Rates Data Transfer

Rates data allows Oracle Utilities Opower to deliver personalized energy cost insights to utility customers through print reports, email messages, user-friendly cost graphs, rate plan comparisons, and other such features. This information helps customers better understand the cost implications of their energy use, and empowers them to be more energy efficient.

To make rates-based insights available, Oracle Utilities Opower requires the following data feeds from utilities:

• Rates data files containing rate plan and pricing information. See Rates Data File Specifications for details.
• Billed usage data files containing account and customer information. See either Billing Data Transfer or Legacy Billing Data Transfer. Your Delivery Team will work with you to identify which data specification is the correct one for your program.
• Interval data files containing information about how much energy a customer at a particular service point consumed in a given interval of time. See Interval Data Transfer for details.

Additionally, during the setup phase of a new program launch or expansion, your Delivery Team will work with you to follow a rates modeling process to develop the proper rate plans and compute personalized cost insights for customers. For more information about how rates are modeled, see Rates Modeling.

Note: As part of the setup and data transfer process, you must agree to certain data obligations to ensure the quality and integrity of the data. See Utility Data Obligations for more information.

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