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Energy and the Environment

Utility Best Practices Guidance for Providing Business Customers with Energy Use and Cost Data

This guidance summarizes the context; current state of utility practices; and the customer, business, and policy cases for providing customers with consistent, standardized energy use and cost data.

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Utility Best Practices Guidance for Providing Business Customers with Energy Use and Cost Data (PDF)(56 pp, 306 K)