Sure! With real-time pricing, electricity rates change hourly for me based on demand, weather conditions, and other factors. Here are today’s prices from my electric provider’s app:

Graph showing how electricity prices change throughout the day, from −2 öre at night to a peak of 31 öre in the evening.

So, let’s say I want to charge my car. From the graph, I can see that charging at night is ideal because the price is actually negative—I’d basically get paid to do it! On the other hand, I definitely want to avoid charging between 17.00 and 20.00.

The problem with this app, though, is that it’s a slow and clunky web app. I don’t like it. 😊 And I think it could be a lot more helpful. Instead of making me analyze a graph, I’d rather it just tell me something like: Set the dishwasher to start at 02.00 tonight.

That’s why I like the idea of having a custom timeline in Tapestry—something that quickly shows me this info (and maybe other things I care about) at a glance.