What's that touchscreen in my room?

Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by andirk on Saturday January 20, 2024 @07:29PM (#39074149)

My PGE (Bay area) does the same but I'm pretty sure it's an estimate according to house size, # of people, and a questionnaire I filled out such as "how many times do you run the dishwasher per week". Your house pulls electricity through the breaker box or doesn't.

Then again, it's possible different appliances have a specific electrical signatures like +5KWH x 1.5 hours = dishwasher.

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Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by mcbishop on Saturday January 20, 2024 @08:42PM (#39074598)

> I'm pretty sure it's an estimate Yeah, I (cynically) assume this utility-provided breakdown data is worthless. There's no way around circuit-level monitoring.

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Re:What's that touchscreen in my room? by runamok on Sunday January 21, 2024 @02:39PM (#39082132)

I was on mobile and unable to find it but here it is: https://sdge.bidgely.com/dashboard/faqs

How does it work? Magic? Not really. Each appliance uses electricity in a unique manner - think of it like an appliance fingerprint. We detect and extract these "fingerprints" and convert the data into useful insights and recommendations.

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