Clark County Energizes Las Vegas Community With Power Measurement
As part of Clark County's new enterprise energy management system, buildings identified as the largest energy-consumers will be equipped with intelligent ION 7350 meters. The meters will then monitor and report energy usage data to a suite of specialized energy management software applications, including Power Measurement's Energy BOSS®, E-VEE™, Energy Profiler Online™ and ION Enterprise® software. The software converts the volumes of customer usage data into actionable billing and consumption information to help staff manage energy usage and control costs.
The energy management system will communicate with various building control systems (including equipment by Johnson Controls and Honeywell), while importing metering data and electronic bill information directly from the county's electric utility, Nevada Power. The new system will perform graphical reporting by various time periods, facilities, and commodities, while performing exception reporting to help identify billing inconsistencies; and providing a rate/tariff user interface to help users model and maintain their own rates.
Jeff Jacobson, Energy Program Administrator with Clark County's Real Property Management Department, expects a key benefit of the new system will be the ability to automatically verify and approve for payment the county's 4,500 electric, gas, and water bills each month. "It will be a significant advantage," said Jacobson. "With this capability, we will be able to automatically validate metered data, verify billing amounts, manage accounts, and then provide the billing data directly to the county's accounts payable system. It's going to be a very efficient energy monitoring solution."
SOURCE: Power Measurement