What Uses Most

The What Uses Most module educates customers about the top five energy uses in their home for the report period. One of the customer's top five energy uses is highlighted at the top of the module and is paired with a related energy-savings tip.

Appears in: Limited Income Report, Electric Vehicle Report

Note: While this module was designed for the limited income and electric vehicle customer experiences, it can be used for other audience segments as well. Contact your Delivery Team to discuss module options.

Requirements

Utility Requirements

Category

Description

Required Cloud Service

Energy Efficiency Cloud Service

Scale

Not applicable.

Customer Requirements

Category

Description

Billing Frequency

 Monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly.

Data Delivery Frequency

 Not applicable.

Data Requirements
  • Minimum: Weather data and at least six historical bills.
  • Appliance Detection and Disaggregation: Appliance detection and disaggregation, heating and cooling disaggregation and/or simple disaggregation with Home Energy Analysis completion.
  • AMI Requirements: There are additional AMI data requirements to show advanced insights such as an appliance-level breakdown. Generally speaking, this requires about a years' worth of AMI data at hourly or sub-hourly resolutions.

Data History
  • A minimum of six bills is required for Non-AMI customers.
  • A minimum of 60 days of AMI reads for AMI customers.

Data Coverage

 Not applicable.

Supported Fuels
  • Limited Income Report: Electric-only, gas-only, dual fuel.
  • Electric Vehicle Report: Electric-only, dual fuel.

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User Experience

This section describes the user experience for a limited income customer with heating as the highest energy use for the billing period.

Image of a what uses most module fora limited income customer with heating as the highest energy use for the billing period

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User Experience Variations

The user experience of the feature may vary for customers and utilities depending on their service types (gas, electricity, dual fuel, and so on), available data, costs, locale, and other factors. For more information, see the What Uses Most description in the Oracle Utilities Opower Energy Efficiency Cloud Service Product Overview and go to the User Experience Variations section.

Configuration Options

For each element listed in the table, indicate the desired configuration in the Input Value column. If you do not provide an input for optional configurations, the default will be used.

Configuration Option Input Value

Call to Action URL

Default:

By default, the URL links to the utility's Ways to Save page.

Required

Choose one of the following:

  • Use the default.
  • Provide alternate URL.

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