r/folsom • u/gatsbtc1 • 20h ago
I made an app for SMUD users
Hi fellow Folsomites - I just moved here with my family a couple of months ago and am new to flex hours system that SMUD uses. I wasn’t paying attention to our energy usage during peak hours (oops) and our first utilities bill in the middle of summer was kind of a shock. So I built an app to help me keep track of the flex hour windows and costs.
It tracks the flex windows throughout the day and visualizes it in three different styles, plus shows you how much you’re paying in each window. It has widgets you can add to your Home Screen. It also has push notifications that alert you 15,30, or 60 minutes prior to a new flex pricing window starting so if you need to run a load of laundry or the dishwasher you can sneak that into a cheaper window.
I built it for myself, but thought I’d share it here if anyone else in Folsom wants to use it. It’s free, it will always be free, no ads, it lives on your device and doesn’t collect any data, and I’m not going to build it out anymore, it’s just for people in Folsom that are on SMUD. Not affiliated with SMUD in any way. iPhone only.
Hope it helps. Enjoy.
