My EDU is incorrect. How can I correct it?

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Your Electric Distribution Utility (EDU) is the company responsible for the delivery (transmission and distribution) of electricity to your building or campus and is identified on your electric bill. Your property is mapped to its EDU based on the property's zip code. 

In most properties, the EDU is never used. Portfolio Manager determines a property's eGRID subregion (for GHG Emission rates) by mapping its zip code to an eGRID SubRegion. In some cases, a zip code covers more than one eGRID subregion, and in these cases, your electric distribution utility (EDU) is used to determine your eGRID subregion. Since there are only 26 eGRID subregions in the US, chances are good that we'll get your building in the right region, even if your specific Electric Distribution Utility is incorrect.

EDUs do change frequently: companies merge, and change ownership, name, and service territories.

If you believe we do not have your correct Electric Distribution Utility, please:

  1. Double check your zipcode. Sometimes its a typo causing this error.
  2. Double check that there is a problem with your eGRID Subregion. You can check your eGRID Subregion on the Energy tab, in the "Utility & Weather" box at the bottom of the page. Here's a map of the 26 eGRID SubRegions.
  3. Double check the company that delivers your electricity - not the company that generates the electricity or the parent company. Note that the EDU is not the just “the utility company.” In some states the energy markets are deregulated. This means that a property may contract with Company A to provide the power supply (energy from the power plant), while Company B will continue to provide the electric distribution (Company B is the EDU).
  4. For now, accept the default mapping in Portfolio Manager- since we only map to 26 regions of the grid, chances are good that your building is in the right eGRID Subregion, even if your specific Electric Distribution Utility is incorrect.
  5. Let us know about the discrepancy – we update our data annually (in August) based on available reference data from the eGRID database.  If we are aware of a discrepancy, we will confer with the team that maintains eGRID to determine whether an update is necessary. 

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