How accurate is Sense?

[32259fl]

I see this question from time to time and always through it was fairly accurate but never quantified it. Today I looked at my last five utility bills and what Sense claims was used over the same period. Over the entire five month period the utility says I used 7946 KWH while Sense shows that I used 7934 KWH. That is a difference of only 12 KWH for the entire five month period. I don’t think even another revenue meter would match much closer than that.

[JustinAtSense]

@32259fl We’ll pass your praise onto our hardware team .

If you want to see a very in-depth comparison of Sense vs. a Utility Meter, @kevin1 put together an awesome data analysis you can find below.

How Accurate is Sense vs. Utility Metering?

The first thing many people ask when they first install their Sense is “How accurate is Sense vs. my utility monitoring?” We can now begin to answer that, at least in the case where one’s utility allows them to download usage data. I’m going to walk through my accuracy analysis process for all the existing data I have for 2018. In my case, I have solar, so I have two utility data sources: An hourly net meter energy reading from my electric utility, PG&E, via their “Green Button”. Unlike som…