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.
EPO provides a wide range of functionality that serves the needs of customers and utility staff from the same platform.
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Data Access and Analysis -View and analyze data in both graphical and tabular formats.
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Historical and Estimated Bills - View previous bills and generate estimates based on existing data, even before the billing period ends.
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Rate Comparison - Explore the effects of rate changes for specific customers, based on their unique usage characteristics.
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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.
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Automated Alarming - Set usage parameters to automatically notify customers when their consumption exceeds a given threshold.
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Memorized Reports - Save customized reports and schedule their automatic delivery to colleagues via email.
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Benchmarking - Benchmark usage data from multiple facilities by applying normalization factors such as square footage, operating hours and units of production.
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Multiple Commodities - Access usage data for gas and water as well as electricity.
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RTP Programs - Administer real-time pricing and other programs that rely on customers' access to usage data (e.g., load curtailment).
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Administration Tool - Manage user accounts, access privileges and more from a convenient and intuitive Web interface.