Energy Profiler Online
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Energy Profiler Online (EPO) from Schneider Electric is the industry's leading load data visualization and analysis application. The service takes the volumes of customer usage data utilities collect every day and turns it into actionable information that is readily accessible to both customers and internal users. For commercial and industrial energy customers, managing energy costs is the primary objective, but they can't control what they can't measure. EPO enables energy customers to take control of their costs by providing the information they need to understand how their organization uses energy. Armed with that understanding, they can then take steps to reduce costs through implementing conservation measures, investing in more efficient equipment, or participating in new pricing or load curtailment programs. For the utility, EPO provides an intuitive, easy-to-maintain tool for better understanding customer usage patterns and meeting customers' growing need for information. It also provides a convenient platform from which to administer real-time pricing (RTP) or load curtailment programs. |
Features
EPO provides a wide range of functionality that serves the needs of customers and utility staff from the same platform.
Data Access and Analysis - view and analyse data in both graphical and tabular formats.
Historical and Estimated Bills - view previous bills and generate estimates based on existing data, even before the billing period ends.
Rate Comparison - explore the effects of rate changes for specific customers, based on their unique usage characteristics.
What-if Analysis - explore cost scenarios by assessing the impact of various changes to operations, such as shifting energy between time periods or reducing usage by fixed amounts or percentages.
Automated Alarming - set usage parameters to automatically notify customers when their consumption exceeds a given threshold.
Memorized Reports - save customized reports and schedule their automatic delivery to colleagues via email.
Benchmarking - benchmark usage data from multiple facilities by applying normalization factors such as square footage, operating hours and units of production.
Multiple Commodities - access usage data for gas and water as well as electricity.
RTP Programs - administer real-time pricing and other programs that rely on customers' access to usage data (e.g., load curtailment).
Administration Tool - manage user accounts, access privileges and more from a convenient and intuitive Web interface.
EPO makes it easy for utilities to leverage the power of the Internet to deliver value-added services to their commercial and industrial customers. Energy customers across North America use the service every day to monitor usage, evaluate the effectiveness of energy-saving programs, establish benchmarks for usage performance, gain a better understanding of how their entire organization uses energy, and more.
Why Offer Online Service with EPO?Reasons for implementing EPO are as varied as the utilities that offer them. However, as technology improves and such services become increasingly affordable and relevant for utilities and their customers, the case for deploying them becomes more and more compelling.
A New Source of Revenue - even a modest per-meter fee can quickly add up to a significant revenue stream for companies that offer EPO to their customers.
Increased Customer Satisfaction - the ready availability of timely, actionable information has been proven to increase customer satisfaction levels.
A Value-Added Service - EPO represents a low-cost, easy-to-implement way to expand offerings beyond basic commodity supply.
Meet Competitive Pressures - as the underlying technologies become more affordable and widespread, energy information services are becoming the norm as opposed to the exception.
Meet Regulatory Requirements - whether to support new pricing schemes, demand-response programs or requirements for customer access to usage data, many regions now mandate that utilities have some form of online energy information system.