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Activate PIXIE PLUS scene when electricity price drops below threshold

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How this automation works

Automate your home energy usage by activating a PIXIE PLUS scene whenever electricity prices become cheap. This Applet runs when the Nemy electricity price goes below your chosen level and triggers your selected PIXIE PLUS scene. Perfect for saving energy costs and scheduling household activities based on real-time electricity pricing.

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Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity goes below a user-defined price threshold.
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Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate a selected Scene.
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9 triggers, queries, and actions

Electricity becomes cheap

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity goes below a user-defined price threshold.

Electricity becomes expensive

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity goes above a user-defined price threshold.

Electricity price changes

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity changes.

Grid is being powered by lots of fossil fuels

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid goes below a user-defined percentage threshold.

Grid is being powered by lots of renewables

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid goes above a user-defined percentage threshold.

The amount of renewable generation in the grid changes

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid changes.

Current electricity price

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current electricity price and percentage renewables.

History of Turned on

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Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your PIXIE device was turned on.

Active Scene

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate a selected Scene.

Active Scene

Action
An action is the task your Applet carries out after the trigger occurs. It defines what happens as the result of your automation and completes the workflow.
This Action will activate a selected Scene.

Current electricity price

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the current electricity price and percentage renewables.

Electricity becomes cheap

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity goes below a user-defined price threshold.

Electricity becomes expensive

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity goes above a user-defined price threshold.

Electricity price changes

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the price of electricity changes.

Grid is being powered by lots of fossil fuels

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid goes below a user-defined percentage threshold.

Grid is being powered by lots of renewables

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid goes above a user-defined percentage threshold.

History of Turned on

Pro plus icon
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a list of when your PIXIE device was turned on.

The amount of renewable generation in the grid changes

Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires when the amount of renewable generation in the grid changes.

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About nemy

nemy tracks the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia. Get alerts and control your home's smart devices based on the price of electricity and the amount of renewable energy being generated at any moment.

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About PIXIE PLUS

PIXIE PLUS is an affordable choice for home lighting automation, where with the internet and the PIXIE Gateway you can control your lighting from anywhere in the world.

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