Load Research Benchmarking and Best Practices

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Energy Insights Opinion
• Executive Summary
• The Main Points
  • Sample design methods
  • Metering and data collection
  • Data validation and editing
  • Data analysis
  • Results reporting
  • Resources
  • Business practices and lessons learned
• Introduction
• Table: Utility Characteristics
• Sample Design Methods and Approaches
  • In-house versus contracted sample design and tools used
    • What MBSS is, and what it isn't
  • Stratification and sample sizes
  • Table: October 2003 Analysis Shows Neither Tool Has an Advantage
    • Xcel compares sample design tools
  • Sample expansion techniques
  • Sample replacement
• Metering and Data Collection
  • Metering equipment
  • Methods of data collection
  • Validation checks
  • Data Editing
• Presenting Load Research Results
• Resources
  • Networking and training
• Business Practices
  • Additional lessons learned
  • Pitfalls to avoid
• Notes
• Related Research from EPRI Solutions/Primen
• Appendix: EPRI Solutions Load Research Benchmarking and Best Practices Topic Guide 2005
  • Introduction
  • Screening
  • Utility Overview
  • Load Research Program Overview
  • Sample Design Methods/Approaches
  • Methods Of Sample Replacements, Changeouts & Cycling
  • Type Of Data Collected
  • Methods Of Analyzing Data
  • Presenting Load Research Results
  • Software
  • Staffing And Budget
  • Wrap-Up
  • Confidentiality
  • Synopsis