OPEN POWER & ENERGY NETWORK INC
Organization profile | Updated October 19, 2026

LEGAL IDENTITY
Legal name: OPEN POWER & ENERGY NETWORK INC
Employer Identification Number (EIN): 99-1345787
Organization address: 330 Ambar Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
Federal tax status: 501(c)(3) public charity under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)
IRS recognition: May 2025 (ruling month in the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File)
Email: contact@openpowerenergynetwork.tech
Official website: https://openpowerenergynetwork.tech/
Organization profile: https://openpowerenergynetwork.tech/organization/

MISSION
Open Power & Energy Network Inc. is dedicated to researching, developing, and deploying open-source software architectures and community-driven frameworks for next-generation decentralized power grids and clean energy grids.

The 2024 Form 990-EZ states the organization's primary exempt purpose as:
The use of open technology and techniques in the field of power to promote a sustainable and balanced future for the world.

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION OBJECTIVES
1. Decentralized grids: Research into peer-to-peer energy protocols, secure telemetry, and local power distribution.
2. Open-source codebases: Work toward openly available repositories, APIs, and simulation models for researchers, developers, and educators.
3. Community education: Technical knowledge sharing, research whitepapers, and opportunities to support student engineers working on sustainable energy.

Our priorities include interoperable software interfaces, academic collaboration, and accessible educational licensing. Contact us for current research resources, repository availability, and educational opportunities. This website does not advertise an open grant round.

PUBLIC REPORTING
Our 2024 Form 990-EZ covers January 18–December 31, 2024 and was submitted November 13, 2025. The return reports energy research whitepapers, an open publication platform, and briefings for congressional energy advisers. Its program narrative identifies openpowerenergy.net as the publication platform.

View the filing, reproduced from IRS data by ProPublica:
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/991345787/202503179349200800/full

Verify federal status with the official IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search using EIN 99-1345787:
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search

IRS listing information:
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organizations-business-master-file-extract-eo-bmf
The classification and ruling month above were checked on October 19, 2026 against the IRS dataset published October 13, 2026.

CONTACT
For research materials, nonprofit verification inquiries, educational collaboration, or partnership proposals, email contact@openpowerenergynetwork.tech.

The website's energy lab is a simplified educational power-balance model. Its visitor-selected scenarios do not represent live operations or measured project outcomes.