The ista EIS platform is a distributed application infrastructure that provides data analysis on customers’ consumption and energy cost patterns.
The platform provides multiple user interfaces to allow customers to retrieve data according to their specific needs and preferences. EIS customers have the option of viewing their consumption details, energy plans, advanced charting, and customized energy saving recommendations via the EIS Portal, EIS Mobile Portal, or a customized iPhone app.
Charles Porter, chief strategy officer of ista North America, said: “The EIS platform makes sure there are no surprises on your energy bill. With variable rates and time of use pricing you can easily be caught off guard when the bill arrives at the end of the month.”
The ista EIS Portal dashboard provides a web-based customer screen that displays consumption using a traffic light showing green for on-target usage, yellow when the customer still has time to get back on track with his or her monthly plan, and red when the consumption has gone out of range of the customer’s plan. The dashboard also shows high and low usage days, and custom recommendations to get back on track for customers in yellow or red.
The dashboard is driven in part by the AMI data, but the ista EIS Energy Plan Wizard feature lets the customer develop customized monthly energy plans based on specific home attributes and usage patterns.
