发布 HN：Jasmine（YC S22）——为太阳能自动化 REC 合规和支付
嗨，HN——我们是Nathalie、Dalton、Vince和Matt，我们正在推出Jasmine Energy（<a href="https://www.jasmine.energy">https://www.jasmine.energy</a>），这是一个帮助住宅和商业太阳能用户自动注册其系统、跟踪能源生成并获得可再生能源证书（RECs）报酬的工具。
可再生能源证书是美国各地能源市场发行的可交易清洁电力证书。大多数拥有屋顶或小型商业太阳能的人从未听说过这些证书，更不用说申请它们了，但它们确实存在！这些证书通常由公用事业公司或企业购买，以满足气候目标。
问题在于，申请和销售RECs的过程非常繁琐——这个流程是几十年前为大型公用事业公司设计的，而不是为个人或小型企业设计的。
要注册一个系统并开始申请RECs，通常需要：在10多个区域RECs注册机构中导航，每个机构都有自己的文档、表格和规则；从逆变器或公用事业公司提取发电数据，进行格式化，然后手动提交；尝试找到买家（通常通过经纪人或不透明的交易所）并进行付款谈判。
对于单个系统，这个过程通常需要几周甚至几个月，大多数人最终放弃。因此，每年有数百万个太阳能安装项目未能获得应有的收入。我们在亲眼目睹这一现象后创办了Jasmine Energy：我们中的一些人在能源初创公司工作，其他人则看到父母安装太阳能但从未申请过一个RECs。
Jasmine自动化了这一切。我们的平台：使用人工智能从您的太阳能文档中提取元数据，并在正确的注册机构自动注册您的系统；连接到您的逆变器以提交发电数据并验证RECs的资格；通过合作伙伴列出待售的RECs，跟踪销售过程并发放付款——所有这些都通过一个单一的仪表板完成。
这个领域非常适合自动化和大型语言模型（LLMs）——不是用来生成文本，而是用来（1）结构化非结构化文档，（2）与没有API的传统政府网站进行交互，以及（3）处理重复的官僚语言。
需要明确的是，我们并不是试图“挤压公共资金”或不公平地利用这个系统。RECs的销售发生在自愿和合规市场中（通常由企业买家和公用事业公司资助，而不是纳税人）。Jasmine并不创造或抬高激励措施——它只是帮助人们申请那些已经存在但难以获取的东西。我们正在使RECs市场更加高效。
RECs一直是推动电网脱碳的最有效和广泛采用的激励系统之一。我们很高兴能够让它们更易于获取。
目前，产品已在PJM、M-RETS和ERCOT地区的太阳能用户中上线（更多地区即将推出）。如果您已经安装了太阳能，可以在<a href="https://assets.jasmine.energy">https://assets.jasmine.energy</a>上传您的文档并开始申请流程。
我们非常希望得到这个社区的反馈——无论是关于产品、市场，还是您认为我们应该关注的任何边缘案例。当然，我们也很乐意回答任何问题！
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Hi HN — we’re Nathalie, Dalton, Vince, and Matt, and we’re launching Jasmine Energy (<a href="https://www.jasmine.energy">https://www.jasmine.energy</a>), a tool that helps residential and commercial solar owners automatically register their systems, track energy generation, and get paid for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).<p>RECs are tradeable certificates for clean electricity, issued by energy markets across the US. Most people with rooftop or small commercial solar have never heard of them, let alone claimed them, but they’re real! They are typically bought by utilities or companies to meet climate targets.<p>The problem is, the process to claim and sell RECs is a mess—designed decades ago for utility-scale players, not individuals or small businesses.<p>To register a system and start claiming RECs, you usually have to: Navigate one of 10+ regional REC registries, each with its own documentation, forms, and rules; Pull generation data from your inverter or utility, format it, and submit it manually; Try to find a buyer (often through a broker or opaque exchange) and negotiate payment.<p>That takes weeks if not months for a single system, and most people give up. As a result, millions of solar installations leave income on the table every year. We started Jasmine Energy after seeing this firsthand: some of us worked in energy startups, and others watched our parents install solar but never claim a single REC.<p>Jasmine automates all of this. Our platform: Extracts metadata from your solar documents using AI and auto-registers your system in the correct registry; Connects to your inverter to submit generation data and verify REC eligibility; Lists RECs for sale through partners, tracks the sale process, and issues payouts—all through a single dashboard.<p>This domain is a good fit for automation and LLMs—not to generate text, but to (1) structure unstructured documents, (2) interact with legacy government websites where there’s no API, and (3) deal with repetitive bureaucratic language.<p>To be clear, we’re not trying to “squeeze public funding” or take unfair advantage of the system. REC sales happen in voluntary and compliance markets (usually funded by corporate buyers and utilities, not taxpayers). Jasmine doesn’t create or inflate incentives—it just helps people claim what already exists but is hard to access. We’re making the REC market more efficient.<p>RECs have been one of the most effective and widely adopted incentive systems to drive grid decarbonization. We’re excited to be making them easier to access.<p>The product is live now for solar owners in PJM, M-RETS, and ERCOT territories (more coming soon). If you already have solar, you can upload your docs and start the process at <a href="https://assets.jasmine.energy">https://assets.jasmine.energy</a>.<p>We’d love feedback from this community—on the product, the market, or any edge cases you think we should worry about. And of course we’ll be happy to answer any questions!