The Consumption Screen displays the current electricity usage in your property, the value of that energy, and the electricity that your property has consumed on any given day, month, year, or in total.
The sections of the Consumption Screen are as follows:
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Click on the Support icon to view the Consumption section of the User Guide, consumption specific FAQs, to send feedback, and access further support information.
[ 2 ] Consumption Activity Section
This section displays the amount of electricity your property is consuming from all electricity sources (A), how much your Solar and Battery System is saving you (B), and the cost or income value of the Grid electricity that your property is currently importing or exporting (C).
The Savings value (B) is the combined savings from your Solar PV panels and Battery. It is calculated from the amount of solar generated electricity and battery stored electricity that you are consuming in the property. See the Solar PV page and the Battery page for further details on how the value of each electricity source is calculated.
The Grid value (C) depends on whether you are importing electricity from the grid or exporting electricity to the grid. If you are importing electricity it will be displayed and calculated as a cost. If you are exporting electricity it will be displayed and calculated as an income. See the Grid page for more details on how the value of grid electricity is calculated.
[ 3 ] Consumption Charts Section
This section displays your property's consumption activity over a period of time, when you used electricity and from what source, and a chart detailing your property's electricity usage at any given time.
Using the date selector (A) you can view your property's consumption for any given day, month, year, or your property's total electricity usage since the EMS was installed.
The reports section (B) details your property's consumption in the selected time period, how much you saved, how much electricity your property used, and the cost of any grid imported electricity or the earned income from exporting electricity to the grid.
The summary table (C) details your electricty usage over a given time period, and which source the electricity came from.
The column chart (D) presents your property's electricity consumption throughout a given day, month or year. Pressing any of the columns in the chart will update the summary table (C) above with the values for that time period.