Viewing Cost Avoidance Savings for a Meter
To view Cost Avoidance for an individual meter, select the desired meter from the Facilities Tree in the Cost Avoidance Manager. Then click the Savings tab to view savings results.
The displayed data table lists all bills subsequent to the Savings Start Date that have been processed by the Calculate Savings processor. The Wthr Htg (Weather Heating) and Wthr Clg (Weather Cooling) columns are flagged with an “X” if the savings for that month have been affected by a heating or cooling weather adjustment. The CA% of Act Cost column shows the percentage of monthly actual cost represented by Cost Avoidance. Values highlighted in red indicate negative Cost Avoidance. Values in green indicate positive Cost Avoidance (savings). Values in yellow are positive Cost Avoidance that exceed 50% of the actual total utility cost for the month. Such a high value, although attainable with aggressive energy management efforts, should be reviewed to ensure that the cost avoidance estimate is reasonable; hence the yellow ‘caution’ color.
Viewing Daily Savings Details
To drill down into the daily savings details for a selected meter:
Click on the bar chart or on the table entry for the desired billing month. The Savings Details window will open, displaying additional supporting calculations and details, including daily costs associated with the bill.
NOTE: The Savings Details window will not open if a node in the Facilities Tree other than a METER has been selected.
If demand applies, click the Demand tab to view the demand calculation results.
Explaining Monthly Savings
Click the Explain Savings button from the Savings Details window. The Explanation of Savings window will open.
The bar on the left (Actual Baseline Use) represents the “raw” baseline use for the month, separated into weather (if applicable) and non-weather components.
The bar on the right (Actual Current) is the actual use for the “current” month.
The bar in the middle (W/O Cost Use) is the adjusted baseline use for the month. The middle bar is the baseline after it has been adjusted to today’s conditions. These adjustments may include weather, floor area and other adjustments.
Cost Avoidance is not calculated as raw baseline vs. current but rather as adjusted baseline vs. current. The green bar shows the difference between adjusted baseline and today – the avoided use. This value may be positive or negative. Positive values indicate use avoidance. Negative values indicate increased use. The usage values are then assessed at current per-unit utility rates to determine the associated Cost Avoidance.
NOTE: A supporting Cost Avoidance report is the CAP06 – Baseline Report. This report displays the day-by-day “raw” baseline values which are also shown in the Explanation of Day-by-Day Baseline Adjustments list box in the Savings Detail window. The Explanation of Day-by-Day Baseline Adjustments list box also indicates which additional adjustments have been applied to each day of the billing period.
