DTE Energy Bridge Connect

If you are a customer of DTE, or another energy company that uses the Powerley Energy Bridge product, this script will allow you to connect to the Energy Bridge over MQTT to read real-time energy usage data and log that data to the console from which this script is run. See Compatible Products section below for known products that use the Powerley Energy Bridge.

The Energy Bridge is provided by power utility companies under their brand names. For instance, AEP Energy Bridge or DTE Energy Bridge.

Installing

First clone this repository onto your local machine.

git clone [email protected]:timothyf/dte-eb-connect.git

Rename .env.sample to .env and replace EP_IP, EB_PASSWORD, and EB_CLIENT_ID

npm install

Usage

This following commands will attempt to connect to your Energy Bridge using MQTT. Be sure that you are running this while on the same local network that your Energy Bridge is running on.

Read instantanous energy usage

npm run start:instant

This will subscribe to instantanous energy readings and print to the console real-time energy usage approximately every 2-3 seconds.

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Read periodic energy usage

npm start

Or

npm run start:summation

This will subscribe to summation energy readings and print to the console real-time energy usage approximately every minute.

Compatible Products

DTE Insight

If you are a DTE customer, the product that includes the Energy Bridge is called DTE Insight. You can download the Insight mobile app, and request the Energy Bridge here: https://www.newlook.dteenergy.com/wps/wcm/connect/dte-web/insight/insight-app

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AEP Ohio

If you are an AEP Ohio customer, the product that includes the Energy Bridge is called It's Your Power. You can download the It's Your Power mobile app, and request the Energy Bridge here: https://itsyourpowerohio.com/

License

Copyright 2019 Timothy Fisher

dte-eb-connect is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.