Introduction

Oracle Utilities Load Analysis unlocks information buried within your enterprise data. It systematically collects and validates data from many sources, including current and historic usage, billing and weather. Oracle Utilities Load Analysis also provides advanced editing, estimating and processing of large volumes of information. The Oracle Utilities Load Analysis sampling system provides users the ability to design and maintain statistically valid samples for estimated energy and demand statistics.

Course Content

1. Introduction to Load Analysis

• Load Research: The Big Picture
• The Load Research Process
• How Load Analysis fits in

2. Load Analysis Basics

• Server Architecture
• Inputs & Outputs
• Databases
• Interval Data
• Interval Data Editing & Graphing

3. Load Data Management Overview

• Entering and Validating Data
• Reporting
• Generating List Queries
• Editing Data
• Extracting Data
• Archiving Data

4. Introduction to Load Data Analysis

• Extracting Load Data for Analysis
• Calculating Billed Energy
• Expanding Load Data to Class-Level Estimates (Analysis)
• Performing Ad Hoc Load Calculations (Transformation)
• Efficiency Tools (Sequencer and Repeater)

5. Sampling

• Population Analysis
• Sample Design
• Sample Selection
• Sample Validation
• Multi-Dimensional Sampling