See which meter moved, and when
We read every meter’s 15-minute data against a weather-normalized baseline.
A monthly bill says a site used more. Interval data says which meter, which hours, and whether the weather explains it. We read both against one baseline you sign off in writing.
Monthly totals hide the hour
A bill reports a month as one number per meter, weeks late. By then a stuck economizer has run a full cycle, and a cold January looks like waste. Weather-normalized interval data says which.
What the meters tell you
Changes caught in days
An alert names the meter, the hours and the size of the gap, weeks before a bill would.
Weather taken out
Use adjusted for heating and cooling degree days, so a cold month is not read as waste.
Meter-level numbers
Every meter’s use, peak kW and load factor, so one bad meter stands out from its site.
Reasons on record
Each change against the peg gets a written cause: a new schedule, a repair, a tenant moving in.
Four ways to start monitoring
Peg Baseline
Bills and interval data for 24 months, every meter mapped, weather-normalized and signed off in writing.
Interval Watch
Fifteen-minute data read every business day, alerts on load jumps and new peaks, and a monthly meter report.
10-meter pilot
Interval Watch on your 10 highest-use meters for 90 days, so facilities can judge the alerts first.
Quarterly portfolio review
Every site’s weather-normalized use ranked against its baseline, reviewed with facilities and finance on one call.
What every meter gets
Interval data pull
Green Button downloads where the utility offers them, or the portal’s interval export, under your authorization letter.
Meter register
Every meter tied to a site, building area and cost center, with its multiplier on file.
Degree-day model
Heating and cooling degree days from the nearest airport weather station, fitted meter by meter.
Load alerts
An email within one business day when a meter runs 15% above expected two days running.
New peak notes
A note when a 15-minute peak tops the month’s previous high and may reset the demand charge.
Monthly meter report
One row per meter: kWh, therms, peak kW, load factor and the gap to baseline, explained.
Example: an 18-store regional grocery chain
A grocer with 18 stores on Xcel Energy and Fort Collins Utilities sets its Peg Baseline from 24 months of bills and 15-minute data on 41 meters. Interval Watch starts in week seven. In month two, one store’s overnight load runs high two nights running after a refrigeration controller swap; the facilities manager gets the alert next morning.
Indicative price
Indicative, from$4,800
For the Peg Baseline, up to 25 sites; Interval Watch is from $18 per meter per month. Every proposal is fixed-fee and itemized.
Monitoring questions, answered
Do our sites need smart meters?
For Interval Watch, yes: it reads 15-minute or hourly data, so each meter must be an interval or smart meter. Sites with monthly-read meters still get a Peg Baseline from their bills, weather-normalized month by month. We list which meters qualify in the first week, from the utility’s own account records.
Where does the interval data come from?
From your utility, under a letter of authorization you sign. Where the utility offers Green Button, we use its download or connect option; otherwise we export from the account portal or request the files. Nothing is installed at your sites, and the data belongs to you.
How do you take weather out of the numbers?
We fit each meter’s use against heating and cooling degree days from the nearest weather station, using the 24 months in the baseline. Each month the model gives an expected figure for that month’s actual weather. The gap between expected and actual is the drift we report, not the raw change from last year.
What triggers an alert?
Two things by default: a meter running 15% or more above its expected load for two days in a row, and a 15-minute peak above the month’s previous high. We tune both bands with you in the first month, so facilities gets a few useful emails, not a daily flood.
Can you tell us which equipment failed?
No. Interval data shows when and by how much a meter changed, not which part failed. We name the hours, the size of the change and the likely load, such as overnight refrigeration or weekend HVAC, and your technician or a licensed contractor finds the cause.
What do you do with estimated meter reads?
We check them against the meter’s own interval data. When a bill carries an estimated read, we total the 15-minute data for the same dates and note any gap in the monthly report, so the next actual read can be checked. If you also use Bill Desk, we file the correction with the utility.
Bring us one site’s data
Tell us about your sites and we will say plainly whether energy consumption monitoring is the right place to start.