Visualizing energy consumption and cost trends using virtual billing cycle calculations and statistical analysis

A user interface presented in a display, comprising a plurality of indicators that compare utility consumption associated with a site to other related utility consumption data, wherein the plurality of indicators comprises:

• one or more indicators that indicate a utility consumption level associated with the site;
• one or more indicators that indicate a trend of the utility consumption over a plurality of time periods;
• and
• one or more indicators that describe comparison results between the utility consumption and the other related utility consumption data.

A system comprising:

• a processing unit;
• memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform acts comprising:
• obtaining first consumption data that comprises utility consumption data collected in a subset of a time period associated with an actual billing cycle;
• obtaining second consumption data that comprises utility consumption data collected in a time period previous to the time period associated with the actual billing cycle;
• applying a time window and a utility cost rate to the first consumption data and the second consumption data to obtain a virtual billing cycle;
• and
• calculating a utility cost for the virtual billing cycle.