Understanding Dynamic Option Types

Dynamic options specify terms that override how usage is normally calculated, such as a critical peak period that affects the TOU mapping of interval consumption. Dynamic option types store information common to dynamic options of a specific type.

There are two classes of dynamic options:

• Interval Set: Used to represent dynamic option types that provide a set of intervals that will be included in a calculation.
• Usage Event: Used to represent dynamic option types that provide a specific period of time during which a dynamic option is applicable.

Interval Set dynamic option types also define key information about the interval data they represent, including:

• Unit of Measure: Identifies the quantity that Interval Set dynamic options and Interval Set dynamic option events based on this type are measuring.
• Interval Size: Defines the size of the intervals for Interval Set dynamic option events of this type, represented as hours:minutes:seconds (HH:MI:SS).