Whats wrong with correlating energy usage with degree days covering irregular periods?
The problem is with the baseload energy consumption – the constant in the equation of the straight line (48.186 in the example above). The method above assumes that the baseload is a constant number, but this assumption only makes sense if the periods of consumption are all the same length. When records of energy consumption cover periods of various lengths, the baseload energy consumption depends on the lengths in question. If the baseload is 20 kWh for a 1 week period, it will be 40 kWh for a 2 week period, and 60 kWh for a 3 week period.
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