Peak Focused Normative Comparison

The Peak Focused Normative Comparison module educates customers about their energy use relative to other homes during on-peak periods. The module compares the customer (“You”) to their neighbors, “Efficient Neighbors” and “Average Neighbors,” and provides them with a comparison state (such as fair, good, or great) to help them measure how their electricity use is compared their neighbors. The results are displayed in a horizontal bar graph. Total electricity usage values are also displayed so the customer can have a better understanding of what their on-peak use compared to their total use during the bill period. An informational text below the bar graph explains that "Efficient Homes" represent the 20% of similar homes in the customer's comparison group that used the last amount of energy in the billing period, and provides information about how the graph works. Depending on the customer's comparison state, the insight statement below the graph either gently informs the customer that savings are still within reach or informs them that they are leading their neighbors in savings.

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• Peak Focused Normative Comparison
  • Requirements
    • Utility Requirements
    • Customer Requirements
  • Limitations
  • User Experience
  • User Experience Variations
  • Configuration 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	Monthly, bi-monthly, or quarterly.
Data Requirements	Billing data and third-party data (for example, GIS and parcel data). AMI data
Data History	A minimum of one historical bill.
Data Coverage	AMI data for on-peak periods must have 100% of available reads for the customer.
Supported Fuels	Electric-only.

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Limitations

• Peak Focused Report: This modules is only available as part of the Peak Focused Report.

• Time of Use Rate Plan: This module is only available to customers with a Time of Use rate plans.

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User Experience

This section describes the user experience for a customer with a good data state.

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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 Peak Focused Normative Comparison description for Home Energy Reports v3 in the Oracle Utilities Opower Energy Efficiency Cloud Service Overview and go to the User Experience Variations section.

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Configuration Options

Configuration Option	Input Value
Efficient Homes Color This bar displays a usage value for the most efficient 20% of the customer's neighbors. Default: Green	Optional Use the default color. Provide alternate configuration.
Similar Homes Color This bar indicates how all the customer's neighbors are doing. Default: Grey	Optional Use the default label. Provide alternate configuration.
Efficient Homes Label This bar displays a usage value for the most efficient 20% of the customer's neighbors. Default: Efficient Neighbors	Optional Use the default label. Provide alternate configuration.
Similar Homes Label This bar indicates how all the customer's neighbors are doing. Default: Average Neighbors	Optional Use the default label. Provide alternate configuration.
You Label This bar indicates how the customer is doing. Default: You	Optional Use the default label. Provide alternate configuration.
Short Explainer The explainer text appears below the bar chart and includes an efficient homes description that defines efficient neighbors that the customer is being compared to. Default: Efficient neighbors are the 20% of homes in your comparison group that used the least amount of electricity during on-peak hours this period.	Optional Use the default text. Provide alternate configuration.
Fuel Explainer The fuel units used in the comparison are defined below the efficient neighbors description. Default: A Kilowatt-hour (kWh) is the standard unit used to measure electricity use.	Optional Use the default text. Provide alternate configuration.
Smiley Icons If smileys icons are configured, the icon set appears beside the main insight heading. Icon set options include: No icons (Off) Smiley icons: Neutral smiley icons Thinking smiley icons Leaf icons Medal icons Default: No icons (Off)	Optional Use the default setting. Provide alternate configuration.
Threshold When the cost/savings are not greater than the threshold, the fallback is used. Default: $100	Optional Use the default setting. Provide alternate configuration.
Bottom Insight The utility may opt for a financial or percentage version of the bottom insight. The financial version uses the customer’s Time of Use rate to calculate an approximate annualized cost of the energy use gap between the recipient and their most relevant comparison group. The percentage version of the insight indicates how much more or less energy the customer has used compared to their neighbors. Default: Financial	Optional Use the default setting. Provide alternate configuration.

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