Data

Do you need to monitor your solar panels?  It’s easy to think, “Solar panels work when the sun’s up and stop when the sun goes down, easy peasy. What’s there to monitor?” Even taking a glance at your solar production, it looks pretty self explanatory. Well, I am not here to say that it’s hard […]

So, you have solar panels and want to see how they are performing? That’s a great idea and you came to the right place!   Before we get started, have you collected your electricity meter data? If not, start here to make sure you didn’t forget anything.   Once you have collected you electricity meter

Do you pay an electric bill every month? Do you have an electric meter on your house? Well, then we know the utility company is monitoring your electrical usage, but how do you get that data? Before we get into where to find your data, let’s take a minute to talk about what exactly you

Defining kW & kWh If you are looking to make your home more energy efficient, it’s important that you understand how your home is being measured. Utility companies use $kW$ and $kWh$ to measure the electrical usage and to charge their customers. $kW$ and $kWh$ stands for kilowatt and kilowatt-hour and are also measurements for