Discussion about the aussie.zone instance itself
I don't see it, sorry.
I'd prefer communities be more about concepts or places than specific brands or companies.
But even if the proposal were about a community for electricity or energy generally instead of a particular company... It's still a no from me. I don't really see either of those as topics that would attract much daily/weekly discussion.
See my other comment reply for more context.
Amber is currently an Australian only electricity company, and the users are unusually involved compared to other energy retailers.
I think targeting wholesale pricing specifically instead of just Amber could be better. For the foreseeable future the two user groups would be identical, but a wholesale group would also encompass any emerging wholesale providers.
Wouldn't it be more useful to have a community about "Australian energy" or something similar? Anything about Amber could go there, but so could AGL, Origin, etc. Questions about comparing them could sit alongside discussions of a specific one.
The difference with Amber is the variable energy prices that can change every 5 minutes and vary between -100c/kWh and 2000c/kWh. Many users take advantage of these prices with custom battery automation, or want to know how Amber's default automation (Smart-Shift) will behave in certain circumstances. There are very few options for whole home automation yet, so many users are developing their own, or asking for help using early access systems that are not yet user friendly. The automation and control of solar, home batteries, car charging, and deferable loads has led to a large amount of discussion that is centered around wholesale prices.
The group could be renamed to include all users of wholesale electricity prices. The suggested name is because Amber is currently the only electricity provider in Australia, so all discussion of wholesale prices and the effects of it has been in Amber groups. Because these groups are all non-searchable, the same questions have been asked many times by many people. A forum space like Lemmy would provide more resources to those just wanting a quick answer to a common question.
I'd be happy to provide example of why an Amber (or wholesale) group is necessary, but all of the communities are in "walled-gardens" and I can't link to them.
Sounds interesting. Are the people in these groups residential customers, business or other? I guess you could ask the quokka instance folk also if no one around here is keen. If you come up with a really cool name it might help your cause. Sadly I can't think of one. What about powertoyou (I'm bad at this). I guess you want a community name that makes sense for search engines etc.
Good luck!
I believe they are all residential. There might be a few small businesses, but nothing huge.