This page provides infromation that explains the NENY EmPower Benefits and Financial Summary that are built into a Tableau report (the two tabs added to this workbook functions independently). The SharePoint Tab also provides instructions on the monthly process of accessing the related documents on the site.
Blurb on the purpose of these reports
The Benefits Summary table is an overnight batch process that holds data from the Project Management Database for completed work.
The filters allows Utility to further filter and look at specific measures.
The Completion Date From filter allows user to chose only year, month, or specific date. The filter however, may not be saved.
Utility can see an overview of the funding at a high level to see where the New Efficiency NY funding is being used.
The Incentive Budgets information is pulled from NEIS(incentive only), it provides a snapshot of what the expenditures are for a particular utility.
Even if the top part of the page is filtered, the Incentive Budgets table does not get filtered.
The NENY EmPower Financial Summary provides budge information pulled from NEIS. The information allows the tracking of the new efficiency NY funding. Use this tab to learn about each of the categories.
Evaluation will be added down the road under the Activity Category.
| Category Title | Definition |
|---|---|
Budget | Budget Amount |
| Expended | What Has Been Invoiced |
| Encumbered(the money assigned to a contract but hasn’t been given to them) | What is Encumbered in a Contract |
| Total Progress | Expended Amount + Encumbered Amount |
| Remaining Amount | Budget Minus Total Progress Amount |
This is a once a month process for Utilities to access the SharePoint site to locate the associated folders and documents.
Access the EmPower SharePoint site here: EmPower+ External SharePoint Reports Site
On the SharePoint site, click the applicable tab on the left navigation bar to access the associated documents.
