Advisor and notification to reduce bill shock

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining, by an energy usage alert system, that a consumption cost assigned to a user exceeds a threshold cost for a period of time;
• receiving, by the energy usage alert system, weather sensor data corresponding to the period of time;
• comparing, by the energy usage alert system, the weather sensor data for the period of time to baseline weather data;
• identifying, by the energy usage alert system, weather as a cause for the consumption cost assigned to the user exceeding the threshold cost based on the comparison;
• and
• generating, by the energy usage alert system, a notification indicating that the consumption cost for the user exceeds the threshold cost and that weather is one reason for the consumption cost exceeding the threshold cost.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for a usage alert system to generate usage alerts, the instructions, when executed by the usage alert system causing the usage alert system to:

• determine, based on consumption data for a user for a period of time, that consumption of a resource attributable to the user exceeds a threshold consumption;
• receive weather sensor data corresponding to the period of time;
• compare the weather sensor data for the period of time to baseline weather data;
• identify weather as a cause for the consumption attributable to the user exceeding the threshold consumption based on the comparison;
• and
• generate a usage alert indicating that weather is one reason for the consumption attributable to the user exceeding the threshold consumption.