Federal Policy Applications

The current turmoil in state-level deregulation, an increased interest in developing independence from foreign oil along with environmental and other national policy issues have increased energy customer data needs in support of Federal policy analysis and development. MAISY data have been used in support of appliance efficiency standards analysis, and other federal policy analysis. The detailed customer focus of MAISY utility customer databases along with National Energy Policy Model Capabilities provide a broad base of customer information and analysis capabilities to address many federal energy policy issues.

MAISY resources are based on more than 20 years of Jackson Associates utility customer data development and related analysis along with detailed information developed from more than 800,000 customer throughout the US.

The following customer database and modeling analysis capabilities provide support many current federal regulatory topics.

Basic Utility Customer Database Products

MAISY Utility Customer Databases have been developed from information on more than 800,000 individual utility customers throughout the US and provide a representative sample of customers for individual states, regions and utility service areas.

MAISY database options include:

	State-Level Databases include extensive building structure, building and end-use energy use, equipment, conservation, electricity, natural gas and oil consumption data including hourly loads and other energy-related variables along with traditional economic and demographic information for utility customers throughout the US. Information on total energy and customer counts as well as detailed customer and customer segment information is available with a patented point-and-click data evaluation and exploration user interface. All data in the state-level databases can be exported for analysis or use with other software.
	Electric Utility Service Area Databases provide the same customer detail as the State-Level Databases and, can, as an option, include electric bills and measures of cost of service and profitability for each customer record. Databases are available for any electric utility service area including investor-owned utilities, municipal utilities, public utility districts, and co-op areas. Electric bills reflect utility rate structures and each customer's monthly and/or hourly electricity use. Customer-detailed cost-of-service is determined from each customer's hourly electricity use (for interval-metered analysis) or monthly use along with dynamic load profiles and hourly generating and capacity costs . Customer Profit shows the difference between revenue derived from the customer through monthly bills and the cost of actually providing electricity to the customer.
	MAISY Canadian Province and Service Area Databases products incorporate information from Statistics Canada, including the 1996 population survey, surveys of employment payrolls and hours and labor force surveys along with data from Canadian utilities, association data, proprietary Canadian customer data as well on-site survey and utility billing data of commercial customers from northern tier US states. Other MAISY products and services developed for the US market are also available for Canadian markets including Profiler software, Energy-ID, Energy Use Profiles, and DG-MAS.
	Custom Energy Data Solutions are available for clients needing only a subset of the database information. Custom data ranges from a few summary statistics to large relational databases. If you have energy-related information needs, Jackson Associates can provide the data.

Demand Response Potentials and Program Impacts

MAISY Demand Response Databases provide hourly demand response (DR) potentials and estimated DR program impacts in regulated and competitive markets.

MAISY Demand Response Databases include end-use-detailed and program-detailed demand response (DR) potentials and estimated program impacts for a statistically representative sample of individual residential, commercial and industrial customers for every state and utility service area in the US. Customer detail in the databases permits users to determine DR potentials and program impacts for total customer classes (residential, commercial and industrial), user-defined customer segments and individual customers.

DR databases include customer-detailed building, equipment and operating information and 8760 hourly end-use (space heating, air conditioning, lighting, process, etc.) loads from the MAISY Utility Service Area Customer Databases along with DR end-use and program hourly load potentials and program impacts including hourly kW potentials and program impacts of standby/emergency generators.

MAISY Demand Response Databases are especially valuable in DR planning because they include all service area customers and programs providing valuable information on demand response resources available from customers not currently included in many DR programs.

Other Modeling and Analysis Applications

	Revenue and Cost Management Systems provide a cost (efficiency-based) system to evaluate performance of individual utilities in meeting customer needs and regulatory requirements. i
	MAISY National Energy Policy Models provide a comprehensive policy framework for evaluating virtually any energy policy issue from utility, state regulatory and federal government perspectives.