Energy Alerts

Energy Alerts are issued when CAISO declares an electrical emergency to the businesses, governments and residents to voluntarily reduce their electricity use. The alert is used to prevent Stage 1 Electrical Emergencies - times when the demand for electricity is at its peak, typically during very hot weather.

You can subscribe for this alerts by choosing California - Flex you Power or you can test this feature by choosing For simulation only--do not use This will cause your vera unit to look for an alert at micasaverde.com (http://micasaverde.com/status.xml) every 60 seconds. If it founds that page it will trigger the scene.

In order to create this alert go here: http://micasaverde.com/test_dummy_alert.php Press go and wait 1 minute. After 1 minute the alert should be automatically deleted. If it's not you can manually delete it from here: http://micasaverde.com/del_dummy_alert.php

More Infos: http://www.energy.dgs.ca.gov/default.htm http://www.fypower.org/flexalert/ http://caiso.com/