Welcome to www.meteringonline.com
Meteringonline is the South African industry's leading tool for Web-based load data visualization and analysis.
MOL takes interval meter data collected using any of a number of communication media and presents it online using
intuitive tables and graphs. Customers access a secure area of their utility's Web site to view load profiles,
usage history, actual billing data and a variety of statistics. The service is easy to use and is available
twenty four hours a day, everyday.
Latest Product Update - Energy Management Tool
As a direct result of the National Energy Crisis, Strict energy quotas will be imposed next year. Exceeding these quotas will result in hefty penalties which
could have serious financial implications.
In response to the National Energy Crisis, we have developed a number of energy management tools to assist in effectively managing your energy consumption.
It is our aim to provide you, the customer, with accurate up-to-date data to enable you to make informed decisions and take the whatever action is appropriate
for your particular circumstances to ensure that you effectively manage your energy consumption so that you do not exceed the quota at the end of each month
and avoid penalties.
These suite of energy management tools include the following:
| Energy Dial |
A simple dial shown when you log in to indicate the current prediction of whether you will meet the target or exceed the baseline by the end of
the month at a glance.
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| Monthly Graph |
A bar graph showing the daily energy consumption during the month against the required baseline. A second graph showing the cumulative consumption is shown below this graph.
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| Daily Graph |
A bar graph showing the energy consumption for each half hour within a given day against the required baseline and a normalised standard profile which has been calculated for the
day of the week from historical data. A standard profile is used rather than just a straight line because it is recognised that in many cases consumption patterns differ
according to the day of the week and providing a standard profile will enable the user to better gauge the performance for on a particular day.
A second graph showing the consumption above or below this curve is shown below.
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| Prediction |
The prediction graph shows the cumulative consumption per day during the month with a line drawn through the point using a linear regression algorithm to predict the total consumption
at the end of the month. It should be noted that the accuracy of this prediction will vary according to many factors such as the number of days elapsed during the month and actual
variance of energy consumption over this period. The tool is nonetheless very useful to gauge performance during the month and the margin of error is estimated.
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| TOU Clock |
The TOU Clock is a polar graph showing the daily energy consumption in the form of a clock that indicates consumption for each half hour. The Eskom time-of-use rates are shown as different colours
with the peak rate red, standard rate yellow and the off-peak rate shown in green. Although not all customers are billed on time-of-use tariffs, it is still useful to present the
data in a way that can show the impact of consumption during peak periods.
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| Baseline Admin |
Baseline values are calculated using historical data over the prescribed period where available, but these values may be entered manually to override the calculated ones. Provision is
made to allow the user to allocate the annual baseline to each month over a calendar year to accommodate seasonal variations in consumption.
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These tools have been published for information purposes and it is hoped that they will prove to be useful in better informing users on their energy consumption patterns and to
provide an insight into energy management. It should be noted, however, that they are provided without any warranty whatsoever and should be viewed
as a "Beta Software Release" until further notice.
The energy management functionality described will be offered free of charge to Meteringonline subscribers until the first of January 2009.
It would be appreciated if any errors found or suggestions are brought to our attention so that we maycontinually improve the system.
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