energy usage data system
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EEB Hub RegionalTRANSCRIPT
Energy Usage Data System
Kevin Bricknell Energy Data Services
Program Manager
EEB Hub Regional Data Management Working Group Meeting
Thursday, October 25, 2012
ComEd:
Ø 3.8 Million Electric Customers in Chicago/Northern IL
Ø 350,000 Business Customers
Energy Data Services: ü Energy Insights Online (EIO) - Web Based Energy
Consumption Tracking ü Energy Usage Data System (EUDS) ü Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Where Smart Ideas Started . . . ü Provides incentives for energy
efficiency upgrades and equipment
ü Part of Illinois energy legislation passed in 2007
ü Program implemented by ComEd, Ameren Illinois and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO)
ü Now in fifth year of program
ü Ratepayer funded program
0200,000400,000600,000800,000
1,000,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Smart Ideas Energy Efficiency Goals (MWh)
What is Smart Ideas for Your Business? • Incentives for energy efficiency upgrades and
equipment
• Programs • Retro-Commissioning • Prescriptive and custom incentives • Lighting rebates • New Construction
• Data Services • Whole building energy data (EUDS) • Energy Insights Online (EIO)
• Opportunity Assessments
Drivers to Customer Benchmarking: “Gateway” to Energy Efficiency
1) Commission Requirements / Market Transformation
2) Billing System - CIMS - Windows Based
3) Metering Practices in Service Territory: Master metering versus metering & billing of tenants
-- ComEd compared to PECO -- ComEd has buildings with 100+ billed tenants
Energy Usage Data System (EUDS)
ü Enter your Portfolio of Commercial Buildings
ü Automated End to End Data
Retrieval and Reporting ü Export Usage Data for input
into Portfolio Manager ü Secure System and Data
Transmission
Partnership with:
IT Contractors- On Site at ComEd • Energy Industry Consultants with Hardware/Software expertise • Begin March ‘08, Completed by June ‘08, Rollout October ’08 • Automated Benchmarking Enhancement added July 2009
ü Requirements captured from all key stakeholders ü LCS Account Managers
ü Marketing
ü IT (ComEd)
ü EPA
ü Customer (Building Mgr)
ü Customer Service Reps
ü Billing
ü Legal
Functionality Overview
ü One Time and Recurring Data Requests
ü Tenant Verification
ü Whole Building Data Usage Totals per Month (kWh)
ü Automatically submit energy usage data to Portfolio Manager (ABS)
Login Screen:
Add Building:
Add Request:
Verify Tenants:
Data Returned -- Submit to ENERGY STAR
Before (Manual Process)
• Cost to Customer • Cycle Time 10-12 Days • Labor Intensive • Limited Number of
Requests • Data Provided Quarterly
and/or Annually • Customer contacts
ComEd to obtain data
After (Automated Process)
• No Cost to Customer • Cycle Time 1-2 Days • Completely Automated • Unlimited Number of
Requests • Monthly Data • Customer empowered to
obtain data whenever needed
EUDS Results:
Manual Buildings (<June 2008) vs Automated Buildings (>June 2008)
582 Building Managers Currently Using EUDS
70 3283
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Total Manual vs Automated Requests
Manual Requests (prior to June 08)
Automated Requests (Post June 08)
% Increase
EUDS Results:
Manual Buildings (<June 2008) vs Automated Buildings (>June 2008)
Over 25,000 months of data requests since June 2008
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Cumulative Number of Buildings Added Oct 2008 - August 2012
