NetEdison applies the proven logic of TCP/IP and the open Internet to energy distribution — replacing the brittle, centralized grid with a global ecology of software-defined Energy Routers on a DC backplane.
On November 24, 2022, a handful of missile strikes plunged most of Ukraine into darkness. A single NASA satellite image told the story: centralized grids have single points of failure. When the Baltic Sea submarine Internet cables were simultaneously cut in November 2024, traffic rerouted instantly — because the Internet was designed to route around failure.
EnergyNet needs the same property.
Solar panels, batteries, and EVs are now cheaper than at any point in history — yet renewable projects are being delayed or canceled because the grid cannot absorb bidirectional, distributed generation. US residential buildings consume 1.5 trillion kWh annually. That same footprint is an enormous untapped potential that POGS architecture actively prevents.
This is an architecture problem, not a technology problem.
The legacy grid demands central CAPEX with long payback horizons, requires monopoly structures for investment recovery, and creates interconnection queues measured in years. Communities in the Global South — and underserved communities everywhere — wait decades for grid extensions that a software-defined energy network could deliver in weeks.
Market-funded, not subsidy-dependent.
"This is not a technology problem; it is an architecture problem. POGS was designed for one-way flows of power from centralized plants to passive consumers. It was never built to support dynamic, bidirectional flows between thousands of producers and consumers at the edge of the network."
— Birgersson et al., EnergyNet Explained (2025)
In 1998, Jonas Birgersson deployed Ethernet-to-the-Home across Sweden at a fixed fee of 200 SEK (~$20/mo) — using commodity gear, no monopoly, no subsidy. The incumbent matched the price within a year. He is now applying the same logic to electricity.
At the heart of every ELAN sits the Energy Router — a power-electronics device enforcing galvanic separation between the local microgrid and the legacy grid. Power flows only when both sides consent through software negotiation. Key properties:
BWX INC / Open Doors Management holds the NetEdison™ trademark and the netedison.com and netedison.ai domains as steward — not gatekeeper. The governance model is IETF + Linux: open standards, transparent process, commercial freedom within a common protocol.
EROS (Energy Router OS), the Energy Protocol (EP), and all reference implementations are released under an open license. Any manufacturer, municipality, or developer can build compliant Energy Routers. NetEdison manages protocol versioning and certifies conformance — mirroring how the Linux kernel anchors an entire industry without controlling it.
A freely available curriculum covering Energy Router fundamentals, DC microgrid design, EP configuration, and EROS deployment trains the next generation of energy engineers. Curriculum licensees operate as NetEdison Curriculum Centers, localizing content and issuing NetEdison-certified credentials.
Open hardware reference designs and component specifications enable regional manufacturers worldwide to build compliant Energy Routers without dependency on a single vendor. Decentralized supply mirrors decentralized architecture.
Organizations adopting the NetEdison trademark enter a lightweight agreement: use the brand, access the code repository, hold a governance seat. In return: publish derivative protocol work under compatible open licenses, respect EP interoperability. No royalties on open-source deployments.
The engineers in that room could not have predicted the Internet, smartphones, cloud computing, or the global economy that would run on their protocol. They built a simple, open, end-to-end architecture and trusted that the edge would innovate.
We are at the same inflection point for energy. Solar panels at grid parity. Lithium batteries below $100/kWh. Bidirectional EV chargers in millions of garages. Power electronics cheap enough to embed in every building. What has been missing is the architecture.
POTS → Internet. POGS → EnergyNet. The pattern is clear.
"Drawing on Europe's deregulation successes and energy community reforms, we argue that, like mobile and broadband before, the next infrastructure wave primarily can be funded by market actors, and does not rely on government subsidies or monopoly charges." — Birgersson et al., EnergyNet Explained
NetEdison is a commons under construction. The immediate needs are code contributors, hardware partners, pilot municipalities, educators, and policymakers — not capital.
Write and test EROS, implement EP extensions, build reference Energy Router firmware.
Build compliant Energy Routers to open reference designs. Bring manufacturing capacity at any scale.
Pilot ELAN deployments in a neighborhood, district, or municipal facility. Evidence from early demonstrators builds the roadmap.
Localize the NetEdison Curriculum for your region and institution. Issue certified credentials.
Open regulatory space for EP-based microgrids and Energy Protocol adoption in your jurisdiction.
License as NetEdison [Country] to lead deployment, regulatory engagement, and market development in your territory.
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