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Is there an ETA for when TOU will be supported for Canada users?

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The update doesn’t work in Ontario Canada as OpenEI doesn’t list providers.

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Hi everyone

I’m Ron in Toronto, ON Canada. Installed the Vue with the expansion in May. Like everyone else I bought this device to monitor and improve my electricity consumption. If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. Great product and easy to install. The price point was very attractive and figured the ROI would be easy to recover.

I was able to recover in 2 months… which I feel is amazing. To my misconceptions my dishwasher 2 hour cycle only consumed $.13. My steamroom device only consumed $.45 for 45 min. All really good news. However where I was able to improve efficiencies was with my pool pump. A 1.5 kwh pump cost me $170/month.  With a bit of research and measuring the total Dynamic Head (TDH) I found that my pool water cycles through in approximately 4 hours. Running 2 cycles (8 vs 24 hours) with a wifi switch has improved my electricity consumption with a savings of approximately $110/month. Best of all, no issues with chemical balance or water clarity.  With the cost of the product plus shipping it was well worth the investment.

I also replaced my AC this year and it’s nice to know the the efficiency has improved compared to my old one. Not only when it runs but also running less minutes. That’s a great feature to be able to review how many minutes a device runs during the day,

It also provides me with a baseline of house consumption (e.g. ghost consumption at midnight) where at a glance I can determine if any devices are left on like a basement or garage light.

A lot of other great and useful features and with new features being added, it will only get better but looking forward to the TOU. Not a big issue at the moment as due to Covid-19 the hydro provider has suspended TOU rates and is currently flat at $.128/kwh.

• This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by spgrc.

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There seems to be 2 requirements – tiered usage (TU) rates and time of use (TOU) rates  The sample of TU was explained above. I need at 3 tier TOU – non-peak, mid-peak and peak rates with time ranges with a minimum of 2 time ranges per tier. The utility current has defined the TOU as:

1. non-peak: 1 range -7pm-7am

2. mid-peak summer: 2 ranges – 7-11am, 5-7pm

3. mid-peak winter: 1 range – 11am-5pm

4. peak summer: 1 range – 11am-5pm

5. peak winter: 2 ranges – 7-11am, 5-7pm

6. weekends&holidays: 1 range – 12am-12am (24 hrs)

7. All time ranges and rates must be enterable

8. Winter/Summer date ranges must be enterable/selectable – specify months only would be fine – day of the month is not required

e.g. Summer months: May 1- Oct 31; Winter months: Nov 1-Apt 30

Let me know if your TOU requirement is aligned with this. At a minimum 2 ranges per TOU tiers are required for mid-peak and peak.  If I have to I could update the time ranges and rate at the beginning of summer and winter but that would be a pain

 

 

 

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