Frequently Asked Questions

Our system creates a direct link between your rooftop solar panels and the electrical devices inside your home. Rather than treating energy generation and household consumption as two separate processes, the platform merges them into a single intelligent management layer. It monitors how much energy your panels produce at any moment and directs that energy to your appliances based on priority settings, real-time demand, and predicted solar output. The goal is to ensure that as much of your solar production as possible gets used within your home before any excess goes to the grid.

Authority Software Limited is a technology company headquartered in Weybridge, England, that develops software for intelligent energy management. Our core focus is building platforms that bridge the gap between residential solar energy generation and household consumption. We serve homeowners across Canada with software that accounts for regional climate patterns, provincial energy tariffs, and local grid interconnection standards. Our team includes specialists in energy systems, IoT integration, and algorithm development.

Authority Software Limited is a software company. Our product is a digital platform that runs on your existing devices and connects to your solar inverter and smart home infrastructure through software integrations and APIs. We do not manufacture, sell, or install physical solar panels, inverters, or electrical equipment. In some configurations, a small monitoring gateway may be recommended to enable device-level tracking, but the core product is the software that coordinates your energy flows.

The best way to begin is by submitting a consultation request through our contact page. Provide details about your current solar setup and home configuration. A member of our team will review your information, verify compatibility with your equipment, and walk you through the onboarding process. From initial contact to a fully operational system, the typical timeline depends on your setup complexity, but our team aims to keep the process straightforward and well-supported.

The platform is designed to increase the proportion of solar energy you consume directly within your home, which can reduce the electricity you purchase from your utility provider. However, actual savings depend on multiple factors including your panel capacity, household consumption patterns, local electricity rates, net metering policies in your province, and weather conditions. We do not guarantee specific dollar savings. What we can say is that optimizing self-consumption typically improves the overall value you extract from your solar investment over time.

Yes. Once configured and calibrated, the platform operates continuously without manual intervention. It monitors solar output and household consumption in real time, making automatic adjustments to device schedules and energy distribution throughout the day. You can always access the dashboard to view current status, override specific settings, or adjust device priorities. But the default operating mode is fully automated synchronization between your solar generation and home consumption.

The platform can manage any electrical device that is either connected through a smart plug with energy monitoring capabilities or has built-in smart functionality with API access. Common appliances include electric water heaters, EV chargers, dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, HVAC systems, and pool pumps. The system categorizes devices by priority level, energy draw, and flexibility of scheduling. High-priority items like heating or refrigeration remain on continuously, while flexible loads like laundry or EV charging are shifted to align with peak solar production.

The analytics dashboard offers comprehensive insights into your home energy ecosystem. You can view real-time graphs showing solar production versus household consumption, track daily and monthly trends, see which appliances consume the most energy, and monitor your self-consumption ratio over time. The platform also generates reports comparing different time periods and provides recommendations for improving your energy profile. All data is presented in clear, visual formats designed for homeowners rather than engineers.

If your home includes a battery storage system (such as a home battery from a major manufacturer), our platform can incorporate battery charge and discharge cycles into its energy distribution logic. The software factors in battery state of charge, expected solar production for the remainder of the day, and anticipated household demand to decide when to charge the battery, when to draw from it, and when to send energy directly to appliances. This adds another layer of optimization for homes equipped with storage.

The load balancing algorithm continuously compares available solar energy against current and predicted household demand. When production exceeds consumption, it activates queued tasks like water heating or EV charging. When production drops below demand, it defers flexible loads and maintains only essential circuits. The algorithm also considers weather forecasts to anticipate production changes in the coming hours, allowing it to make proactive rather than purely reactive decisions. Over time, the system learns your household patterns and becomes more accurate in its scheduling.

We take data security seriously. All communications between your home devices and our cloud platform are encrypted using industry-standard protocols. Energy consumption data is used exclusively for operating the platform and generating your personal analytics reports. We do not sell household energy data to third parties. For full details on how we handle your information, please review our Privacy Policy, which outlines data collection, storage practices, and your rights regarding personal information.