Net Metering vs Net Billing Tariff Calculations

In both cases, interval data will be entered as a property input. For net billing, enter two interval data series—one for imports and one for exports—both with the same duration and start time. While using a net billing approach can yield accurate results for net metering tariffs, the reverse is not true.

Net Metering Approach:

using a single consumption object with a dataSeries containing both positive and negative values

"propertyInputs": [
    {
        "keyName": "consumption",
        "fromDateTime": "2024-09-01T00:00:00-07:00",
      	// ^ Start dateTime of interval list, may vary from start time of calculation 
        "dataFactor": 1,
        "dataSeries": [
            //comma-separated values in this list 1,2,3,...
        ],
        "duration": 3600000
        // ^ millisecond value for 60 minutes
    }
]

Net Billing Approach:

using independent dataSeries and exportDataSeries lists to separate imports and exports

 "propertyInputs": [
{  
    "keyName": "consumption",  
    "fromDateTime": "2024-08-01T07:00:00.000Z",  
    "unit": "kWh",  
    "duration": 3600000,  
    "dataSeries": [  
        1,  
        2,  
        0,  
        1,  
        2,  
        0,  
        0,  
        0  
    ],  
    "exportDataSeries": [  
        0,  
        0,  
        1.5,  
        0,  
        0,  
        1,  
        3,  
        7  
    ]  
}