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- Comment on Go Private? 2 weeks ago:
I often send links to friends who probably don’t have a Lemmy account. Keeping everything visible to everyone would help me.
If there is a reasonable concern about server resources/costs, then I would be willing to give up a little convenience.
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 1 month ago:
I believe they are all residential. There might be a few small businesses, but nothing huge.
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 1 month ago:
See my other comment reply for more context.
Amber is currently an Australian only electricity company, and the users are unusually involved compared to other energy retailers.
I think targeting wholesale pricing specifically instead of just Amber could be better. For the foreseeable future the two user groups would be identical, but a wholesale group would also encompass any emerging wholesale providers.
- Comment on New community request - Amber Electric Users 1 month ago:
The difference with Amber is the variable energy prices that can change every 5 minutes and vary between -100c/kWh and 2000c/kWh. Many users take advantage of these prices with custom battery automation, or want to know how Amber’s default automation (Smart-Shift) will behave in certain circumstances. There are very few options for whole home automation yet, so many users are developing their own, or asking for help using early access systems that are not yet user friendly. The automation and control of solar, home batteries, car charging, and deferable loads has led to a large amount of discussion that is centered around wholesale prices.
The group could be renamed to include all users of wholesale electricity prices. The suggested name is because Amber is currently the only electricity provider in Australia, so all discussion of wholesale prices and the effects of it has been in Amber groups. Because these groups are all non-searchable, the same questions have been asked many times by many people. A forum space like Lemmy would provide more resources to those just wanting a quick answer to a common question.
- Submitted 1 month ago to meta@aussie.zone | 6 comments