# Barrio Energy

> Barrio Energy (Houston) develops and leases powered industrial sites in Texas for data centers, bitcoin mining and battery storage. It also runs the Barrio Grid Connector, a public MCP server and REST API with Texas power grid siting data.

## Barrio Grid Connector

Texas grid siting data for agents: nearest substations, transmission lines, likely serving utility, ERCOT generation and storage queue, planned transmission upgrades, and parcels near high-voltage substations (powered land).

Accounts, keys, Pro and the map: https://map.barrioenergy.com

- MCP server (streamable HTTP, no auth on the free tier): https://grid.barrioenergy.com/mcp
- REST base: https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/ (tool list and schemas: https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/tools)
- Human docs: https://barrioenergy.com/grid
- Agent skill file: https://barrioenergy.com/grid/skill.md

### Tools

- grid_context: county, likely utility, 3 nearest substations, transmission lines, ERCOT queue projects and planned upgrades around a Texas site.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/grid_context?address=Edna,%20TX&radius_mi=5"
- nearest_substation: closest substations with voltage, owner and distance in miles.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/nearest_substation?lat=28.9&lng=-96.6&min_kv=138&limit=5"
- find_powered_land: parcels within a set distance of a qualifying substation, by county or point and radius.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/find_powered_land?county=Jackson&min_acres=50&max_sub_mi=1&min_kv=138"
- ercot_queue: ERCOT generation and storage interconnection projects near a site or in a county.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/ercot_queue?county=Live%20Oak"
- node_prices: ERCOT day-ahead prices (hourly, USD/MWh) for the load zone at a site, nearest resource nodes and hubs with 7-day stats, or one settlement point's series.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/node_prices?address=Edna,%20TX"
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/node_prices?settlement_point=HB_HOUSTON&days=30"
- volatile_nodes: rank nodes for storage and solar: tb4 (default), tb2, stdev, cv, range, spikes, negative, evening, solar, solar_ratio, basis, avg.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/volatile_nodes?metric=tb4&load_zone=LZ_WEST&limit=10"
- grid_news: latest or keyword-matched articles from The Grid Report (Texas grid, ERCOT, Batch Zero, large loads, transmission). Full text with article_id. Unmetered.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/grid_news?query=batch%20zero&limit=5"
- upgrade_to_pro: Pro checkout link (Stripe, accepts Link), optional email prefill. Only buy with the user's approval.
  curl "https://grid.barrioenergy.com/v1/upgrade_to_pro?email=you@example.com"

Locations: a street address, a Texas city or county name, or lat + lng. Texas only. Distances in miles.

### Pricing

- No key: 25 calls a day per session or IP.
- Free key (sign up at https://map.barrioenergy.com): 100 calls a day, 25 parcels per search.
- Pro: 249 USD a month, 5,000 calls a month, 200 parcels per search, plus the web map. Header: Authorization: Bearer grid_... Subscribe: https://map.barrioenergy.com/pricing
- Enterprise: quote, ivan@barrioenergy.com

### Data

HIFLD substations and transmission (owners enriched by Barrio), ERCOT GIS generation queue, Barrio research on planned ERCOT/PUCT transmission projects, TNRIS StratMap parcels (9 Gulf Coast and South Texas counties today). Screening data; confirm with the utility. Cite "Barrio Energy GeoIntel".

## Company

- Site: https://barrioenergy.com
- Data centers: https://barrioenergy.com/data-centers
- Contact: ivan@barrioenergy.com