SUNSAGUARO

STRATEGIC ENERGY PLANNING

ENERGY SOVEREIGNTY • PLANNING • MODELING

STRATEGIC ENERGY PLANNING

Build a portfolio of properties and meters, establish current energy demand, model future loads and evaluate solar, rates and long-term energy strategy.

VERSION 0.2 — MULTI-METER
A Strategic Energy Plan can now contain multiple properties and meters. Each meter can use an estimate, monthly bills or interval data.

STEP 01

Strategic Energy Plan

One plan can include an entire tribal portfolio with many facilities, properties and utility meters.

Tribe / Organization

Strategic Plan Name

Primary Contact

Planning Horizon

Strategic Goals

STEP 02

Properties + Meters

Each meter keeps its own location, property characteristics, utility information and energy data.

METER	PROPERTY	LOCATION	TYPE	DATA QUALITY	ANNUAL kWh	ACTIONS

Add Meter

PROPERTY + LOCATION

Meter Name / ID

Property / Facility Name

Building / Property Type

Utility

Tariff / Rate Schedule

Critical Facility?

Location

ADDRESS AND/OR COORDINATES

Street Address

City / Community

State

Latitude

Longitude

Parcel / Site Name

Enter an address when one exists. For remote land, substations, lagoons, generation sites or undeveloped property, latitude and longitude can be used instead. You can also enter both.

Property Characteristics

Square Footage

Dwelling Units

Heating Fuel

Cooling

Meter / Property Notes

STEP 03

Energy Baseline

Build the best available load profile for each individual meter.

Select Meter

STANDARD ESTIMATE Use property characteristics and an energy-use benchmark.

MONTHLY BILLS Enter actual monthly kWh, peak demand and utility cost.

INTERVAL DATA Upload 1-minute, 5-minute, 15-minute, hourly or other interval data.

Estimated Energy Usage

STANDARD / USER ADJUSTABLE

Estimate Method

Benchmark

Adjustment %

ESTIMATED ANNUAL ELECTRICITY

0 kWh

ESTIMATED LOAD — NOT UTILITY DATA

Monthly Utility Data

ACTUAL BILL DATA

MONTH	kWh	PEAK kW	ELECTRIC COST	GAS / FUEL COST

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Upload Interval CSV

The prototype inspects the file and records the interval. Later versions will normalize utility-specific formats automatically.

RECORDS

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INTERVAL

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FIRST

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LAST

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STEP 04

Future Energy

Future loads can apply to one meter or to the entire portfolio.

Future Load Changes

ADDITIONS OR REDUCTIONS

STEP 05

Solar Resource + PV

Solar can eventually be modeled by meter, property or portfolio.

PV Size kW DC

Production kWh/kW-year

Tilt

Azimuth

In the next version, each property's address or latitude/longitude can be used to request solar resource data automatically from NREL.

STEP 06

Utility Rates

This is still a simplified portfolio rate model. Per-meter tariffs are coming next.

Import $ / kWh

Export $ / kWh

Fixed $ / Month

Self-Consumption %

STEP 07

Portfolio Results

Results roll individual meter baselines into one project-wide strategic energy picture.

METERS

CURRENT LOAD

0 kWh

SOLAR PRODUCTION

0 kWh

RENEWABLE COVERAGE

0 %

Portfolio

Meter count —
Estimated-load meters —
Monthly-actual meters —
Interval-data meters —
Total baseline load —

Solar

PV system size —
Annual PV production —
Onsite consumption —
Estimated exports —