MAISY Energy Use and Hourly Loads Databases

ZIP Area Utility Customer Databases

MAISY ZIP Area Utility Customer Databases are the first information source to provide energy use and energy bills at the ZIP code level. Data are available for every ZIP code area in the US. ZIP Databases have been compiled from multiple proprietary and public sources including the master MAISY Utility Customer Database that now includes data on more than 7 million utility customers. This page includes basic data items available in the ZIP Area Databases. If your data needs include items that are not listed below, contact us to discuss adding those data items.

Geographic Coverage

MAISY ZIP code area databases provide utility customer energy sales, energy bills, demographic and business characteristics and other information for each ZIP code area in the US. ZIP databases are available for the following geographic areas:

Single ZIP areas
All ZIPs in a metro area
All ZIPs in a state
All ZIPs in the US
Client specified ZIP-defined geographic areas

Applications

REPs and ESCOs
Reduce marketing/sales costs by applying ZIP level market intelligence in easy-to-use Excel databases. For the first time, competitive energy companies can easily conduct in-house evaluations of residential customer ZIP code “micro markets” with information on utility bills, household income and demographics, dwelling unit characteristics, new construction activity, ownership, and many other characteristics. Market characteristics can be used to:

Evaluate current market share in each ZIP code area
Compare current customer energy sales and bills with averages in each ZIP area
Identify attractive new ZIP-area target markets
Evaluate ZIP-area weather risk (% sales in space heat, AC)
Correlate write-offs with ZIP market characteristics to revise deposit requirements
Evaluate market characteristics in underperforming ZIP areas to revise messaging and sales activities
Identify high growth markets
Distinguish between stable and transient markets
Apply ZIP-detailed customer data to refine pricing models.
Conduct other market and sales analysis

ESCO, HVAC and MEP Companies
Use ZIP-detailed information on dwelling unit age, household income, energy bills and other information to focus on ZIPs with the most potential, reducing your marketing and sales costs. Use ZIP-detailed information on businesses, energy bills and other information to focus on ZIPs with the most potential, reducing your marketing and sales costs.

Energy-Related Companies Assessing New Market Opportunities
Reduce costs and increase profits by expanding your market area, targeting new geographic areas with the greatest potential based on ZIP-detailed utility customer energy use and bills, household income, dwelling unit age, business size and type and other factors.

Residential ZIP Code Area Database Detail

The following data items are available for each ZIP code area. Databases can be customized to include any set of ZIP codes and any residential utility customer segments defined by income, dwelling unit type, energy use characteristics etc. (e.g., data for single family households with annual income greater than $75,000 and electricity spend greater than $5,000.) and other household/dwelling unit details.

Basic Data Package Each of these data items is provided for each of three dwelling unit types: single family, multifamily, mobile home:

Number of dwelling units
Average annual residential energy use kWh and energy bills
Average annual natural gas energy use (Btu) and bills, number of dwelling units using natural gas
Average fuel oil/propane/other energy use (Btu) and bill, number of dwelling units using fuel oil/propane/other
% electric space heating, natural gas space heating and other space heating fuel
Average household income
Average number of people in household
Average dwelling unit age
Average number of rooms
Average educational attainment of adults
Average age of adults

Additional Data Options

Additional ZIP area information is available at an additional license fee cost. Some of this information is indicated below. Contact us to discuss the addition of other data items

Data items in the Basic Data Package can be provided for individual customer segments within each ZIP code. For example, each item can be provided for households in each income quartile.
Average annual residential electric space heating, air conditioning and baseload electric use kWh
Name of distribution utility
Average monthly electricity use and monthly natural gas use
Average day-type/month hourly load profiles (weekday, peak day, weekend day for each of 12 months)
Heating and cooling degree days
Average temperatures

Residential License Fee

MAISY ZIP Area Market Databases include proprietary information belonging to Jackson Associates and are licensed to individual users who agree to use the information only within their own organization. MAISY Residential ZIP Area Market Database are provided for client-specified ZIP codes. Licensing fees are based on total population covered in client-selected ZIP codes.

Commercial ZIP Code Area Database Detail

The following data items are available for each ZIP code area. Commercial databases are customized to include any set of ZIP codes and commercial segments defined by building type, building size, number of employees, energy use and bills characteristics and/or other details.

Commercial business type segments include General Office, Medical Office, Banking and Finance, Hospital, Nursing Home, Assembly, Educational, Grocery, Convenience Store, Hotel, Religious, Restaurant, Fast Food, Retail, Services, and Warehouse.

Data Items

Number of businesses
Average number of employees
Average annual energy use kWh and energy bills
Average annual natural gas energy use (Btu) and bills
Average fuel oil/propane/other energy use (Btu) and bills
Name of distribution utility
Average monthly electricity use and monthly natural gas use
Average day-type/month hourly load profiles (weekday, peak day, weekend day for each of 12 months)
Heating and cooling degree days
Average temperatures

Commercial License Fee

MAISY ZIP Area Market Databases include proprietary information belonging to Jackson Associates and are licensed to individual users who agree to use the information only within their own organization. MAISY Commercial ZIP Area Market Database licensing fees are based on ZIP code population and the number of business type segments. Contact Jackson Associates for pricing.

Jerry Jackson, President
Jackson Associates
37 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 500
Orlando, Fl 32801
cell:979-204-7821 office:407-926-4048
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