How Accurate is Sense? Summary of Sense Accuracy Measurements vs Utilities

[kevin1]

@croerig, hmmm. So far, every case of poor accuracy vs utility meter, where the user has posted the details on this forum and actually investigated, has turned up as a measurement problem, from a missed sub panel, to a crosswired condo (meter for one unit is assigned to the opposite one). Can you share more specifics of power usage you are seeing in Sense vs your utility meter ?

Here are some good pointers on finding the source of the differences:

So You Just Installed Your Sense and You Want to See If It's Really Working

You just installed your Sense and you are raring to see it start detecting devices in your house. The first question that many users ask while waiting for that first detection is “How do I convince myself that the Sense numbers are accurate (or figure out that you have a cheating utility company) ?” This is a short primer on ways to double check the basic numbers coming out of your Sense. What can you do ? Just believe - Lots of other people have validated Sense’s accuracy in their particula…