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Strategic partners
Manufacturers, installers, brokers, and advisors who already work alongside TEK and encounter owners whose questions fall outside their own scope.
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Referral Partner Program
Send us a client. Share the fee we collect.
TEK Energy is an advisor, not an equipment seller. Every engagement generates advisory and project fees rather than product margin — which makes revenue share clean. Whoever sends us a client gets a cut of what we actually collect, no matter which door they walked in from.
Overview
One program, three kinds of referral source.
There are no separate tiers by source. The tiers are by deal size, so the program stays simple to explain and easy to pitch in one sentence: introduce TEK to an owner who needs an honest read on their energy spend, and you earn a percentage of the advisory fee that introduction produces.
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Clients
Past and current clients referring peers in their industry — the referrals that convert fastest, because the owner already trusts the person making the introduction.
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Personal network
Individual contacts with no formal relationship required. If you know a decision-maker with an energy problem worth solving, you qualify.
How it works
Four steps, and the money follows the invoice.
1. Refer
Introduce TEK to a qualified prospect — an email intro, a warm handoff, or a named lead submitted through the form below.
2. Register
TEK logs the referral before any outreach begins. That timestamp is what protects you against overlap claims later.
3. Engage
TEK runs its normal process: assessment, then proposal, then a signed engagement. Nothing about the referral changes the advice.
4. Get paid
You receive your percentage once TEK has invoiced the client and collected payment — not on signature, on cash received.
What counts as a qualified referral
A named company plus a named decision-maker contact that TEK did not already have in an active pipeline.
A LinkedIn like or a vague "you should talk to my industry" doesn't count. A real introduction does.
Payout structure
Revenue share by deal size.
The percentage is calculated on TEK's collected fee — never on the client's total project cost. Smaller engagements pay the referrer generously because TEK's margin is thinner there; larger programs still pay meaningful dollars in absolute terms at a lower rate, which keeps the program self-funding rather than something that has to be justified deal by deal.
| Engagement value | Referral payout |
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| Under $10,000Single-site assessments and focused advisory work | 10%of collected fee |
| $10,000 – $50,000Multi-phase advisory, structuring, and delivery oversight | 8%of collected fee |
| $50,000 and aboveLarge BESS, multi-site rollouts, and procurement programs | 5%of collected fee |
Worked example
TEK earns a $20,000 advisory fee on a $2M battery storage installation. The referrer's payout is 8% of $20,000 — not a cut of the $2M. The fee TEK collects is the only number the percentage ever touches.
$1,600Referral payout
Paid within 30 days
Payout is issued within 30 days of TEK receiving the client's payment. If the client pays in stages, you are paid in the same stages.
12 months of the relationship
The payout applies to the life of the client relationship for 12 months from the first signed engagement — so a referral that turns into a multi-phase project keeps paying.
Fee only, never project cost
Equipment, construction, and financing costs are outside the calculation. You share in TEK's advisory revenue, which is the only revenue TEK controls.
Terms
Kept deliberately simple.
No exclusivity required Referrers are free to refer to competitors as well. This is a revenue-share arrangement, not a lock-in.
No cap on referrals or earnings There is no ceiling on how many referrals you submit or how much the program pays you in a year.
Self-referrals don't qualify Referring your own company is not a referral. Introductions to organizations you own or control are excluded.
TEK may decline a referral If there is an existing relationship or a conflict, TEK declines and notifies you immediately. No payout is owed in either direction.
Email confirmation is enough for individuals An informal agreement confirmed by email is sufficient. Nothing longer is required to start earning.
Strategic partners get an addendum Firms with existing partnership terms receive a one-page referral addendum rather than a separate contract.
Register a referral
Submit a named lead.
This registers the referral with a timestamp before any outreach begins, which is what protects your claim if the same prospect surfaces elsewhere. If you would rather make a live introduction, send the email and copy the address in the sidebar — the form is for the record, not a gate.
Common questions
Before you send the first one.
What if the prospect isn't ready to buy anything?
Refer them anyway. TEK's first step is an assessment, and a large share of assessments conclude that an owner should wait, renegotiate supply, or fix operations before spending capital. Those engagements still carry a fee, and that fee still pays a referral share.
How do I know what TEK actually collected?
The payout statement names the engagement, the collected fee, the tier applied, and the resulting amount. You are not asked to take a percentage on faith.
What if two people refer the same company?
The earlier registration holds, which is the reason registration happens before outreach. If a prospect was already in TEK's active pipeline when your referral arrives, the referral is declined at that point rather than after an engagement is signed.
Can I refer more than one company at a time?
Yes, and there is no cap on volume or earnings. Submit each one separately so each gets its own registration date and its own confirmation.
Does referring TEK commit me to anything?
No. There is no exclusivity, no minimum, and no obligation to refer again. You may also refer work to firms that compete with TEK; it has no bearing on your payouts here.
What does the client pay for the referral?
Nothing. The payout comes out of TEK's fee, and TEK's fee is not marked up because a referral was involved. The advice a referred client receives is the same advice anyone else gets, which is the point of being an advisor rather than a seller.