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building @bartiegenie | Founder CEO/CTO @TSPOWERGRID | CTO/co-Founder @askstocmed | 💼 Paulina oil | $2740/day | not quitting.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

In 29 days, we've earned 558k naira from 16 neighbours in Ogun State. We're creating a testimonial video with users from these sites.

We're taking orders for our Gateway Hub. If you have a solar system with at least 25% oversupply and are willing to share it with neighbours who need it, we provide retrofit boxes that integrate with your setup to efficiently distribute, meter, bill, and enforce power supply.

Be your own NEPA.

[Othell Yarwyck @bigbrovar]

The original plan was to open source my solar installation and share every part of it. Then I asked myself: how useful would that really be to most people?

So I did one better. I built a planner that matches your load and budget to a solar design, with the components, where to buy them, and the why behind every decision.

And yes, my own system is open sourced too :)

I blogged about it here: https://t.co/jbejpu3nwW

The system is live https://t.co/42gp119Pat

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@ayowumie Definitely.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

In 29 days, we've earned 558k naira from 16 neighbours in Ogun State. We're creating a testimonial video with users from these sites.

We're taking orders for our Gateway Hub. If you have a solar system with at least 25% oversupply and are willing to share it with neighbours who need it, we provide retrofit boxes that integrate with your setup to efficiently distribute, meter, bill, and enforce power supply.

Be your own NEPA.

[The Last Son of Krypton @lifeofdanel]

Two lithium battery packs delivered to customers today in Lagos. Thanks for trusting in the business (@danelenergytech).

[Marcus Aurelius @danielejiofor]

@ciphertoone Congratulations. We need some device like that in Nigeria for no generator estates.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

You asked to see the box.

Here it is. 👇

This is the T&S Gateway Hub. We design it, build it and program it here in Lagos.

It’s not much to look at. It’s built to sit quietly beside the solar system and do the hard part of turning that system into a small utility:

→ It meters every connected home or shop separately.

→ It runs prepaid billing on the device itself, so it keeps working when the internet drops.

→ It lets the host see every customer’s usage live, set prices, and cut off or reconnect a customer from the dashboard.

→ It caps heavy loads so one customer can’t drain the battery for everyone else.

The second photo is where the real work happens: Every Hub is built and tested before it goes on a wall.

A prepaid meter counts units. The Gateway Hub runs the site.

If you own solar with spare capacity, or you’re powering a plaza, estate or set of shops, send me a message.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@lifeofdanel @RobertGreene Ok sure🫡

[Robert Greene @RobertGreene]

Today, after seven years of work, The Law of the Sublime is out in the world.

When I started this book, I had an ambitious plan. I would go down the Amazon, find chimpanzees in the wilds of Africa, and cross the Gobi Desert, then write about those experiences of awe.

Then, on a hot August afternoon in 2018, I had a stroke while driving in Los Angeles. A blood clot cut off oxygen to my brain, and within seconds I lost consciousness. When I woke up in the hospital, I learned how close I had come to the point of no return. My left hand was frozen into a claw, and I could barely feel my left leg, but something strange happened.

On the ambulance ride home, I looked out at the people on the street, and for a moment I felt I could be inside their bodies and hear their thoughts. It was marvelous and weird, and I knew it was time to write this book.

I couldn't type, so I wrote every page by hand, dictated it, printed it out, and edited it all over again. I couldn't take the long hikes that had carried me through my six previous books. Then one afternoon I woke from a nap in my backyard to find a grasshopper inches from my face, and I understood that this small backyard would have to be my Amazon jungle. The lizards, the hummingbirds, the insects became my teachers.

My limits turned out to be a blessing. They forced me to find the Sublime in the simplest things, and that is what this book is about.

Most of us live inside a circle: an everyday consciousness shaped by culture, convention, and, more and more, technology. That circle keeps shrinking, and we grow bored and restless. Just outside it is the Sublime, a realm that is frightening and exciting at once, pulling us out of our comfort zones and opening us to a much wider reality. The book maps 12 points outside that circle, and each one is a different face of the Sublime.

Inside, you'll find stories of near-death encounters, astonishing discoveries, and radical changes of consciousness, along with exercises and meditations so you can feel the Sublime yourself, not just read about it.

The Sublime doesn't require travel or exotic adventures. It only requires a new pair of eyes for the reality all around you.

​The Law of the Sublime is available now in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.

Thank you for your support of my work. I hope you enjoy reading this book, and I look forward to hearing your feedback.

With gratitude,
Robert Greene

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@Godwin_Egwakhe @Nuisanceo1 Done

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

I went to Computer Village today and found our business model already running in the market.

A solar vendor has put prepaid meters on the shops around him and sells power by the unit. The receipt says ₦894 per kWh plus VAT, which comes to ₦967.50. A shop paid ₦5,000 and got 5.17 kWh.

At T&S Power Grid, the most we charge on any site is ₦400 per kWh. The same ₦5,000 buys 12.5 kWh from us. That’s more than twice the power.

So I sat down and asked him how it works.
He was honest. On many days the solar doesn’t last two hours, because the shops lean on it when NEPA fails. If a customer plugs in a heavy appliance, he can’t see it and can’t stop it. One big load drains the battery and everyone goes dark.
That isn’t a pricing problem. It’s a control problem.

This is why we built the Gateway Hub.

It gives the host control of every connection:

→ Live usage per customer. The host sees who is drawing power and how much.

→ A power cap on each connection. If a shop plugs in a pressing iron or a freezer above its limit, that line trips on its own. The other customers stay on.

→ Remote cut and reconnect. The host does it from the dashboard without going to the meter.

→ Time-of-day pricing. Evening power can cost more, which protects the battery for the hours that matter.

→ Prepaid billing that runs on the device. It keeps working when the internet drops.

Control is what brings the price down. When the battery isn’t drained by one customer, it serves everyone for longer. More kWh sold per day means the host earns well at a fair price, and customers stop paying a scarcity premium.

The Computer Village vendor proves that people will pay for reliable power next door. Our job is to make it fair, measured and in the host’s control.

If you own solar with spare capacity, or you’re funding solar for a market, an estate or a plaza, let’s talk.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@Bethel_Groverse Here.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

One detail I left out of this post, and it changes the picture.

Every shop in that Computer Village setup also paid ₦80,000 for its own STS single prepaid meter.

Here’s what it costs to connect 7 customers:

—Their setup: 7 meters × ₦80,000 = ₦560,000. Each meter counts units and does nothing else.

—Ours: one Gateway Hub at ₦325,000 with a meter included, plus 6 meters at ₦30,000 each. Total: ₦505,000.

So it’s cheaper to set up, and the host gets live usage for every customer, power caps per connection, remote cut and reconnect, and evening pricing that protects the battery.

In the market, a prepaid meter only collects money. A Gateway Hub lets the host run the site.

If you’re powering a plaza, market or estate, the numbers are above.

Let’s talk.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

You asked to see the box.

Here it is. 👇

This is the T&S Gateway Hub. We design it, build it and program it here in Lagos.

It’s not much to look at. It’s built to sit quietly beside the solar system and do the hard part of turning that system into a small utility:

→ It meters every connected home or shop separately.

→ It runs prepaid billing on the device itself, so it keeps working when the internet drops.

→ It lets the host see every customer’s usage live, set prices, and cut off or reconnect a customer from the dashboard.

→ It caps heavy loads so one customer can’t drain the battery for everyone else.

The second photo is where the real work happens: Every Hub is built and tested before it goes on a wall.

A prepaid meter counts units. The Gateway Hub runs the site.

If you own solar with spare capacity, or you’re powering a plaza, estate or set of shops, send me a message.

[Femi Oyeleye @oyeleye_fem]

@ciphertoone I’m enjoying every bit of your innovation. I’ve long ago pinned you for the next project..

Keep evolving and building innovative solutions that tells us that we’re not dull people

[HAVEN @yourhavenhq]

Haven on Earth!

Real people. Real stories. Real support.

And just like that, a room full of people became part of something bigger.

Haven on Earth was more than a gathering. It was a reminder that conversations around mental health deserve space, attention and community.

[TSPowerGrid @TSPOWERGRID]

Exactly, @mastersam_. Power by the unit means people pay only for what they use, with no big upfront cost and no generator to fuel.

That's what we're building at T&S Power Grid, with a meter for every neighbour.

Be your own NEPA💡

[TSPowerGrid @TSPOWERGRID]

Thank you @Ayoola209003. Six months of steady power is what we work for. Providing homes power one day at a time.

Be your own NEPA.

[SolohCode is building @meuveapp @solohCode]

This idea 🔥

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@Brandforgeuiux Yes chief, Dms open

[TSPowerGrid @TSPOWERGRID]

Sorry to hear that @tundealuko ,With T&S Power Grid, every neighbour is metered and has a power cap they can't exceed. That protects the host's solar system from overloading.

Be your own NEPA.

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

thank you for reaching out. I’m glad the idea caught your interest.

We install a Gateway Hub on an existing or new solar system and connect prepaid meters to nearby homes, shops or tenants. Each customer tops up by bank transfer and pays only for the units they use. The host sets the price, sees every customer’s usage live on a dashboard, can cut off or reconnect any customer remotely, and can cap heavy loads so no one drains the battery.
We work with three kinds of partners:
• Solar owners who want to earn from the power they waste every day.
• Funders and property owners who want to set up solar for an estate, plaza, market or set of tenants and earn from it.
• Installers and solar businesses who want to give their clients a way to earn back what they spent on the system.
We have 4 sites live across Lagos and Ogun and over 100 hosts on our waitlist.
To point you to the right setup, could you tell me:
Which of these best describes you?
Where is the site, and do you already have solar on it?
Roughly how many homes or shops would you want to supply?

Happy to talk on a quick call or a site visit.
Spirit
Founder, T&S Power Grid
[phone] · [email protected]

[spirit (-e/acc) @ciphertoone]

@AbRaheemmuhd For each user or apartment, we meter over 100 amps per neighbor. For 50 houses with 10 apartments each, that would be 5000 amps.