Electricity rate design reform is a common response to the intersecting crises of grid reliability and energy affordability. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Income-Graduated Fixed Charge reduces residential kWh rates and provides a discounted flat rate of $12 a month for low-income residential customers.
Sounds great, but what happens regulators can’t tell a tenant’s meter apart from a hallway light’s meter? They call Res-Intel.
Our meter matching algorithms have matched over 17 million meters to buildings. The results speak for themselves. This year, for two California utilities we match nearly a quarter of a million low-income tenant units to their buildings to help improve tenant energy equity by auto-enrolling them in the reduced fixed charge. This is over 4,000 large apartment complexes.
This is our second year helping the CPUC and its utilities provide low-income bill relief. Amazingly when we did this last year, not one tenant or landlord reported their meter was incorrectly categorized!
Regulatory-level analytical precision: that is how Res-Intel helps local governments and utilities navigate the complexities of building data for clean energy. Our Benchmark.AI platform combines advanced analytics using artificial intelligence, remote sensing, geospatial modeling, and multivariate statistics to greatly lower administrative costs and improve outcomes for clean energy programs.
A national leader in energy justice, Res-Intel is an innovator in applying domain expertise and advanced technology for mass-scale benchmarking of residential buildings. Our solutions combine advanced analytics using artificial intelligence, remote sensing, geospatial modeling, and multivariate statistics to greatly lower the cost and time for planning and executing energy efficiency (EE) programs. We help our customers to improve demand side management programs, reduce the burden of energy bills for underserved households, and protect the environment. Learn more at Res-Intel.com.
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