Algorithm

Appendix 1. Criteria for Categorizing Utilities into Tiers Based on Policy Cases

Residential	Policy Cases
	Option	Benchmarking			Demand Response
		Standard Access	Tier 2	Tier 1	Standard Access	Tier 2	Tier 1
Delivery of data	Mail	At least one of these.			At least one of these.
	Online in easily downloadable and machine-readable formats including Energy Service Provider Interface (ESPI)		At least one of these.	X		At least one of these.	At least one of these.
	Online as PDF, directly visible on a web page, or similar forms
	In-home through a home area network, dedicated device, or mobile app						X*
Time-period (any combination of delivery modes that satisfy these requirements)	Last month	At least one of these	X	X	At least one of these.	X	X
	Last 13 months		X	X		X	X
	Since last bill						X
	Last 24 months			X
Frequency of data	Less than 15-minute increments with reporting delay	At least one of these.	At least one of these.	At least one of these.	At least one of these.		At least one of these.
	Less than 15-minute increments without reporting delay.
	15-minute increments
	Hourly
	Daily					X
	Monthly			X		X
	Less frequently than monthly
Access to data	Customer	At least one of these.	X	X	At least one of these.	X	X
	Available to authorized third party with fee		At least one of these.			At least one of these.
	Available to authorized third party without fee			X			X
	Third-party access via separate account			X			X
Consumption Data (kWh)				X			X
Demand Data (kW)							X
Commercial	Policy Cases
	Option	Benchmarking			Demand Response
		Standard Access	Tier 2	Tier 1	Standard Access	Tier 2	Tier 1
Delivery of data	Mail	At least one of these.			At least one of these.
	Online in easily downloadable and machine-readable formats including Energy Service Provider Interface (ESPI)		At least one of these.	X		At least one of these.	X
	Online as PDF, directly visible on a web page, or similar forms
	In-building through a building area network, dedicated device, or mobile app
Time-period (any combination of delivery modes that satisfy these requirements)	Last month	At least one of these.	X		At least one of these.	X	X
	Last 13 months		X	X		X	X
	Since last bill						X
	Last 24 months			X
Frequency of data (any combination of delivery modes that satisfy these requirements)	Less than 15-minute increments with reporting delay	At least one of these.	At least one of these.	At least one of these.	At least one of these.		At least one of these.
	Less than 15-minute increments without reporting delay.
	15-minute increments
	Hourly						X
	Daily					X	X
	Monthly			X		X	X
	Less frequently than monthly
Access to data	Customer	At least one of these.	X	X	At least one of these.	X	X
	Available to authorized third party with fee		At least one of these.	At least one of these.		At least one of these.	At least one of these.
	Available to authorized third party without fee
	Third-party access via separate account			X			X
Consumption Data (kWh)		X	X	X	X	X	X
Demand Data (kW)					X	X	X
Aggregated data from multiple tenants				X			X

*indicates requirement is for “delivery of data” criteria only (not for policy case of Demand Response/Energy Efficiency)