Utility Bill Recovery / Cultivation investigation tools

Demand Detective.
Find your peak.

Inspect the interval behind the number. Start with the demonstration, then bring your own utility interval data.

01 / Utility context

Find the interval. Understand the charge.

ILLUSTRATIVE DEMONSTRATION15-minute interval lens

Your bill has a peak. Let’s inspect it.

Move the lens across the day. The highlighted point is the interval you are inspecting; the gold line marks the highest interval in the loaded data.

Highest loaded interval · kW
Selected interval · kW average
Interval starting at

Use your interval data.

Import a CSV exported or prepared from your utility records. Processing happens in this tab. No file is uploaded.

Required headers: timestamp,demand_kw or timestamp,energy_kwh. For energy, enter the interval length below. One meter, non-negative values, unique consecutive timestamps. Maximum 40,000 rows.

30- or 60-minute averages cannot establish a 15-minute billing maximum. Timestamps must use ISO format, such as 2026-08-03T16:00:00-07:00. Without an offset they are treated as local wall time. DST transitions require explicit offsets.

What this peak can tell you.

Maximum demand, TOU demand and historical facilities demand can use different bases. A peak in this file is evidence to compare with the bill; it is not automatically the quantity the utility should bill.

Put the evidence to work.

We review cultivation power bills, investigate supportable billing disputes and explain the next step. A screening result identifies what to investigate; it does not establish an error or a refund.

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How this tool works

The demonstration uses invented load data. CSV mode calculates the highest average kW in the supplied intervals. Energy intervals convert using kW = kWh × 60 ÷ interval minutes. The tool does not calculate a tariff charge or reconstruct missing data.

Utility references: SCE bill components · LADWP commercial schedules · PG&E time-of-use plans.

Independent educational tool from Utility Bill Recovery. No utility affiliation. Inputs on this page stay in this browser tab; they are not sent to us. Download your brief before leaving. The confidential review link opens our separate intake process.