Powerley Launches Energy-Driven Smart Home with AEP Ohio
Real-time energy management and home automation combine within AEP
Ohio branded experience
ROYAL OAK, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Powerley today announced that AEP Ohio, one of Ohio’s largest electric
utilities, has made the company’s home energy management solution
available to its residential customers. AEP Ohio leveraged Powerley’s
end-to-end hardware and software platform to become one of the first
utilities globally to provide a real-time energy management experience.
Branded as It’s Your Power, the mobile application is available
for AEP Ohio’s 1.5 million residential customers via Google Play and the
Apple App Store. Customers with homes that are equipped with smart
meters can request an Energy Bridge, enabling real-time engagement in
the home’s energy usage. In addition, the Energy Bridge also acts as a
smart home hub, allowing for the control and automation of smart
devices, including: bulbs, switches and sensors. As part of the program,
customers are offered a Powerley Thermostat to balance HVAC energy usage
with comfort, while also enabling AEP Ohio to execute demand response
events.
“Powerley is proud to partner with AEP Ohio as one of the first
utilities globally to deliver the energy-driven smart home experience,”
stated Manoj Kumar, chief executive officer of Powerley. “Powerley’s
solution allows utilities to ‘go beyond the meter’ to swiftly innovate
the customer experience by providing consumers with a real-time window
into their energy usage. Bridging the smart home to the smart grid,
utilities can drive innovation, efficiency and engagement.”
From the mobile app to the hardware to the product packaging, Powerley’s
platform is easily customized to any utility for rapid implementation.
In less than 12 months, Powerley progressed from an initial internal
technology test to a full-scale consumer rollout with AEP Ohio while
also driving over 10,000 downloads of the application in the first three
months. The platform will also complement AEP Ohio’s expansion of its
advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) to 894,000 customers.
For more information regarding AEP Ohio It’s Your Power, visit
the program website at http://www.itsyourpowerohio.com/.
About Powerley
Powerley is the first company to integrate real-time home energy
management within a complete smart home solution. Built together with
leading energy providers, Powerley enables utilities to provide an
experience in which consumers can manage both their energy and their
smart home devices through mobile, wearables and voice via Amazon Alexa.
With a constant connection to the home’s smart meter, Powerley provides
real-time energy usage data for the whole home and every connected
appliance and device within it. The turnkey platform is available to
energy providers to offer a utility-branded experience to their
customers. To learn more about Powerley, please visit www.powerley.com.
Contacts
Powerley
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