Tag Archives: API

Control API Response with new Fields parameter

By mihle | Published: December 18, 2012
We’ve added a new argument to practically every one of our API endpoints that allows you energy app developers more control over the data that’s returned to you.  By optionally passing in the parameter “fields” with a value of “min” (for minimum) or ‘ext’ (for extended) your response payload will contain only the data properties [...]
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HOW TO: Pass Contracted Supplier Rates to the Calculate API

By mihle | Published: December 13, 2012
In 16 states, electricity customers can choose a electric supplier that is not their local utility.  Genability makes it easy to integrate these contracted rates into your calculations. If you are using our API, here’s how. To run a calculation with an overridden supplier rate you simply pass in a ‘RateInput’.  This will swap out any rate [...]
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Cleanweb Solar Hackathon in Oakland

By Laylee Asgari | Published: May 29, 2012
Since the inaugural launch in San Francisco in September 2011, Cleanweb has gone national.  Cleanweb hackathons are designed to gather innovative programmers, designers and entrepreneurs to bring attention to and create technologies that solve environmental issues in a 48 hour time period.  So far this year Cleanweb has hacked New York City, Boston, Boulder, Santa [...]
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CostButton.com / Apps For Energy Behind the Scenes Tech

By mfong | Published: May 25, 2012
The U.S. Energy Department issued a challenge to software developers to create an app to help utility customers make the most out of the Green Button electricity usage data. At Genability, we work hard to gather energy pricing data across the United States and structure it in a way that developers can use. So we [...]
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GreenDreams – Write Code, Save the Planet

By Laylee Asgari | Published: May 2, 2012
In honor of Earth Day and coinciding with EcoHackNY, our friends over at Brighter Planet launched GreenDreams, APIs for the Environment.  The new API compendium gives sample code, documentation and assistance for developers interested in creating APIs for the environment.  Having been a participant at a number of green hackathons, Brighter Planet wanted to create something for the developer [...]
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Earth Day 2012

By Laylee Asgari | Published: April 20, 2012
Sunday, April 22, will mark the 42nd annual Earth Day, a day observed in 175 countries.  Earth Day is a day when various networks and organizations around the world connect, interact and impact their communities to advocate for a sustainable future.  At Genability, we are committed to making a difference one kWh at a time. [...]
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What do Boston & Boulder have in common?

By Eric Danziger | Published: April 19, 2012
No idea.  But both cities are hosts to two upcoming Cleanweb Hackathons!  Genability is proud to announce that we again are sponsors of these hackathons and want you there.  For all developers, this is your chance to shine (oh, and win some money).  The details of the two hacks are below.  If you’re interested in [...]
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Working with Contracted Rates in Deregulated Markets

By John Tucker | Published: April 6, 2012
You may have noticed that when running a calculation on a tariff in a deregulated market, there’s a new option available: Now you can enter your contracted rate or discount whenever competitive electric supply is available!  Either enter your contracted rate as cents per kWh (e.g. 7.1¢) or expressed as a discount (e.g. enter 95 [...]
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New Reduced API Pricing

By Jason Riley | Published: March 30, 2012
Today we are excited to make not one but two important announcements. First, our Pricing & Calcs API has moved from Beta into General Release. We estimate that we’ve ran over 1m cost and pricing calculations so its field tested and ready. Second, to commemorate this we are reducing our API pricing and simplifying our [...]
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Setting the Standards

By Laylee Asgari | Published: January 26, 2012
On the heels of U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra’s challenge to utility companies to launch a “Green Button” that would ensure consumers have timely access to their own energy data in consumer-friendly and computer-friendly formats, the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) has announced the launch of their Energy Services Provider Interface (ESPI) website to support [...]
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