Systems, methods, and devices for analyzing utility usage with load duration curves

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations associated with a utility monitoring system, the operations comprising:

• accumulating demand interval data collected by at least one utility monitoring device in the utility monitoring system, the demand interval data including a number of utility usage rate values and associated temporal data;
• generating a load duration curve (LDC) from at least some of the accumulated demand interval data;
• generating an associated duration chart (ADC) indicative of one or more associated duration parameters relating to a selected portion of the LDC;
• and
• storing the generated first ADC in association with the generated first LDC.

A monitoring system for monitoring usage of at least one utility by a utility consuming system having a plurality of utility consuming segments, the monitoring system comprising:

• at least one utility monitoring device configured to accumulate demand interval data from the utility consuming system, the demand interval data including a number of utility usage rate values and associated temporal data;
• a display device;
• a user interface;
• and
• at least one controller configured to:
• receive, via the user interface, a selection of a type of load duration curve (LDC) to be generated;
• receive, via the user interface, a selection of a type of associated duration chart (ADC) to be generated;
• generate an LDC based on at least some of the accumulated demand interval data and the selected type of LDC;
• generate an ADC indicative of one or more associated duration parameters relating to the generated LDC, the ADC being generated based on the selected type of ADC;
• and
• command the display device to display the generated LDC and the generated ADC.