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Bob launches the smart grid application and views the daily consumption for today (March 12th)
Looking at the graph he notices that his energy consumption was extremely high between 12pm and 3pm.
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Bob clicks the device list, which lists the available devices sorted by their energy consumption on march 12th, where the top item is the highest consumer. He selects the first item on the list, A/C1, which is one of the air-conditioning systems in his house.
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The graph changes, displaying the total consumption for A/C1 on March 12.
Looking at the graph, Bob learns that A/C consumes a lot of power in the afternoon.
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To see whether the additional power use is costing him much money, Bob looks at the current price information being provided by the grid by clicking the Pricing Info tab. He finds that it is a peak usage time and that prices are high.
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Bob decides to change the conditioner's set point. He clicks the "Config Device" button to edit the settings of A/C1. A/C1's settings screen enables Bob to edit the set point.
Bob increases the set point from 75 degrees to 80 degrees and clicks the OK button.
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Bob checks the status of his solar panels, by clicking the device list and selecting the Solar Panels option.
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Bob checks the status of his solar panels, by clicking the device list and selecting the Solar Panels optionthe generated power information by clicking the Power tab below the graph. The app displays a graph showing information about the power generated by the solar panels. He decides to sell some power back to the utility company, so he clicks the Sell Power button.
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