Change in methodology for pei.consuming.ca

Earlier this year I added an “imported” column to the pei.consuming.ca web app. I was pulling this figure from the New Brunswick System Operator System Information page.

I’ve since learned that this is the electricity that is scheduled to be imported, not the actual flow of electricity over the submarine cables.

So I’ve changed the methodology for calculating the “imported” column to simply be:

imported = load - (wind + solar + fossil)

I’ve been reassured by PEI Energy Corporation that this will result in an accurate value for “imported.”

For longtime consumers of this web app, this (finally) answers the question that several of you have asked: why don’t the “generation” numbers add up to equal the “load.”