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Re: Mega Summer starts June 3!
@jserramc, good question. Prize OhmHours will be on hold until next Winter. But, we will still be giving away various prizes throughout the Summer as an additional incentive, attached to our regular, points-based OhmHours.
samklee
Re: Updates to streaks and status
Hi @dianadir I think you are actually highlighting 2 issues when you frame the lack of news in the context of whether to continue participating:
1. News re: the SCE cash-out block.
2. News re: what will OhmConnect look like in the upcoming Summer season and will it be worth your time in participating.
My response:
1. Soon, really soon. The tricky thing is, due to the legal nature of the discussion between us and SCE, I've been told to not divulge any information regarding our little "entanglement" w/ SCE. And when a settlement is reached, all you'll hear from us is that "SCE and OhmConnect have worked out an agreement re: disputed monies owed to OhmConnect" or something like that.
- I think it's time to hold another conference call and basically answer any questions our forumers have regarding OhmConnect.
Does someone want to volunteer to start a thread to gauge interest and settle on a time (or 2) to hold a call? I'll make the time to host this call any weekday from 4pm to 8pm and weekends between 7pm to 9pm
samklee
Re: Spins are a joke
@edelmanj said:
I just burned through over 5000 tokens and did 193 spins. Here's the breakdown of what I got:83 Wind turbines (15% discount)
51 Aviator sunnies (Sunglasses)
35 Dirty power (15% discount)
8 Battery power (Tesla lease for month)
5 Old school sunnies (Sunglasses)
5 Energy piggy bank ($200 cash)
3 Put on a sweater (Thermostat)
2 Keys to vault ($200 cash)
1 Take a walk (Thermostat)I got 0 of the following:
No Tv, Candlelit dinner, Unplug computer (Smarthome makeover)
Stunner shades (Sunglasses)
Cool drink (Thermostat)
Solar (15% discount)
Big money ($200 cash)
Eco mode, No smog (Tesla lease for month)It seems pretty obvious that tokens are weighted (duh) but also pretty obvious that they really really don't want you to win anything. Not really sure what else you'd use tokens for, as the other options are pretty lame, but this spin-to-win is pretty... unfair, to say the least. It's like playing McDonalds Monopoly, but you don't actually know if anyone can win because they may not be legally bound to allow winners.
I didn't have as many tokens as you had. But with the tokens I burnt got pretty much the same distribution
sanjana
Re: No payouts for SCE customers
Ohm Connect filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission against SCE - but it was only for the lack of data that they are receiving. Nothing in the complaint notes a lack of payment by SCE. Not sure if that complaint was filed with a different agency. No response showing on the PUC website yet.
http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M270/K419/270419349.PDF
ag28
Re: When is the prize ohm hour going to end? & the regular Ohm hour / Mega Ohm hour start?
@monraut, @lepohm @UkiwiS is correct Prize #OHs will be suspended shortly as Mega Summer 2019 kicks in but they will return once again in the Fall.
It's important to note that Prize OHs were created to allow our users the ability to participate in OhmHours continuously, all year round, particularly during the cooler months of the year when the Grid is not stressed and our ability to receive revenue is essentially non-existent. Just to give you a sense of how much variability there is with the energy market as influenced by seasonality/demand on the Grid, as I write this, the local market price per mWh at 4:53pm is $20.48 for the day-ahead market. Last summer the market price exceeded $400, at least 4 times and once it was in the $900 range.
Sam
samklee
Re: Reminder: #OhmHour Occurrences and Notifications
This will possibly be the best sunset of 2019, to date!
UkiwiS
Can I opt out of the prize OH and get the points instead?
My chances of winning are nil and I can make more use of the points. If I opt out of the prize OH, then it gives others a better chance. I can't use trips if I win. As someone who is on a fixed income, points make more sense to me. Thanks.
Re: Reminder: #OhmHour Occurrences and Notifications
@Cynna said:
Just a heads up, this isn't the first time that this has happened but your layout does not give the option to "opt out". This is both with the link and within the Android app. I have missed out on points and streaks because of this. I have checked afterwards before and there weren't protections.
I am now bringing this up and I am sorry I have not before. Please adjust the layout so that the "prize" ohm hours do not remove an opt out button. I also noticed that if I happen to have opted in and filled out the questionnaire on what I was doing to "unplug" then I could not opt out later ( we were leaving home but ended up having to stay for my medical reasons). That was a while ago so I am not sure if that is still a thing also.
Thank you for working hard on the program!
(I have a screenshot but I am not allowed to upload)
@Cynna, I'm sorry you lost points and streaks due to what sounds like an obvious bug on our part. Let me take a look at your account in detail and I'll rectify any issues due to any problems with our platform/backend.
Sam
Team OhmConnect
p.s. we're about to "sunset" Prize OhmHours as we're gearing up for another exciting MEGA Summer (2019)! More on this soon, but you heard it hear first. 
samklee
Re: No payouts for SCE customers
We're SCE customers, too, and I just got a referral that I can't cash out. :-( They said they were being totally transparent by telling us they haven't been paid by SCE for... 8 months! Transparency is telling us when it's happening, not after 8 months! WTF??? So you're going to continue to participate in OhmHours and rack up the points, but for what? OC's not getting paid, so we're not getting paid. Anyway, in the first 6 weeks of this year, I've earned 238 points. Not going to need a 1099 this year. Really disappointed.
