Pulse
Infrastructure
energy data api
SHOW HN2016
43points
10comments
#817of 2,264 in 2016
Top 37%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
0 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
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What HN said
Objections
Only PGE supported so far
From 1 comment
Only PGE right now? Are you implementing Green Button Connect? How are you getting past the requirement for users to fill out CISR forms to allow 3rd party to manage data?
irunbackwards on HN
Unclear how it differs from using the PGE API directly
From 1 comment
What's the difference between this and the PGE api?
zucker4573 on HN
Requests
Support for utilities without APIs
From 1 comment
Are you helping utilities that don't have an API to setup one?
jqkeller on HN
Support for Green Button Connect
From 1 comment
Only PGE right now? Are you implementing Green Button Connect? How are you getting past the requirement for users to fill out CISR forms to allow 3rd party to manage data?
irunbackwards on HN
Questions
How is third-party data access authorized given CISR form requirements
From 1 comment
Only PGE right now? Are you implementing Green Button Connect? How are you getting past the requirement for users to fill out CISR forms to allow 3rd party to manage data?
irunbackwards on HN
Whether utility APIs are registered with or open to everyone
From 1 comment
Do you register with these companies to use their APIs or are they exposed to everyone? Are you planning to monetize it as subscription?
1_listerine_pls on HN
What database and stack are used
From 1 comment
Whats the stack? Im mostly cuellos about the db of choice. I built something similar for another market and the database choice was PostgreSQL for its json capabilities and full…
asimuvPR on HN
Alternatives named
Plaid-style aggregation, and the PGE API directly
From 2 comments
What's the difference between this and the PGE api?
zucker4573 on HNYes, we connect with each utility company API and expose our own. Each utility API is a little bit different, so we simplify this sort of the way segment simplified analytics…
traviswingo on HN