Overview: Season Definition Editor
The Season Definition Editor allows you to create, modify, and delete season definitions for use with seasonal rates. Once a season has been created, it can then be associated with the applicable rate(s).
Season definition begin and end dates must be in a specific format:
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Season Begin Date Starting at 12:00AM for the date listed (i.e. a full 24 hours of the date listed are attributable to the season it is beginning.
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Season End Date End date denotes the END – up to date xx/yy but not including date xx/yy (i.e. 0 hours of the end date day are attributable to the season it is ending.
If two seasons exist, for example summer and winter, the end date of summer should match the start date of winter. And the end date of winter should match the start date of summer. This is required so 365 days of the year are included in a season definition, split between the individual seasons within it.
Not all vendor start and end dates look the same, even if they are the same as shown in the examples below:
Example 1
Electric Company definition
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Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
May 1 |
September 30 |
|
Winter |
All other |
|
Note the differences when defined in Energy CAP Enterprise
|
Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
Every May 1 |
Every October 1 |
|
Winter |
Every October 1 |
Every May 1 |
Example 2
Power Company definition
|
Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
First Sunday in June |
First Sunday in October |
|
Winter |
First Sunday in October |
First Sunday in June |
Energy CAP Enterprise defines the periods the same way
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Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
First Sunday in June |
First Sunday in October |
|
Winter |
First Sunday in October |
First Sunday in June |
Example 3
Gas & Electric Company definition
|
Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
May 1 |
October 31 |
|
Winter |
November 1 |
April 30 |
Note the differences when defined in Energy CAP Enterprise
|
Season Definition |
Start |
End |
|
Summer |
Every May 1 |
Every November 1 |
|
Winter |
Every November 1 |
Every May 1 |
When a utility describes an end date as "Up to and Including the day", as is the case with Gas & Electric Company above, you must add one day to the end date because Energy CAP Enterprise defines the end date as "Up to but NOT including the day".
In the Gas & Electric Company example, the end date of October 31 becomes November 1 due to the Energy CAP Enterprise definition of end date.
