My parents’ house now decides when to buy electricity

Solar panels, home batteries, EV chargers, cheap overnight tariffs, export payments... modern energy systems can make thousands of decisions every year.

The question is: who should be making those decisions?

In this video, I install an Energy Genie system at my parents' house and explore how it automatically decides when to charge the battery, when to export electricity, when to take advantage of cheap tariffs and how it can work alongside solar and EV charging.

I've spent years building Home Assistant automations and custom battery systems, but not everybody wants to spend their evenings tweaking schedules and chasing tariff changes. So could a dedicated energy management system actually do a better job?

Join me as I install the system, take a look at how it works, and discuss whether automated energy management is the future for home solar and battery storage.

This video is sponsored by Energy Genie, but all opinions are my own.

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