Data is ubiquitous in the manufacturing industry, but how many manufacturers are taking advantage of existing data sources connected to their business? DTE usage data is a powerful and free tool to chart, evaluate, and act on your business data in Southeast Michigan. Combined with a free data plotting site, this data provides the opportunity for manufacturers to optimize energy usage.
Here is a crash course on getting started:
Acquiring Information from DTE
Get your URL unique to your DTE account from DTEenergy.com, which
will grab the hourly electricity usage for your DTE account for the past 426
days on a rolling basis.
Step 1: Log into your DTE account (can be Residential or Business)
Step 2: In the left side pane, click “Hourly Usage” or
“Energy Usage Data”
Step 3: Click on Download or share usage data
Step 4: In the Generate Link, click Generate and then Copy Link
Step 5: Paste the Link into the URL box at the top of this free
dashboarding tool created in Grafana. Using the time selector
in the upper right, you can view your usage for any time period
over the past 426 days.
You can also sign up for a free Grafana Cloud account (no credit card required) using this URL. If you need more guidance getting started, this 3-minute video is excellent, or if you need help building your DTE dashboard, feel free to email me directly.
That's it! View this hourly data to make informed decisions about your business energy usage. See how much more electricity is used during the day vs. night, summer vs. winter, or weekdays vs. weekends. It is often the simplest data solutions that provide the most value.
