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MyMeter part 1: Features
Posted by Grant Bowman on September 17, 2018
As one of Wright-Hennepin’s (WH) Energy Use Consultants (EUC), part of my job is working with members who are having issues with their energy use: they think too much electricity is being used and they don’t know why. In most cases, it is a device or appliance has been recently added or used, and the amount of energy it consumes in a months’ time was not anticipated.
WH offers a free resource our members can use to help them keep track of their energy usage called MyMeter. As a member of WH, you can create a free account on MyMeter and track your daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly kilowatt-hour (kWh) usage!
When receiving a call from a member, MyMeter is one of the first resources I use. I am able to perform an amount of troubleshooting with the program before I even go to the member’s home. MyMeter offers serval customizing features to view specific kWh information. One feature is a bar chart that can be customized according to the user’s desired settings. The settings include:
- Selecting a time range: daily, weekly or billing period
- Selecting usage: total or Off-Peak meters
- Setting a marker
- Zooming: options offered depend on time range selected
In addition, there are four comparison menus where you can choose from a range of options to compare against your usage data, including:
- High temperature
- Low temperature
- Average temperature
- Your usage last year
- Your usage 2 years ago
- Your usage 3 years ago
- Utility average
- Neighborhood average
These comparisons appear as color coded lines on the bar chart.
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Another feature is a data sheet that displays your usage similar to a spreadsheet and can also be customized.
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The data sheet features:
- Selecting a time range: day by week, day by month or bill by year
- Selecting usage: total usage, total meters, general service meter, Off-Peak meter(s)
- Setting a marker
- Setting a date range
- Color gradient key: low usage readings are blue and high usage readings are orange
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Over the next few years, WH is deploying new meters to all members. These new meters are capable of breaking down kWh usage by the hour. Once you have a new meter, MyMeter automatically updates to allow you to further beak down and analyze your energy usage throughout the day.
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Look for MyMeter part 2 for tips on how to put your MyMeter data to use!