urjanet webinar-with-cox-enterprises-and-groom-energy

How  to  Cost  Effec,vely  Get  Energy  &  Billing  Data  for  1,000+  Metered  

Loca,ons  

featuring:  

Introduc,ons  Erik Becker VP Sales Urjanet

Robert Fairey Director of Energy Procurement Cox Enterprises

Paul Baier VP, Sustainability Consulting & Research Groom Energy

Agenda  Urjanet Introduction

Robert Fairey •  Cox Enterprises Overview •  Utility Data Challenges •  Evaluating Potential Solutions •  Results •  Lessons Learned

Paul Baier •  Don’t Underestimate the Cost of Obtaining Energy Data •  Highlights of Greenbiz/Groom Survey of Corp. Energy Mgrs. •  Overview of Enterprise Smart Grid Framework

Q&A

The  Problem  Urjanet  Addresses  

“Data acquisition can represent up to 50% of the overall energy or sustainability management project cost and causes risk to the project success.”

Paul Baier VP, Sustainability Consulting & Research

What  Is  Urjanet?  A single, automated, consistent stream of energy and

resource data from a diversity of data sources

A  A  A    

Utility Bills

> Electric

> Water

> Natural Gas

Weather Data

Advanced Metering Data

Urjanet   Partner  Apps  &  Services  

Urjanet  Products  

Automated access to utility bill data across the thousands of providers in North America and abroad. Learn more ›

Access to AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) interval data from the utility providers without installing any hardware or software. Learn more ›

Framework for being notified of billing and consumption irregularities and anomalies to enable quick action. Learn more ›

Calculate  the  impact  of  seasonal  shi9s  and  weather  events  on  your  loca=on’s  energy  use.  Learn  more  ›  

Cox  Enterprises  Overview  

Cox Enterprises is a leading communications, media and automotive services company with revenues of nearly $15B and more than 60,000 employees.  

Television and radio stations, digital media, newspapers, and advertising sales rep firms

Online automotive classifieds; Kelley Blue Book, vAuto and HomeNet Automotive

subsidiaries

Cable TV distribution, telephone, high-speed Internet access, commercial telecommunications

& advertising solutions

Vehicle auctions, repair and certification services, and web-based technology products

Energy  Procurement  Roles  at  Cox  

•  Elevate De-Regulated Market Awareness •  Provide Visibility & Transparency •  Collaboration with Departments & Subsidiaries •  Dependable Resource for Energy Information •  Increase Free Cash Flow •  Asset Optimization

Data is Key to All of This!

Challenges  Data Volume: •  $100 + million annual spend on electricity & natural gas

•  32,000 separate accounts across 310 utility providers

Inefficient Data Collection Practices: •  Contacting Cox subsidiaries across the U.S. for data

•  Spreadsheets with manual data entry

Results: •  Always falling behind with time-consuming collection process

•  Data entry errors

•  Data wasn’t current

•  Limited visibility into consumption & pricing

Objec,ves:  Energy  Repor,ng  Project  •  Eliminate manual data entry – create an automated

data feed to collect, reconcile, analyze and report on energy consumption & costs

•  Connectivity to in-house energy dashboard

•  Deliver highly accurate data

•  Flexible solution that scales as needed

•  Make data available company-wide

•  Cost-effective

•  Create view of current consumption & spending, as well as a accurate view over time

Solu,on  &  System  Evalua,ons  

We evaluated many systems, but all had flaws:

•  No connection to our Energy Dashboard

•  Were primarily bill payment providers

•  Ultimately, the vendors wanted to put us into inflexible model that wouldn’t help us meet our primary objective: to get smarter around energy rates, pricing & consumption.

Ultimately chose Urjanet’s energy data service because of service quality, flexibility & cost.

Results  

How Cox Enterprises Operates Today

Suppor,ng  Systems  /  Processes  •   Financial  Data  (ERP)  •   Business  Metrics  

ETL  

ETL  

Data  Delivered  by  the  Cox  Energy  Group    •   Weather  Data  (HDD,  CDD)  •   U=lity  Account  to  ERP  Loca=on  Mapping  •   Weather  Zone  

Energy  Data  Warehouse  

Hyperion  Essbase  

Dashboard  

•   Calculate  CFP  •   Calculate  Energy  Metrics  

CCI  Accoun,ng  (Blackline)  

Collects  data  from  1000s  of  

U=lity  accounts  at  the  meter  level  and  provides  FTP  

to  Cox  

Power  Supply  Op,miza,on  

Priority  MARKET  /  U,lity  

Name  #  

Metered  

Metered  kWh's  /  Mos  Apiece  

#  Un-­‐Metered  

Un-­‐Metered  KWh's  /  Mos  Apiece  

Calculated  Avg  Price  /  

kWh  

1  OMAHA/SUN  VALLEY                      

    OPPD           796   1500   $0.112  

   Mid  American  

Energy   119   942                   Idaho  Power           ?   160704   $0.072                              2   SAN  DIEGO                           SDG&E   1859   1100           $0.154                              

3  LOUISIANA,  NEW  ORLEANS                      

    Lafaye_e  U=li=es   154   450           $0.124       CLECO                           Entergy  Louisiana   1052   500           $0.137       Entergy  Gulf  States   97   411           $0.131  

   Entergy  New  

Orleans   492   797   1094   376   $0.129       Dixie  Electric   40   890   4       $0.099       SLEMCO   11   395                                          4   LAS  VEGAS                           Nevada  Energy   2280   684           $0.106                              5   ARKANSAS                           SWEP  (AEP)   496   349           $0.061       Entergy           172   438   $0.088  

1)  Exhaus=ve  rate  study  for  all  power  supplies  na=onwide  a)  Rate  Changes  (NV  Energy  TOU  rate  

$93k  annual  savings)    b)  Metered  vs.  Un-­‐Metered  (un-­‐

metered  $.02  /  kWh  cheaper)  c)  Iden=fy  incremental  $  /  kWh    

2)  Bill  QA    a)  Zero-­‐usage  accounts  (85  in  Las  

Vegas  =  $18k  annual)  b)  Over-­‐billed  accounts    

3)  CCI  Asset  Management    a)  Omaha  121  /  295  eliminated  

Energy  Rate  Analysis  –  Urjanet  data  

Tucson  Electric  Power  •  MTC  GS-­‐10  to  LGS-­‐13  saves  $79,560  annual  •  TOU  conversion  297  power  supplies  saves  $15,414  annual  Mid  American  Energy  •  TOU  conversion  116  power  supplies  saves  $51,442  annual  Nevada  Energy  •  TOU  conversion  2280  power  supplies  saves  $93,571  annual  Salt  River  Project  •  TOU  conversion  2143  power  supplies  saves  $236,000  

annual  PSCO,  OG&E  analysis  pending    TOTAL  =  $475,987  annual  so  far  

Overview,  Account  Detail  

Custom  Reports  –  VA  Facili,es  

Carbon  Footprint  Overview  

Lessons  Learned  Automation Isn’t Just a Matter of Convenience •  Be more strategic & get out of the data management business. •  Not only saves time, but gives access to data weeks faster.

Ensure Buy-In From Executive Team on KPIs Be clear on KPIs that will be tracked – improving energy efficiency, tracking carbon footprint, etc.

Don’t Only Focus on the Front-End Reporting Tools Data is the foundation of any front-end tool you’ll use.

Involve Other Departments Energy data is used by many departments – involve them early in the project and take advantage of economies of scale!

Paul Baier, Groom Energy

Key  Lesson  

Don’t Underestimate the Cost of Obtaining Energy Data!

Securing accurate and complete energy data is a perennial implementation challenge that increases budgets and delays rollouts.

Types  of  Energy  Data  

Monthly Utility Billing Data

Interval Data •  Interval data from main meter (delayed). •  Interval data from main meter (real time). •  Interval data from specific loads (real time).

Formula,ng  a  Strategy  

1.  Prioritize to Business Imperatives & Use Cases

2.  Start With Utility Bill Data

3.  Then Move to Selective Use of Interval Data for Certain Facilities

4.  From Those, Develop Cost-Effective Energy Data Acquisition Strategy

Greenbiz/Groom Survey of Corporate Energy Managers

Top  Two  KPIs  

Top  Desired  Features  for  EEMS  

Enterprise Smart Grid Framework

 200+  EMS  Vendors  in  Confusing  Market  

Enterprise  Smart  Grid  Framework  The  C&I  Demand-­‐Side    

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Visibility,  Control  and  Management  Integra,on  

ESG  Simplifies  the  Vendor  Landscape  

Summary  

It simply does not matter how fancy the graphics, reports or dashboard from your EMS are if the data are not accurate, complete, and timely.

Key  Takeaways  

ü Get Executives Engaged in Developing KPIs

ü  Keep Key Stakeholders Involved

ü  Ensure Underlying Data Is Current & Accurate

ü Automated Data Aggregation Is Key

Q&A  

Questions?

Thank  You!  

Please contact me at erik.becker@urjanet.com or

404.307.6130 with any questions.