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Home energy monitors allow you to view real-time data about energy consumption at your home or business. Home energy monitoring systems and devices provide insights and details about how much electricity you are using.
Your monthly electricity bill provides you with a summary of your usage over the month. Whereas a home energy monitor allows you to increase your awareness and understanding of when you are using electricity and what you are using it for.
Zigbee is wireless communication module that supports residential and industrial equipment requiring short-range and low-rate wireless data transfer (such as home automation devices and home energy monitors).
In order to connect the power meter at your location to your chosen home energy monitoring device, we are enabling the Zigbee communication module inside the meter. You are responsible for the security of your home area network and we recommend using a secure password (not the default password).
The following four home energy monitoring systems are ZigBee certified and have been tested to ensure they're compatible with our advanced metering system.
*This information is required for the connection request form. Learn more about this form in the "How to set up and use your home energy monitor" section below.
Consumers can purchase home energy monitoring systems through the manufacturer or supplier. The list above provides manufacturer details of compatible monitoring devices. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and consumers should research to find the vendor(s) and the product(s) that works for them.
By connecting the power meter at your location to your chosen home energy monitoring device, we are enabling the Zigbee communication module inside the meter. You are responsible for the security of your home area network and we recommend using a secure password (not the default password).
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Depending on the home metering energy monitor you choose there may be some differences in the products.
The following are some common questions related to the different home assistant energy monitors including some of the differences and uses of them.
Your monitor might display a couple of terms you thought meant something similar, when technically they are different. Energy is the kilowatt hours delivered and billed to residential customers. Power is the rate at which electricity flows to and from your home.
Home energy monitors provide real-time data on your energy consumption vs a monthly summary from your retailer.
You can view a monthly summary of your home or business’ energy usage (consumption) data by contacting your electricity retailer. Many retailers have online portals to enable customers to access their billing history, payments and usage information. If EPCOR is your chosen retailer, you can log into My Account to see your monthly electricity usage.
If you have specific questions about your account or energy usage, your retailer will be able to help you answer any questions you may have. Find a complete listing of retailers in the City of Edmonton at ucahelps.alberta.ca.
Depending on the type of home energy monitor equipment you have selected, you may be able to leverage third party applications and programs to access information for your solar system as shown below. Third party applications and software can provide functionality such as raw display from the device and you may also be able to view the raw data combined with the output from your solar panel system with third party software. There are a wide variety of applications and software products on the market designed to help consumers with this type of investigation.
Your consumer experience will vary depending on the product you choose.
Example 1: Raw Data Display of Energy and Power
Rainforest Eagle 200 Mobile App(insert example images)
Example 2: Raw data combined with solar panel output using 3rd party softwarewww.pvoutput.org(insert example images)
Please note: These details are provided for reference only and not intended to imply support or endorsement by EDTI for any applications, vendors or third party software providers.
AzTech and Rainforest Automation are manufacturers with compatible systems and helpful information for home or business owners.
If you have additional questions, you can reach out to our Advanced Metering team via email at epcor-ami-support@epcor.com
