Seasonal Breakout
The Seasonal Breakout module informs the customer what percentage of their energy use the previous summer or winter went toward cooling or heating. The purpose of this module is to highlight the how large a customer's heating or cooling costs can get and prepare them for the seasonal insights and tips presented later in the report.
Appears in: Seasonal Report
Requirements
Utility Requirements
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Required Cloud Service |
Oracle Utilities Opower Energy Efficiency Cloud Service |
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Scale |
Not applicable. |
Customer Requirements
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Description |
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Billing Frequency |
Monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly. |
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Data Delivery Frequency |
Not applicable. |
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Data Requirements |
The Oracle Utilities Opower platform requires data about how much energy a customer used for cooling or heating in the previous summer or winter season. Minimum: The minimum requirement is to have average energy use data for households in a utility's region. This data is typically obtained from public data sources and is used as a baseline for the Home Energy Analysis survey. Customer responses to the survey can then be used to determine how their energy breaks down into heating and cooling categories. Recommended: The recommended approach is to use Oracle Utilities Opower data science models to generate more accurate heating and cooling disaggregation results. In this case, the data requirements include a combination of billed usage data, daily or subdaily AMI data, and weather data. Your Delivery Team will work with you to understand the specific requirements and help you identify the best approach for your situation. |
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Data History |
Depending on which Oracle Utilities Opower data approach is used, one or more of the following data history requirements will apply:
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Data Coverage |
Depending on which Oracle Utilities Opower data approach is used, the data coverage requirements may include subdaily AMI data and temperature data points. |
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Supported Fuels |
Electricity-only, gas-only, dual fuel. |
User Experience
The image below is an example of the module for a customer who receives the summer Seasonal Report.
Header: The header highlights that cooling usage significantly affects the customer's summer energy bills.
Insight: The insight tells the customer how much of their energy use went towards cooling the previous summer.
Explainer: The explainer text below the insight clarifies that the calculation takes into account common cooling appliances, such as window units, central air, and fans.
User Experience Variations
Winter Seasonal Report
The winter seasonal report focuses on the impact that heating had on the customer's previous winter energy bills. The explainer text below the insight notes that the calculation considers furnaces, boilers, baseboard heaters, and space heaters.