Onboard Overview

The first step in your Leap-powered grid services program is to onboard your customer’s devices or utility meters to the Leap platform. This will result in a unique Leap meter ID that will be used going forward to track their program enrollment and participation. There are two ways for these assets to be onboarded and their respective Leap meter IDs to be created:

• Partner-created meters
• Customer-authorized meters

The customer region and desired programs will determine which option is appropriate. See details below for both utility meter and device programs.

Utility Meter Programs

The utility meter programs in the table below use interval data from from the residential or commercial utility meter for event performance calculations. Customer-authorized programs in the Onboard Method column require that customers authorize utility data sharing via Leap Connect in order to enroll. This data sharing gives Leap access to energy usage interval data in order to calculate event performance and settlements. After a customer completes the Leap Connect utility authorization, Leap generally receives meter data from the utility within 1-2 days, at which point Leap will automatically create a new Leap meter on the platform.

* TX ERS does not require utility authorization since ERCOT is collecting the interval data directly for performance calculations and therefore these meters can either be onboarded by the customer (via Leap Connect) or created directly by the partner (via Create Meters API or Portal upload).

Device Programs

The device programs in the table below use device-level interval data provided by partners so Leap can calculate performance and settlements. For these programs, partners can directly create meters on the Leap platform by sharing the required enrollment data for each program.

* These device programs can also support utility meters but they would still require interval data to be supplied by the partner and the device program automation use cases would still apply.

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Considerations for Utility Meter vs. Device-level Programs

There are some key differences to be aware of when processing Leap meters for assets in utility meter programs vs. device programs. Check out the Utility Meters vs. Devices guide for more details.