Smart Home Electrical & Energy Management
See what every circuit in your house is doing, control it from anywhere, and decide in advance what stays powered when the grid goes down. Installed and permitted by licensed electricians.
A panel that tells you what it is doing
A conventional panel distributes power and protects circuits. That is all it does, and for most of a century that was enough. A smart panel adds visibility and control at the level of individual circuits.
Every circuit individually monitored and switchable from an app. You can see what each part of the house is drawing and turn circuits on or off without going to the garage.
Not a whole-home total, but consumption per circuit. This is what turns "my bill went up" into "the pool pump has been running eighteen hours a day since March".
Manages the relationship between generation, storage and the grid, and decides what stays powered during an outage rather than everything going dark at once.
During an outage a battery cannot run the whole house indefinitely. A smart panel lets you decide in advance what keeps running and what sheds.
Large loads can be coordinated rather than all being available at once — which in some homes is what makes new equipment fit on the existing service.
Where a smart panel earns its keep
The visibility is genuinely useful, but the strongest argument is about capacity.
A conventional load calculation has to assume large loads could run together, because nothing prevents it. That assumption is what determines whether a new heat pump or car charger fits on your existing service.
A smart panel changes that assumption, because it can actively manage which large loads run at any moment rather than leaving it to chance. In some homes that is the difference between the equipment you want fitting on the service you have, and a full service upgrade.
Whether it works out that way depends on your specific loads and how you use them, which is what the assessment establishes. It is not automatic, and we would rather tell you before you buy one.
When it makes sense — and when it does not
Strong case
- You are replacing the panel anyway
- You have solar, or are adding battery storage
- You are electrifying several appliances at once
- Capacity is tight and you want to avoid a service upgrade
- Outages matter to you and you want control over what stays on
Weaker case
- Your existing panel is sound and has plenty of capacity
- No solar or battery, and none planned
- You mainly want whole-home consumption data, which cheaper monitors provide
- You are not planning to add significant new loads
Because it replaces your main panel, this is a service change — permit, inspection and utility coordination included. That is why it makes most sense bundled with work you were doing anyway, rather than as a standalone project.
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What is a smart electrical panel?
A main panel with monitoring and control built into every circuit rather than added afterwards. It reports consumption per circuit, lets you switch circuits remotely, and can coordinate large loads and battery backup in ways a conventional panel simply cannot.
Can a smart panel help me avoid a service upgrade?
In some homes, yes. By actively managing when large loads run, a smart panel can let you add equipment that a static calculation would say does not fit. Whether it works for you depends on your loads, which is what the assessment establishes.
Is a smart panel worth it if I do not have solar?
It depends what you want from it. Without solar or battery you are buying circuit-level visibility and remote control, which some homeowners value highly and others do not. The strongest case is usually alongside battery storage or a significant electrification plan.
What does circuit-level monitoring actually tell me?
It tells you which specific circuits are consuming what, rather than giving one household total. That is the difference between knowing your bill went up and knowing exactly which appliance caused it, and only the second version is something you can actually act on.
Does a smart panel replace my existing panel?
Yes, it takes the place of your main service panel rather than being added alongside it. That makes it a service change requiring a permit, inspection and utility coordination, which is why it is often done at the same time as a planned upgrade.
What happens to a smart panel during a power outage?
Without battery storage it behaves like any other panel with no incoming power. Paired with a battery, it decides which circuits stay energised and which ones shed, so your limited stored energy goes to the things you chose in advance rather than draining everywhere at once.
Is now the right time to install one?
The strongest case is when you are already replacing the panel, adding solar or battery storage, or electrifying several appliances. Bundling it with work that was happening anyway avoids paying twice for the permit, the utility coordination and the labour.
Find out whether it fits your plans
Tell us what you have, what you are adding, and whether solar or battery is in the picture.