{"id":3673,"date":"2026-08-17T13:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvcomm.co.uk\/g7izu\/?page_id=3673"},"modified":"2026-08-17T19:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T18:50:59","slug":"software","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tvcomm.co.uk\/g7izu\/software\/","title":{"rendered":"Software"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GB Grid Monitor
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GB Grid Monitor is a Python server feeding energy data from various sources to an html dashboard for monitoring the GB electricity and gas supplies in real time. It also shows rain, river levels and flood warnings for England (from the Environment Agency), and \u2014 if you’re an Octopus Energy customer \u2014 your own household electricity and gas usage and costs.

Free API keys from openweathermap.org and Octopus Energy are optional. The national electricity and gas pages will run fine without them, but your experience will be a lot better with them.

**Python must be running on your machine in order to run the server, which retrieves all the data**
All details of how to install and run the app are included in the readme.md.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The repo is hosted on GITHUB and can be downloaded via the following link: https:\/\/github.com\/televisualarts-cloud\/<\/a>

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Work-in-progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next update will use the Octopus Agile API to pull more detailed tariff information from your account – but you’ll need to input your Octopus account number(s). Remember – account information is kept on your local machine and is NOT shared over the web. The current version uses fixed tariff rates, which is not appropriate for people on flexible tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GB Electricity Monitor<\/p>\n\n\n

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Open Weather API Key Entry<\/p>\n\n\n

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Weather panel for 12 renewables locations<\/p>\n\n\n

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GB Electricity Generators proportional “tree-size” diagram<\/p>\n\n\n

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GB Gas Supply and Demand – linepack “packing” (supply > demand)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GB Gas Supply and Demand – linepack in “drawdown” (demand > supply)<\/p>\n\n\n

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GB Gas Supply and Demand<\/p>\n\n\n

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England Environmental Agency River Levels and Rainfall Monitor<\/p>\n\n\n

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Octopus Account API Details Entry<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Energy Stats (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Energy Stats (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Energy Stats (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Electricity Monthly Colourgramme (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Energy Statistics and 2 year Colourgramme (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Gas Monthly Colourgramme (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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My Home Gas Statistics and 2 year Colourgramme (using Octopus API)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alarm Selection and Enable Panel<\/p>\n\n\n

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Alert History (up to 30 days)<\/p>\n\n\n

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