Requirements and Limitations for Load Shifting EV Insights in WEU V3 Emails

The following data requirements and limitations apply to all utilities and customers using Load Shifting EV insights in their Weekly Energy Update (WEU) V3 email program.

These requirements, along with the requirements for the requirements for the Weekly Energy Update program, must be met for a utility and a customer to participate in the program.

Utility Data Requirements

Utilities must meet the following criteria:
  • Required Cloud Services: Oracle Utilities Opower Load Shifting Cloud Service, Electric Vehicle and one of the following:
    • Oracle Utilities Opower Load Shifting Cloud Service, Rate Coach
    • Oracle Utilities Opower Proactive Alerts Cloud Service
  • WEU Version: Utilities must be running the Weekly Energy Update V3 version of Weekly Energy Update emails to include EV Load Shifting modules in the emails.
  • Rates and Data Files: Rates data and rate modeling are not required for this feature.

Customer Data Requirements

Customers must meet the following criteria:
  • Billing Frequency: Monthly or bi-monthly.
  • Electric Vehicle: Customers much charge an electric vehicle at their residence.
  • Data Delivery Frequency: Daily. Must be received within 48 hours from last data read.
  • Data Requirements: Interval data (hourly or more granular). There are additional AMI data requirements to show advanced insights such as appliance-level disaggregation. Contact your Delivery Team for more information.
  • Data Coverage: Utilities can define a threshold for hourly disaggregation data coverage, which is 80% coverage by default. .
  • Fuel Type: Electric-only or dual fuel.
  • Meter Type: The customer must have an AMI meter that measures whole-home usage, and not an EV-only meter.
  • Charger type:
    • L2 chargers: All features are supported.
    • L1 chargers: Features that include disaggregation data are not supported.
  • Email Address: Customers must have a valid email address established with the utility.

Limitations

The following are known limitations:
  • Meters: EV-only meters are not supported.
  • Solar: Solar customers are not supported.