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AEP installed these here several years back. They started sending everyone these great big monthly usage reports.

I found out that I use more electricity when I'm home, but less when I'm at work.

Brilliant. Totally fucking uselessly brilliant.

AEP installed these here several years back. They started sending everyone these great big monthly usage reports. I found out that I use more electricity when I'm home, but less when I'm at work. Brilliant. Totally fucking uselessly brilliant.

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[–] • 2 pts

there are smart meters that can analyze the electricity use and determine what appliance is using what amount and any funny reading from motors going bad.

[–] • 3 pts

That's nothing more than watching line inductance fluctuations. However, there's no API I can scrape or portal I can easily access to see any information about the meter that's on my house.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Access or an api is even doable. The propane company installed a wireless level monitor on the propane tank here and I can access the data via a smartphone app. I believe the monitor is using 4g cell service for connectivity.

I wonder how soon the propane company would be onsite if I threw some shielding over it.

[–] • 2 pts

It could be using 4G or even T-Mobile's M2M 2G service, (f you're in the USA. The last 2G carrier left...)

AEP doesn't provide anything like that as far as I know. I'll have to poke at them.