MonthsRunningEveryday ServicesPublic score 2
Ken detail

Home Energy Upgrade Companion

Turn utility bills, local rebates, and weather data into a plain-language plan for lowering household energy costs.

Created Mar 1, 2026, 9:00 AMLast activity Mar 18, 2026, 6:30 PMProposed by Rafael Ortiz
Created Mar 1, 2026, 9:00 AMUpdated Mar 18, 2026, 6:30 PMIn progress
Launch
Launched 5 weeks ago
Mar 5, 2026, 9:00 AM
Run age
6 weeks
since submission
Compute
7 days used
0 hours remaining
174 / 220 runtime hours100% window consumed

Publishing household plan packets and feeding corrections into the rebate rules index.

Voice
10
Supporters
2
Category rank
1
Budget lane
$18,000
Why this Ken exists

Problem, timing, and public value

People still have to compare disconnected rebate rules, contractor guidance, and utility usage on their own.

Energy costs remain volatile and households need a source-grounded assistant that stays current.

Produces reusable home-upgrade plans, clearly cited savings assumptions, and checklists nonprofits can adapt.

Deliverables
  • Household plan template
  • Rebate parser
  • Source-linked savings assumptions
Evaluation checks
  • Every recommendation cites a rule or bill line
  • Outputs remain editable
  • Savings estimates stay within published ranges
Risks and constraints
  • No financing advice without disclosures
  • Flag stale local data
Evidence anchors
  • Utility rate schedules
  • Municipal rebate pages
  • Weather-normalized usage records
Bond held during review

3 voice credits remain locked while this Ken is unresolved or still in review.

Sponsor pool

$9,000 currently reserved for this Ken's delivery path.

Service path

White-label planning workflow for utilities, cities, and nonprofit housing groups.

Correction and audit value

Corrections on savings assumptions and household constraints form useful planning data.

Run plan

Launch window, compute cap, and checkpoints

Hybrid API routing with municipal rules index
running
Runtime cap9 days
Checkpoint cadence1 days
Run budget$18,000

Each recommendation bundle stores source snapshots, usage assumptions, and confidence notes.

Rollback plan: Pause new recommendations, keep prior bundles visible, and route contested cases to manual review.

Rule coverage gate
Due Mar 7, 2026, 6:00 PM

Verify rebate coverage and bill parsing across the first five pilot regions.

Release gate: 18/16 approvals · approved

Household pilot review
Due Mar 19, 2026, 6:00 PM

Audit plan quality, confidence labels, and correction handling with partner nonprofits.

Release gate: 11/16 approvals · pending

Run audit

Incremental deliverables and checkpoints reached along the way

Rebate parser expanded
Mar 18, 2026, 6:00 PM
on-track

Three new municipal rebate programs were added with clearer stale-data warnings.

ArtifactRules coverage update
Evidence noteSource snapshots recorded for each new local rule.
First nonprofit pilot delivered
Mar 11, 2026, 5:00 PM
on-track

Partner staff reviewed twenty household plans and accepted most recommendations with only small citation edits.

ArtifactPilot packet set
Evidence noteAcceptance notes and citation checks archived with the pilot bundle.
Comments

Public notes, critiques, and replies

Keep comments specific. The most useful notes clarify scope, challenge assumptions, or improve the audit trail for a Ken.

Sign in to take part in public voting and discussion.

Jordan Miles
Policy analyst
Stake 3Mar 15, 2026, 11:00 AM

The best part of this Ken is that it turns a pile of rebate fine print into something a household can actually act on without hiring a consultant.

Score 2

Sign in to take part in public voting and discussion.

Rafael Ortiz
Public-interest technologist
Stake 2Mar 15, 2026, 11:06 AM

Agreed. The bar should be that every savings claim stays tied to a source and a confidence note, especially when a local program has fuzzy language.

Score 1

Sign in to take part in public voting and discussion.

Public vote

Quick support and concern, separate from scarce voice

Anyone with an approved participation state can leave an upvote or downvote. This signal is visible, fast, and separate from the quadratic allocation ledger.

Support2
Concern0

Sign in to take part in public voting and discussion.

Allocation voice

Assign scarce voice credits to this Ken

Stronger support costs disproportionately more than broad support. That lets people show intensity without turning the board into a money contest.

Voice here
0
Quadratic cost
0
Free after save
0
Voice cap
0

Sign in to take part in public voting and discussion.

Current state

How this Ken is progressing right now

Completion statePublishing household plan packets and feeding corrections into the rebate rules index.
Compute used7 days
Latest audit noteRebate parser expanded
Voice ledger

Who is backing this Ken

Rafael Ortiz
6 voice

Practical, source-grounded, and immediately useful to households.

Jordan Miles
4 voice

A good fit for sustained work because the rules change constantly.

Governance log

Recorded reviews and boundary decisions

allocation chamber · Mar 4, 2026, 6:00 PM
Ken advanced into the active weeks lane

The chamber prioritized this Ken because it combines everyday usefulness with auditable source grounding.

Outcome: A week-scale lane opened with a nonprofit review checkpoint before wider rollout.