The pain points of traditional power grids are very obvious. Centralized dispatching simply can't manage solar panels scattered across millions of households, resulting in a large amount of electricity being wasted—this is the notorious light abandonment rate problem. During peak hours when electricity is scarce, they have to reluctantly start natural gas peaking power plants, which are extremely costly.

But if you install a smart inverter with an APRO chip on your roof, things change. This device comes with an Ethereum wallet address and can track your power generation and consumption data in real-time. Imagine 5,000 rooftops in the community aggregated on-chain into a virtual power plant NFT, instantly transforming into a flexible and controllable energy pool.

When the grid urgently needs power and electricity prices soar to $0.5/kWh, the APRO oracle quickly captures the price signals and instructs the inverter to send power back to the grid at full capacity. Your electric meter starts spinning backwards wildly. Every 15 minutes, a settlement cycle occurs, with the APRO node verifying the smart meter data, and the smart contract automatically transfers funds to your wallet—settling in $Energy Token or USDC.

You go from being a passive electricity consumer to an active producer and consumer. Your electricity bill turns into income. This is the real potential of DePIN in the energy sector.