Goals of this article is to:

• Provide general information about the utilities that require an authorization request
• Provide information on what the authorization request is
• Provide the overall process to get a utilities live that require an authorization request

General Information:

Utilities: Utilities that require the authorization request are listed as Authorization Request in the Authorizations Requirement column of . This list also provides the type of data each provides utility.

What is an Authorization Request:

An authorization request is InstaPull’s way for an Edge broker to send out a form to an account holder to provide access to the account’s energy data. If the broker keeps their customer’s account credentials, they will be able to manually enter the credentials on an InstaPull Authorization (Step 6a under “Create Authorization” below)

Process:

To get data from these utilities, here are the four main steps:

1. Add the Organization/Account: Add the data to your Edge system.
2. Create Authorization: Create the Authorization and send the authorization to the customer. InstaPull sends out an email to the customer or authorized representative.
3. Customer Authorizes: A customer or authorized representative fills out the InstaPull form and clicks Authorize, authorization InstaPull to pull data.
4. Pull data: On the account level, a user will be able to historical usage and add a subscription.

Add the Organization/Account