Demand Day Usage Module

The Demand Day Usage module educates customers about how much energy they use during peak hours on the day in which their demand hour occurred. The module encourages them to shift tasks to off-peak hours to lower their demand and save money.

Design

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Figure 7-4 Demand Day Usage Module

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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
Color and Chart Alignment Oracle strongly recommends that the colors and charts for this module, the Hourly Usage module, and the Demand 101 module all use the same colors, and are aligned to show the customer the visual connection between each hour’s price and the customer’s usage during each hour.	Required Choose one of the following: Use default colors. Work with your Delivery Team to specify other colors.
Hashing Display The module can be configured to display hashing behind the peak period. Default: Display hashing in the chart.	Required Choose one of the following: Display hashing. Do not display hashing.
Peak Time and Demand Hour Names You can designate the name of peak and off-peak ranges in the legend, including how many dollar signs ($) are displayed for each. Default values include: Off-peak periods: Off-peak ($) Partial peak periods: Partial Peak ($$) Peak periods: Peak ($$$) Demand hour: Your Demand Hour ($$$$) Note: The values used here must be the same as the values used in the Demand 101 module.	Required Choose one of the following: Use the default names. Use the following names:
Include Bill Period Dates in Date Range Statement By default, the bill period dates are not included in the statement.	Optional Choose one of the following: Do not include the bill period dates. Include the bill period dates.

Configuration Option

Input Value

Color and Chart Alignment

Oracle strongly recommends that the colors and charts for this module, the Hourly Usage module, and the Demand 101 module all use the same colors, and are aligned to show the customer the visual connection between each hour’s price and the customer’s usage during each hour.

Required

Choose one of the following:

Use default colors.
Work with your Delivery Team to specify other colors.

Hashing Display

The module can be configured to display hashing behind the peak period.

Default: Display hashing in the chart.

Required

Choose one of the following:

Display hashing.
Do not display hashing.

Peak Time and Demand Hour Names

You can designate the name of peak and off-peak ranges in the legend, including how many dollar signs ($) are displayed for each. Default values include:

Off-peak periods: Off-peak ($)
Partial peak periods: Partial Peak ($$)
Peak periods: Peak ($$$)
Demand hour: Your Demand Hour ($$$$)

Note:

The values used here must be the same as the values used in the Demand 101 module.

Required

Choose one of the following:

Use the default names.
Use the following names:

Include Bill Period Dates in Date Range Statement

By default, the bill period dates are not included in the statement.

Optional

Choose one of the following:

Do not include the bill period dates.
Include the bill period dates.

To see how this module fits into the overall user experience, see Design and Configuration: Demand Rate Coach.

User Experience Variations

This module has no user experience variations.