Privacy Policy

Effective September 19, 2026; updated October 8, 2026. Barrio Resources LLC, doing business as Barrio Energy ("Barrio", "we"), Houston, Texas.

This policy covers barrioenergy.com and the Barrio Grid Connector (grid.barrioenergy.com), including its MCP server and REST API.

What we collect

• Queries. For each call to the Grid Connector: the tool called, its inputs (for example an address, coordinates or county), the time, response size, the calling IP address, the client user agent, and an anonymous session identifier or API key identifier.
• Geocoding cache. Addresses sent to the service are geocoded through the US Census Bureau geocoder and the result is cached.
• Accounts. Your email, sign-in times, and the searches and map areas you look at while signed in.
• Paid accounts. For Pro subscriptions we keep your email, a hash of your API key, and Stripe customer and subscription identifiers. Card details are handled by Stripe and never reach us.
• Newsletter and contact forms. The email address and message you submit.
• Your projects. Points, lines and shapes you import or draw on the map, with the names, descriptions, folders and data fields they carry. Files are read in your browser and only that geometry and text is sent. Projects are visible only to your account; we do not view them, use them for marketing, or include them in follow-up emails. Deleting a project removes it.
• What you tell Dub. Dub is the chat assistant on the map. What you tell him about what you are looking for, such as the type of project, the size in megawatts, the timing, the areas and the company you work for, is kept on your account so he does not have to ask twice, and Barrio Energy may use it to follow up with you about powered sites. You can ask us to delete it at any time. Your questions to Dub are logged the same way as any other query.
• Feature requests. The request and your email, whether sent from the website or through an AI assistant connected to the Grid Connector.

How we use it

• To run the service, enforce usage limits, prevent abuse and fix problems.
• To review, account by account, which queries the service answered poorly (empty results, errors, limits) so we can fix them. This review is internal to Barrio Energy.
• To respond to inquiries you send us, and to email account holders about their use of the service, including the areas they looked at and what they told Dub they are looking for. You can ask us to stop at any time.
• To send account holders who use Barrio Grid a short note, usually weekly, about what changed in the places they looked at and new features that fit their work. These notes are based on your activity in the service and publicly available information about your company. Each one has an unsubscribe link.
• To send product updates about Barrio Grid, such as new features and how to use the service, but only if you ticked the box asking for them. Every one of those emails has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing stops them without affecting your account.
• To send The Grid Report newsletter, if you asked for it. It is a separate list with its own confirmation step and its own unsubscribe link.
• To deliver and bill paid API keys.
• To understand aggregate usage of the service.

We do not sell personal information and do not use it for third-party advertising.

Sharing

We share data only with providers that run the service for us: our hosting provider, Supabase (database), Stripe (payments), SendGrid (email) and the US Census Bureau geocoder (addresses only). We may disclose information if required by law.

Retention

Usage logs are kept for up to 24 months. Account records are kept while the relationship is active and as required for tax and legal records. You can ask us to delete your data at any time.

Your choices

Email ivan@barrioenergy.com to access, correct or delete your information, or to cancel a key. Pro subscriptions can be cancelled at any time.

Product updates and the newsletter are both opt-in, the weekly notes to active users stop with one click, and none of them is required to use Barrio Grid. Use the unsubscribe link in any of those emails, or email us, and we will stop. We keep a record of the address so that an unsubscribe is not undone if the account is later recreated. Account email, such as sign-in codes and billing notices, is part of the service and continues either way.

Agents

When an AI assistant calls the Grid Connector on your behalf, we receive only what that assistant sends. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant. The assistant provider's own privacy policy governs what it does with your data.

Security

Traffic is encrypted with TLS. API keys are stored only as hashes. No system is perfectly secure.

Changes

We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Contact

Barrio Energy, 1129 E 6th 1/2 St, Houston, TX 77009. ivan@barrioenergy.com.