Analyzing home energy usage with AI

My house has the following features: Solar panels on the roof. These were heavily subsidized and on a 10-year lease, so excess electricity is taken by the power company for the first 10 years. After that, I can export it for profit (although I expect prices to keep falling). An ENE-FARM, a fuel cell that uses natural gas to generate electricity, using that heat to produce hot water. The solar panels are great. They generate more than we need during the day on most days, and have really brought our electricity bill down. The ENE-FARM came with the solar panels as part of the subsidy package. It’s a fascinating device, the idea being that gas prices are generally lower than electricity prices, and you can save some money especially since you can use that hot water. But in our experience, it felt like the residual cost of having it on increased gas prices more than it decreased electricity prices, so we have turned the generation off and are using it just like a normal water heater. I…