Grid Analytics

Siting

Comprehensive grid analytics with interactive Plotly Mapbox maps. Analyze buildable area with environmental constraints (wetlands, flood zones, protected areas, slopes), find nearest substations from 79,000+ HIFLD records, screen for FEMA flood hazards, check PAD-US protected areas and critical habitat, query USDA soil properties, and estimate solar PV feasibility. Comparable to Anderson Optimization, Transect, and PVCase.

Example questions you can ask:

"Analyze buildable area at 33.45, -112.07 in Phoenix"
"Find substations within 10 miles of 40.7, -74.0 above 115kV"
"Check flood zones at 29.76, -95.36 in Houston"
"Run a full site suitability report at 35.0, -111.0"

Add to your AI assistant

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json under "mcpServers":

"gridleaf-analytics": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://analytics.gridleaf.org/sse"]
}

What It Does

Comprehensive grid analytics with interactive Plotly Mapbox maps. Analyze buildable area with environmental constraints (wetlands, flood zones, protected areas, slopes), find nearest substations from 79,000+ HIFLD records, screen for FEMA flood hazards, check PAD-US protected areas and critical habitat, query USDA soil properties, and estimate solar PV feasibility. Comparable to Anderson Optimization, Transect, and PVCase.

Data sources:FEMA NFHLPAD-US 4.0HIFLD SubstationsNWI WetlandsUSGS NHDUSDA SSURGOUSFWS Critical HabitatNREL PVWatts

Update frequency: Real-time (live API queries)

Supported Regions & Agencies

CAISOUS

California Independent System Operator

ERCOTUS

Electric Reliability Council of Texas

PJMUS

PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic)

MISOUS

Midcontinent Independent System Operator

NYISOUS

New York Independent System Operator

SPPUS

Southwest Power Pool

ISO-NEUS

ISO New England

FERCUS

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

NERCUS

North American Electric Reliability Corporation

DOE/EIAUS

Department of Energy / Energy Information Administration

EPAUS

Environmental Protection Agency

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
lat	number	Yes	Site latitude
lon	number	Yes	Site longitude
radius_km	number	No	Search radius in km (default varies by tool)
parcel_acres	number	No	Parcel size in acres (default 5)

Outputs

Name	Type	Description
data	object	Structured analysis results
visualizations	array	Interactive Plotly maps and charts (base64 + HTML)
summary	string	Natural language insight summary

Frequently Asked Questions

Buildable area analysis with 7 constraint layers, substation proximity (79k US substations), FEMA flood zones, PAD-US protected areas, USFWS critical habitat, USDA soil analysis, and NREL solar feasibility.

We fetch wetlands (NWI), flood zones (FEMA), streams (NHD), protected areas (PAD-US), and critical habitat (USFWS) in parallel, then subtract them from your parcel with configurable setback buffers.

Yes — all maps are interactive Plotly Mapbox visualizations with zoom, pan, and layer toggles. They render as HTML artifacts in Claude.