Electricity Daily Detail Report
About the report
This report provides information about the daily breakdown of electricity usage at your school. Monitoring your consumption patterns regularly helps your school operate efficiently and sustainably.
To learn more about whole of government contracts, billing, and ideas for schools and classrooms, please see the resources section below.
Data Source: The data is extracted from Shell Energy.
Designed for: Principals, school leaders, teachers, school admin managers and asset services officers to:
- monitor their school’s electricity usage hourly, daily and monthly
- track peak consumption periods
- compare consumption patterns to better understand how much electricity is being drawn from the grid or exported back if your school has solar panels.
Updated: Monthly
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More information about how to use Scout reports, including how to export data and reset filters, is available on the How to use Scout page.
What is included in this report?
The electricity daily detail report contains more detailed information on electricity consumption including the amount of electricity imported from and exported to the grid, viewable by hour, day or month.
Schools with smart meters can track their peak consumption periods over a 24-hour period and view how much electricity is being drawn from the grid.
Schools with solar panels can also see how much solar energy they are exporting back to the grid.
Please note that the electricity daily detail report only includes contract data. It does not include the amount of solar energy generated or consumed on-site. Schools may access this additional information through their inverter via the various solar portals.
What should I look for?
The information provided in the electricity daily detail report can help identify inefficiencies at your school which may be due to factors like the lights being left on overnight or heating, ventilation and aircon (HVAC) systems running when no one is on site.
Use the data and information to support energy-saving measures particularly after hours and over weekends.
If there are days or times when electricity consumption is higher than anticipated, further investigation may be required.
How to use the report
Select a school
Use the 'Select School' slicer at the top of the report to select a school.
Information about the selected school
The tiles at the top of the report allow you to filter your school’s electricity consumption data by month, day or hour for a given day. The tiles include:
- Imported from grid (kWh),
- Exported to grid (kWh)
- Date or range.
Note: The amount of electricity exported to the grid only applies to schools with solar panels.
Use the filters below the tiles to toggle between monthly, daily and hourly consumption (kWh) specific to those segments.
- Filter by Month to compare electricity consumption year to year. When multiple years are selected, import/export tiles display a combination of those years’ consumption.
- Filter by Day to compare electricity consumption day to day over the selected month.
- Filter by Hour to compare electricity consumption over a 24-hour period for the selected month and date.
Specific hourly kWh export
Hover your mouse over a bar on the graph to view the time and number of kWh exported.
How to export the report
Note: All staff must adhere to NSW Government legislation and department policies and procedures when handling or exporting data. For more information, please see Information management for schools, Storing and accessing personal information, Legal Services - Privacy Guidance and the department's Code of Conduct policy and procedures.
There are two options to export this report, depending on the format required.
1. Export using the 'PDF' option in the top-left Export menu, then tick 'Only export current page' in the pop-up.
2. Hover over the chart to display the 'More options' menu ellipses in the top right-hand corner. Select 'Export data' from the options provided. Note: Click ‘Enable editing’ within Excel for the data to appear.
Need further support?
- If you have concerns or notice sudden changes to your electricity patterns, email the Utilities team so they can investigate the data further.
- For any concerns or questions regarding your solar energy export data email the Sustainability team.
- Refer to the School Infrastructure Knowledge Hub for further information and resources related to electricity efficiency.
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