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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: November 21, 2022

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how SolMicroGrid, LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“SolMicroGrid,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and secures information that we collect about visitors to our website, https://www.solmicrogrid.com/ (the “Site”) and users of the services available through our Site (collectively, the “Services”).

By visiting the Site or using any of our Services, you agree that your information will be handled as described in this Policy and our Terms of Use. Your use of the Site and Services is subject to this Policy and our Terms of Use. The SolMicroGrid Terms of Use are incorporated by reference into this policy.

Information We Collect About You

We collect information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Site and Services.

  • Information We Collect Directly From You. We collect information directly from you when you use our Site. If you contact us through a form on our Site, we will collect your name, email address, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information that you choose to provide.
  • Information We Collect Automatically. We automatically collect information.
  • Information We Collect From Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and our third-party cookie providers collect information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies when you use our Site, such as your browser type and operating system; web pages you view; links you click; your IP address; the length of time you visit our Site; and the referring URL, or the webpage that led you to our Site. Our third-party cookie providers, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services.
  • Information We Collect From Other Entities. We may collect information about you from service providers and third parties that perform functions on our behalf, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, utility usage data, and utility service terms.

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following business purposes:

  • To provide our Site and Services, to communicate with you about your use of our Site and Services, and to respond to your inquiries.

  • To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, for personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experience while using the Site and Services.

  • For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, we may use your information such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, business opportunities, or to otherwise contact you with information we think may interest you or your company.

  • To better understand how users access and use our Site and Services, in order to improve our Site and Services and respond to user desires and preferences, and for related research and analytics purposes.

  • To comply with our legal obligations or exercise or defend our rights or the rights of a third party, including complying with law enforcement or government authority requests and participating in compliance audits.

  • Where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities, fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person or to otherwise enforce this Policy or the integrity of the Site.

  • Deidentified data. We may also deidentify or aggregate your data in such a way that you may not reasonably be re-identified by us or another party, and we may use this de-identified or aggregated data for any purpose permitted under applicable law.

How We Disclose the Information We Collect

We may disclose the information, including the categories of personal information described above, for our business purposes as follows:

  • Related Entities. We may disclose the information we collect about you to our related entities, including our affiliates and subsidiaries, and their use and disclosure of your information will be subject to this Policy.

  • Other Entities. We disclose the information we collect about you to service providers and third parties that perform functions on our behalf.

  • Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to help us understand the use of our Site. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-in, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • Advertising Partners. We work with third-party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. Some of our advertising partners are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (optout.networkadvertising.org) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (optout.aboutads.info). If you do not wish to receive personalized ads, please visit their opt-out pages to learn about how you may opt-out of receiving web-based personalized ads from member companies.

We may also disclose your information in the following circumstances:

  • Business Transfers. If (i) we or our affiliates are or may be acquired by, merged with, or invested in by another company, or (ii) if any of our assets are or may be transferred to another company, whether as part of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer the information we have collected about you to the other company. As part of the business transfer process, we may disclose certain of your information with lenders, auditors, and third party advisors, including attorneys and consultants.

  • In Response To Legal Process. We may disclose your information to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.

  • To Protect Us and Others. We disclose your information where we believe it is appropriate to do so to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

  • Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may share aggregate, anonymized, or de-identified information about you for any purpose permitted under applicable local law.

  • Consent. We may disclose your information with your consent.

Our Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms

We and our third-party advertising and analytics partners use cookies and other tracking mechanisms to track information about your use of our Site. We may combine this information with other information we collect about you (and our third-party advertising and analytics partners may do so on our behalf).

  • Cookies. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Site. Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from our Site, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Site to their fullest potential.

  • Clear GIFs, pixel tags, and other technologies. Clear GIFs are tiny graphic with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on your computer’s hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web and app pages. We may use clear GIFs (a.k.a. web beacons, web bugs or pixel tags) to, among other things, track activities of Site visitors, help us manage content, and compile statistics about Site usage. We and our service providers also use clear GIFs in HTML email to our customers, to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.

Do-Not-Track

Currently, our systems do not recognize browser “do-not-track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking as discussed in this section (e.g., by disabling cookies)

Third-Party Links

Our Site or Services may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such linked websites is not governed by this Policy, but is instead governed by the privacy policies of those third party websites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third party websites.

Information Security

The security of your information is a priority for us. We implement reasonable security measures designed to safeguard the information we collect about you, and make efforts to incorporate security practices and controls intended to protect against information security threats. These measures are aimed to protect the information we collect from disruption, loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We follow generally accepted practices to protect your information both during transmission and once we receive it. Please be aware that despite our efforts, no data security measures can guarantee security.

If you have reason to believe your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site and Services are not designed for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under the age of 13. If we discover that a child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information from our systems.

Contact Us

If you have questions about the privacy aspects of our Site or Services or would like to make a complaint, please contact us at:

[email protected]

Changes to this Policy

This policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post changes to this Policy on our Site. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the information we have previously collected about you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our Site or sending you an email.

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Barry Sanders

Managing Principal, Merle Management

Barry Sanders is the Managing Principal of Merle Management LLC and is based near Boston. Mr. Sanders advises ClimateTech clients with growth and funding strategies and tactics. He also coaches executives and key investors to maximize potential.
He is also a Columbia Technology Ventures – New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) Entrepreneur-In-Residence. Mr. Sanders currently sits on the Board of Directors of ClimateTech companies.

Prior, he launched American DG Energy Inc. in the US and EuroSite Power Inc. in the UK from start-up through IPO. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer. The companies provided Energy-As-A-Service (EaaS) in the form of electricity, heat, hot water and cooling for C&I customers. He grew business to over $350 million in contract value.

Also, Mr. Sanders served in Executive roles with MicroLogic, Inc.; Schneider Electric (Andover Controls Corp.); Thermo Fisher (Tecogen Inc.); and NYSERDA. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Lally Business School at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Barry Sanders

Robert Duva

Senior Vice President, Operations

Bob Duva leads our Operations and Project Management teams. He brings over 38 years of experience in construction, energy efficiency technologies, automation, and renewables. His background includes growing talented engineering teams, managing projects across the continental U.S. and Hawaii, and developing creative solutions in the fields of demand response, solar production, battery integration, and remote automation and control.

Additionally, Bob has served as Engineer of Record for many Solar projects in the NJ/CT/MA area since 2010, being Licensed in those states as a Professional Engineer, as well as NY and PA. He also holds an Electrical Contracting License in NJ.

Bob Duva

Bill Gifford

Vice President, Business Development

Bill Gifford is focused on our business pipeline, building our business development team, and exploring new opportunities to expand our network of microgrid customers. He’s a seasoned industry veteran in C&I renewable energy sales and project management. Gifford joined SolMicroGrid from Dynamic Energy where he worked in various senior business development and revenue origination roles for five years. His previous experience includes roles at SolarCity which was acquired by Tesla. Gifford started his career as a solar installer in 2015, which provided valuable hands-on experience.

Gifford graduated from Hunter College with a BA in Political Science and Rutgers University with a Master of Public Administration.

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Ryan Jordan

Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Energy Partners

Ryan Jordan is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and is based in New York. Mr. Jordan joined Morgan Stanley in 2009 as an Analyst in the Investment Banking Division, working in the firm’s Natural Resources Group in Houston. He joined Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) in New York in 2011 and focused on investments in the energy sector, prior to joining Morgan Stanley Energy Partners (MSEP) upon its inception as a separate investing team in 2015. Mr. Jordan currently serves on the Board of Directors of Sterling Energy, a portfolio company of MSCP, and of Specialized Desanders, M.G. Bryan, SolMicroGrid and Durango Midstream, all MSEP portfolio companies. Mr. Jordan holds a B.B.A. in Finance and the Business Honors Program from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in the Plan II Honors Program from the University of Texas at Austin.

Ryan Jordan

Andrew Griffin

Executive Director, Morgan Stanley Energy Partners

Andrew Griffin is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and is based in Houston. Mr. Griffin joined Morgan Stanley Energy Partners in 2017 after completing graduate school. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Griffin was an Associate at Lindsay Goldberg and, from 2011 to 2013, he worked as an Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions group of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Catalyst Energy Services, Mission Creek Resources and SolMicroGrid, all current MSEP portfolio companies. Mr. Griffin holds an A.B. in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Palmer Scholar.

Andrew Griffin

John Moon

Head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners

John Moon is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners (MSEP). He is based in New York and Houston and has 25 years of investing experience. Mr. Moon served as a senior member of the Morgan Stanley Capital Partners (MSCP) team from 1998 to 2004 and then rejoined Morgan Stanley in 2008.

Prior to his return to MSCP, Mr. Moon was a Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings LLC where he served on the Investment Committees of the Carlyle/Riverstone Global Energy & Power Funds III and IV. Prior to Riverstone, Mr. Moon was a founding partner, Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Metalmark Capital LLC, which sub-advised Morgan Stanley on investments held by MSCP III and MSCP IV beginning in September 2004. He is a former member of the Investment Committees of MSCP III and MSCP IV and Metalmark Capital Partners I.

Mr. Moon served on the Board of Directors of the following MSCP Fund portfolio companies: Aventine Renewable Energy, Cantera Resources, Canyon Gas Resources, Concert Capital Resources, Triana Energy/Columbia Natural Resources, Triana Energy II and Union Drilling. He currently serves as a director of Sterling Energy and Trinity CO2, both MSCP portfolio companies, and M.G. Bryan, XRI, Presidio Petroleum, Specialized Desanders, Durango Midstream, Mission Creek Resources, SolMicroGrid and Catalyst Energy Services, all MSEP portfolio companies. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1998, Mr. Moon worked in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in New York.

Mr. Moon holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard College. He also holds an A.M. and Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University. Mr. Moon is an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School.

John Moon

Richard Grosdidier

Executive Vice President, Commercial Execution

Richard Grosdidier brings more than 35 years of domestic and international experience in tax equity, project and structured finance, banking, treasury, M&A, project development, team leadership and complex transaction management to SolMicroGrid. He has also been instrumental in the creation of several startup companies in both structured finance and renewable energy.

Grosdidier has held senior finance and development positions with leading companies in the energy/renewable energy industry such as Innogy SE, NRG Energy, Next Era Energy Resources, DZ Bank AG, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, Signal Capital and AT&T Capital. He was Senior Vice President of Commercial Execution at NRG and helped the company build a 1.8 GW utility scale solar portfolio through greenfield development and M&A. At Next Era Energy, Grosdidier was Senior Director of Project Finance and Analysis and played a key leadership role in multiple complex financings and M&A transactions. As Senior Energy Banker at DZ Bank, he developed several new markets for the bank. Grosdidier also was based in Asia for 8 years with responsibility for project finance leading the execution of numerous cross border financings. Early in his career he spent 10 years as an Institutional Tax Equity Investor focused on the energy sector.

Grosdidier holds a BS in Commerce & Finance from Wilkes University and an MBA and Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton.

Kirk Edelman

Chief Executive Officer

Kirk Edelman is focused on expanding business opportunities and driving organizational change to position SolMicroGrid for its next phase of growth. He is a driven leader and proven energy executive with a 25+ year history of success managing multi-cultural teams focused on investing in power, oil gas, natural resources, and infrastructure projects. Edelman served as President and CEO of Siemens Financial Services, Inc. where he built a $15 billion investment portfolio. He has held senior positions in financial services firms like Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and TD Securities and has led several energy investment organizations including those within Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and GMAC. He was the Chief Commercial Officer of Safari Energy – a leading solar company which is now part of Carlyle’s Aspen Power platform – where he helped build a $300 million portfolio of operating assets. In 2022, Edelman became the Chief Commercial Officer of Verdagy, Inc., a pre-revenue green hydrogen company before accepting the CEO position at SolMicroGrid. He started his career as an engineer with Exxon and transitioned into more senior roles with companies like Catalyst Energy, Translink Transmission and Siemens.

Edelman graduated from Bucknell University  with a BS in Civil Engineering with honors and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School  with an MBA in Finance.  Board memberships have included The German American Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Martin Tuchman School of Management and Cornell University’s Program in Infrastructure Policy.

Kirk Edelman