Overview

The Utility Analytics & Action API provides utilities with a standardized, programmatic way to measure, verify, and act on energy performance using high‑fidelity analytics. The API converts meter, operational, and program data into consistent baselines, verified performance outcomes, and actionable insights that support incentive programs, regulatory reporting, and portfolio‑scale decision‑making.

The API is designed as utility‑grade analytics infrastructure—not a program operator or services layer.

At the core of the Utility Analytics & Action API is a measurement framework built on GEES‑based normalization and mathematically derived performance standards. The API continuously compares actual performance to expected behavior to quantify change, variance, and persistence across time periods.

This measurement‑first approach allows utilities to move from static studies to continuous insight—enabling action without relying on assumptions, regressions, or manual EM&V workflows.

Incentive Program Enablement

The API supports modern incentive structures, including Habit‑Based Incentives (HBI) and Component‑Based Incentives (CBI), by providing:

• Consistent pre‑ and post‑performance baselines
• Verified performance variance
• Persistence tracking over time

Utilities can design and operate programs while relying on the API for independent measurement and verification.

By analyzing performance across portfolios, facilities, systems, and components, the API identifies where energy efficiency or demand reduction opportunities exist—without site studies or manual analysis.

The API quantifies changes in peak‑demand behavior across comparable time periods, enabling utilities to verify the effectiveness of demand‑reduction strategies implemented by customers or partners.

The Utility Analytics & Action API is built to operate at utility scale and under regulatory scrutiny:

• Standardized methodology across programs and jurisdictions
• Transparent calculations with traceable data lineage
• Continuous verification rather than snapshot studies
• Audit‑ready outputs for regulatory and internal review

The API produces consistent results whether applied to thousands of meters or individual systems.

Inputs

• Utility meter data
• Customer operational data (where available)
• Program and portfolio metadata

Outputs

• Normalized baselines
• Verified kWh and kW performance changes
• Persistence and degradation metrics
• Program‑ and portfolio‑level summaries

Outputs are available through APIs and platform interfaces, enabling integration with utility systems, reporting tools, and partner workflows.

Utilities retain full control over:

• Program design and rules
• Incentive structures and payouts
• Customer engagement

Pathian provides:

• Independent analytics
• Measurement and verification logic
• Programmatic access to performance outcomes

This separation ensures trust, scalability, and long‑term flexibility.