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BC Hydro Powerlync Hub

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1 report: 1 says it works.

Reported on r/homeassistant with Custom HAP integration.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Custom HAP integrationWorks LocalLocal integration over HomeKit HAP; must not have another HomeKit owner
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BC Hydro Powerlync Hub integration for Home Assistant (local, no cloud). I built a local Home Assistant integration for the BC Hydro Powerlync Hub, no cloud, no MQTT, just HomeKit HAP If you're a BC Hydro customer with the $75 Powerlync Hub and want to get your energy data into HA, this might be for you. The problem The Powerlync Hub talks to Powerley's AWS IoT Core using mutual TLS, the cloud traffic is encrypted and certificate-locked, so intercepting it isn't practical. Forum posts about BC Hydro integration mostly reference the $179 Energy Bridge, which has a local MQTT broker on port …

Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23.

Reddit thread · 2026-03

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In ReReHome

Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandBC Hydro
ModelPowerlync Hub
CategoryBridges and Hubs