Consortium Membership Deposit

$1,000.00

By submitting the $1,000.00 Earnest Alignment Deposit, the Member explicitly accepts and agrees to be legally bound by all terms of this Agreement. This deposit acts as a commitment mechanism rather than a fee. It is fully refundable within sixty (60) business days of successfully completing your first ecosystem-originated pipeline project. Early applicant withdrawal or failure to engage in good faith results in complete forfeiture of the deposit.

By submitting your Earnest Alignment Deposit, you agree to these legally binding Terms and Conditions of the Microgrid Consortium.

1. Purpose & Ecosystem Benefits The Microgrid Consortium acts as a neutral coordination layer matching developers, capital partners, and technology providers with high-yield energy projects. Your $1,000.00 (USD) deposit grants you immediate access to:

  • Proprietary Project Pipeline: Inclusion in our centralized demand, utility load, and project database.

  • Structured Alignment: Guided participation from project sourcing through full deployment.

  • Strategic Introductions: Facilitated connections to vetted partners in engineering, capital markets, and regulation.

  • Incentive Tracking: Data and modeling frameworks to optimize state and federal incentive stacking.

  • Preferred Status: Placement as a network operator for regional deployment opportunities.

2. Participation & Performance Project track placement is performance-driven, based on your capabilities and asset alignment. Members must maintain an active, collaborative posture to drive projects efficiently toward completion.

3. Deposit & Performance-Based Refund This agreement uses a mutual commitment framework rather than a traditional fee.

  • Allocation: You agree to submit a refundable $1,000.00 (USD) Earnest Alignment Deposit upon checkout.

  • Refund: This deposit is a net-zero mechanism. The full $1,000.00 will be refunded to you within sixty (60) business days of the successful close of your first coordinated project through the Consortium pipeline.

  • Forfeiture: The deposit is forfeited to cover administrative onboarding costs if you unilaterally terminate this agreement prior to active project engagement, or fail to engage in good faith with assigned project tracks.

4. Confidentiality & Non-Circumvention All project opportunities, database metrics, partner introductions, and ecosystem data are strictly confidential.

  • Non-Circumvention: You agree not to contract with, bypass, or circumvent the Consortium to conduct business with any Consortium-introduced party outside of the ecosystem framework without prior express written consent.

  • Survival Term: This confidentiality and non-circumvention covenant remains in effect during active membership and survives for twenty-four (24) months after membership discontinuation.

5. Term, Renewal & Acknowledgment This agreement and the alignment deposit framework renew annually. Members on active project tracks at the time of renewal may continue uninterrupted, subject to ongoing compliance. By completing this transaction, you acknowledge the Consortium's master facilitation role and agree to act in good faith to support aligned project outcomes.