Integrations

The Integrations tab in Settings manages your Tesla connection — the link between Grid Getter and your Tesla energy system.

To get there: Settings → Integrations

Tesla connection status

The Integrations tab shows whether Grid Getter is currently connected to your Tesla account. When connected:

Your live energy data appears on the dashboard
Automations can send commands to your Powerwall
DemandGuard can monitor and respond to your grid draw in real time

When disconnected, a banner appears at the top of every page in the app.

Reconnecting Tesla

Your Tesla OAuth token can expire over time, or if you change your Tesla account password.

Go to Settings → Integrations
Click Reconnect Tesla
You’ll be taken to Tesla’s login page — enter your credentials there
Review and approve the access Grid Getter needs
Grid Getter rebinds your account to the energy site Tesla is actively reporting for — if a retired Powerwall is still listed on your Tesla account, it’s skipped
You’ll be returned to Grid Getter with a fresh connection

Disconnecting Tesla

To remove Grid Getter’s access to your Tesla account:

Go to Settings → Integrations
Click Disconnect Tesla

This stops all automations and live data. Your automation configurations are preserved — reconnect Tesla and they’ll resume.

”Powerwall offline” vs “Tesla disconnected”

These look similar but have different fixes.

Tesla disconnected — Grid Getter’s access token expired or was revoked. Fix it here with the Reconnect Tesla button above.
Powerwall offline — your Tesla account is still connected, but the gateway stopped sending live data to Tesla. This is almost always an internet problem at the gateway, not a Grid Getter sign-in issue, so reconnecting Tesla won’t fix it.

To get a Powerwall back online, open the Tesla app, tap your energy system, and reconnect the gateway’s Wi-Fi. If that doesn’t do it, restarting the gateway hardware usually does. The offline email Grid Getter sends walks through both, including the steps for your specific Powerwall model.

Once the gateway is back on the internet, Grid Getter reconnects on its own within a few hours — or open the Live Dashboard and tap Verify now to reconnect right away.

Resting mode

Your resting mode is the operating mode Grid Getter returns your Powerwall to when an automation window ends — DemandGuard, Peak Time, or Battery Protection. Pick the mode you normally run in the Tesla app: Time-Based Control or Self-Powered.

Why this matters: when automations run back-to-back (say, Battery Protection holding overnight straight into a DemandGuard window), your Powerwall never shows its “normal” mode between them, so Grid Getter can’t guess it. Setting it here removes the guesswork.

New connections start with the mode your Powerwall was in when you first connected. Until you choose one, each automation keeps its previous end-of-window behavior, and you’ll see a one-time prompt on the Live Dashboard and Automations pages.

What Grid Getter can and can’t do

Grid Getter can:

Read your live power data (solar, battery, grid, home)
Read your battery state of charge and reserve setting
Set your battery reserve percentage
Switch your operational mode (autonomous ↔ self-consumption)
Read Storm Watch status
Send storm watch commands

Grid Getter cannot:

Access your vehicle data or controls
Access your Tesla account settings
Make purchases or changes to your Tesla account
Read data from other Tesla products (like Solar Roof without Powerwall)

Setting up your energy plan

After connecting Tesla, the next step is telling Grid Getter about your electricity rates. Without a plan, automations don’t know when power is expensive.

You’ll see a banner on the dashboard if no plan is set up yet. You can also get started from this tab directly.

See the Energy Plan page for the full walkthrough, including presets for SRP and APS customers.

Security note

Grid Getter uses Tesla’s official OAuth 2.0 flow. Your Tesla password is entered directly on Tesla’s servers — it’s never sent to Grid Getter. You can revoke access at any time from your Tesla account under Account → Third-Party Apps.