Hi, I am a member of the Open Power Quality project. I think that a collaboration between Open Power Quality and Open Energy Monitor is quite natural and synergistic (I mean, just look at our respective names!)
The question is, where is the best point for (initial) interconnection: hardware or software? It seems to me that providing an integrated hardware solution, while the “ultimate” form of collaboration, will be quite time-consuming.
A more simple-to-implement point for (initial) interconnection is the software layer. In other words, both of our projects can provide API endpoints that enable OEM servers and OPQ servers to request data from each other.
With this approach, we can get started exploring the benefits of the two forms of data more quickly, then move to hardware integration with a better understanding of the benefits that would accrue.
For more information about the motivation and goals of the OPQ project, please see our documentation at: Motivation for OPQ · Open Power Quality
I think this is a cool idea and I thank @ptr727 for bringing it to our attention!
Philip