Energy Manager |


Your Electricity Provider

Configure who you buy your electricity from

This area is where you configure whether you are an Amber Electric or LocalVolts customer.

  • From the Your Electricity Provider (Select) box, select your electricity provider

Select

Select choices

  • This will change the text boxes that appear directly below. Just the appropriate boxes for your electricity provider will be shown. Leave the other electricity provider's boxes empty. Examples follow:

Amber Electric

LocalVolts

💡How do I get an Amber Electric API Key and Site Code?

To get your Amber Electric API key:

  1. Log in to your Amber Electric account at https://app.amber.com.au/developers

  2. Navigate to the Developers tab

  3. Toggle on Developer Mode

  4. Click on Generate a new token

  5. Name your token and click Generate

  6. Copy the generated API key - make sure to copy the entire key, including all characters, as it is unique

  7. Authorise the API key (known as a token)

Amber API Key/Token

To get your Amber Electric Site Code:

  1. Browse to /site within the developers area (above) and select the green Try it out or Execute button next to it, then copy the "id"

Amber Site ID

💡How do I obtain a LocalVolts Partner ID, Key, and NMI?

  • The Partner ID and API Key can be obtained by filling in the form at https://localvolts.com/localvolts-api/

  • The NMI can be taken from a past electricity bill from any provider. Some people have found it works fine with just * as the NMI

LocalVolts Request

Your Electricity Distributor

Configure who your electricity distributor is

This area is where you configure who your electricity distributor is. This is used so that the Energy Manager servers can work out when your demand period is, if any, so it can aim to have your batteries charged (if required) before your demand period starts, and also stops importing (if it was) 5 minutes before the demand period starts, just to be sure you aren't taking from the grid during your demand period. Days of the week and seasons are taken into consideration for your demand period, if it varies during the year.

  • Select whether you are on a demand tariff or not. If in doubt, select that you are, but check with your electricity provider (Amber or LocalVolts) to find out for sure.
  • Select your electricity dstributor from the list

Distributor


ℹ️Next step

Proceed to the next step - Your Solcast Details.