# Vision, Strategy, Key Results

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### Vision

##### Thriving Communities 

[![ChatGPT Image May 20, 2025, 04_49_44 PM.png](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/chatgpt-image-may-20-2025-04-49-44-pm.png)](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/chatgpt-image-may-20-2025-04-49-44-pm.png)

### Strategy   


Advancing Sustainable, Reliable, Affordable Energy through resilient Community Owned Microgrids. We build and operate these microgrids and teach others how to do the same.

[![Future.jpeg](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/scaled-1680-/future.jpeg)](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-05/future.jpeg)

### Key Results   


#### Completed

- Find Partners and advisors and cofounders 
    - Dansturn - Grid Operations
    - Hillary - Metering Technology
    - Michael Goldbach - Advisor
- Attend Microgrid Conference in Dallas, April 2025 and connect with the community
- Register NFE as a Utility Company in Uganda
- Set up collaboration tools for NFE team 
    - [Email and Calendar ](https://nextcloud.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Wiki / Documentation](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Time tracking ](https://kimai.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Website ](https://nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Group chat ](https://matrix.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Video calling](https://jitsi.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Meeting Scheduling](https://calcom.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Version Source Control](https://gitea.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Customer Help desk ](https://freescout.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Customer Relationship Management (CRM)](https://espocrm.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
    - [Project Management ](https://plane.nearlyfreeenergy.com/)
- Evaluations and sourcing for 
    - [Metering Partner ](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/books/product/page/metering-evalutation)
    - [Payment Processing Provider ](https://bookstack.nearlyfreeenergy.com/books/product/page/billing-and-payment-system-evalutation)

#### Now

- Pilot microgrid in a small community of 8 to 10 homes  
    
    - Bulk (discounted billing) through UEDCL
    - Test smart metering hardware
    - Test monitoring and steering software for meters
    - Test customer post paid billing
- Connect with Linux Foundation energy community for collaboration on Microgrid software
- Find hardware partners in China
- Connect with 2 potential customers   
    
    - Bugolobi flats
    - ?
- Publish one or two knowledge base articles   
    
    - Share about Smart metering (finding a vendor and deciding on communication protocols)
    - Payment/Vending systems: Evaluating uganda's online payment ecosystem
- Financial Transparency - Publish our finances on open collective

#### Next

- Bellavista microgrid   
    
    - 1st customer onboarding (sign MOU)
    - Enable smart metering
    - Enable customer post paid billing
- Introduce BESS for Pilot customer   
    
    - Test power backup offering

#### Later  


- Enable BESS for Bellavista
- Enable Solar PVs for Pilot
- Start using open source software for running the microgrid