deliver — and makes them traceable, rerunnable, and auditable.
Our journey
From energy education to billing infrastructure
Founded as Benefit Corp
Started as an educational platform for sustainable energy
Energy Education
Built knowledge resources serving thousands of energy professionals
R&D Phase
Explored AI-assisted document processing for energy projects
Product Pivot
Focused exclusively on community solar billing operations
Billing v1 Ships
Full pipeline from PDF ingestion to invoice delivery
How we build
Principles that guide every line of code
Operator-First
We build for the person who runs billing every month. Their workflow is our spec.
Traceable by Default
Every step logged. Every artifact versioned. Every decision auditable.
Automation with Control
Automate the repetitive. Flag the exceptions. Keep humans in the loop.
Ship Fast, Iterate
Real software solving real problems. No vaporware. No roadmap theater.
Who's building this
Mike
Founder
Building Gridline to solve the operational pain points that slow down clean energy deployment. Previously worked on energy project finance, grid resilience modeling, and document automation.
If you're an operator spending days on billing every month, I'd love to hear about your workflow.
The biggest impact we could have wasn't in education or research — it was in solving the operational pain points that slow down clean energy deployment.
Our Legacy Work
From 2017-2024, we maintained an educational platform serving thousands of energy professionals. Explore our benefit reports, previous projects, and how we evolved.
Let's talk
If you're running community solar billing, we should chat. See how Gridline fits your workflow.