Let us learn how to input consumption profiles in Arka360 using monthly electricity bill. This is a straightforward method to get started.
To input your consumption profile using your monthly electricity bill, follow these steps:
Step 1. Choose 'Monthly Electricity Bill' under Consumption profile.
Step 2. Clicking on 'Monthly Electricity Bill' will open a new page. Clicking on the dropdown icon of Monthly Profile will give user 4 options.(These 4 options will occur if Genability is the source of fetching Utility profile.)
Average monthly energy (kWh)
Up to 12 month Usage (kWh)
Up to 12 month Bill ($)
All 12 month Energy Usage (kWh)
If instead of Genability, custom tariff is the source then clicking on the dropdown icon of Monthly Profile will give user 2 options.
Average monthly energy (kWh)
Up to 12 month Usage (kWh)
Step 3. Select one of these options depending on the most suitable requirement. Add the consumption or bill value and click on Update.
If you select Average monthly energy (kWh) and add the average monthly consumption value. Click on Update, then based on utility rate your monthly and yearly consumption will get calculated.
If you switch the graph to Bill, then based on consumption and utility rate the monthly and Yearly electricity bill will be calculated.
If you select Up to 12 Months Energy Usage(kWh), you will be required to add consumption value of one month. Clicking on update will will scale the monthly consumption value based on the selected utility rate and automatically update the monthly value of all the months based as well as update the consumption graph.
If you select All 12 month Energy Usage (kWh), you will be required to add individual month consumption values. Clicking on update will update the consumption graph as well as this will scale the monthly consumption value based on the selected utility rate.
If you select Up to 12 month Bill ($), you will be required to add individual month electricity bill. Clicking on update will update the consumption graph as well as this will scale the monthly electricity bill based on the selected utility rate. Also, this gives you monthly consumption as well.