One advantage of a relational database system like EnSite Safari Suite is the ready availability of Safari data—data that is organized, normalized, and accessible via our base product retail energy Data Extracts. For Safari Version 4.19, we’ve added no less than seven new Data Extract protocols to the base system, […]
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Safari 4.19 Preview: Energy Contract Pricing
Users of EnSite Safari Suite know energy contract pricing is a cornerstone of energy sales management. Safari Contracts support complex energy pricing and unit management for natural gas and electricity, a key component of success in retail energy sales. A host of features make complex energy billing with Safari manageable, […]
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Utility Data Management for Energy Marketers
For energy marketers, utility data management and utility relations are a big piece of the success “pie”. The energy customer is, after all, a customer of the utility as well as the energy marketer. In this relationship the customer is, of course, at the center. And as every good energy […]
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Safari 4.19 Preview: Miscellaneous Charges for the Billing Group
You asked, we delivered. Users of the upcoming Safari Release Version 4.19 will be able to add and import one-time charges for the Billing Group customer tier. Until Version 4.19, users were limited to adding charges at the Account tier. The enhancement is applicable to the Adjustment Maintenance screen (also […]
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Complex Energy Pricing for Retail Energy Billing
Billing for “units x price = cost” is not so tough, wouldn’t you agree? Of course, retail energy billing for large commercial and industrial end users is a tad more complex. And by “a tad” we mean, of course, about a metric ton. In this article, learn how EnSite Safari […]
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Safari Suite 4.19 Preview – Retail Energy Invoice
The upcoming EnSite Safari Suite Release Version 4.19 includes our new Invoice Documents feature, which will allow users to attach documents to the individual Safari Suite retail energy invoice and to print/PDF the attached documents along with the invoice. Legacy “Template” Reports Safari Suite has for some time included an […]
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Managing Utility Meter Reads in Safari Suite
One hallmark of a superior retail energy billing system is its flexibility in managing the customer’s Utility meter reads. How will the usage be input into the system? What types of reads are supported for import and invoice automation – daily, monthly, calendar months, off-calendar cycles, EDI 867 files? How […]
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How Does Your System Rate?
For energy marketers, so much depends on price—and it had better be the right price. Fortunately, users of EnSite Safari Suite® have a wide array of standard options and built-in safeguards enabling precise control over retail energy pricing rates for commodity, basis, demand, or virtually any other product offering that […]
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Safari Upgrade Highlights for Version 4.17
A recent EnSite Micro White Paper made note of EnSite’s operational philosophy of “continuous improvement”. Last month we once again made good on that claim with the release of Safari Suite® Version 4.17. With each Safari upgrade, EnSite brings new and enhanced operational efficiency to its flagship product for retail […]
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