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There is no difference. Adding the rest of the variables to the GUI is just far down the TODO list.
The .rdd file is created whenever you run the simulation through OpenStudio as well. Just run the simulation like you normally would, then find the eplusout.rdd file in the MyModelName\run\5-EnergyPlus-0 directory. Also, many of the available variables stay the same between different models, so you can look at any old .rdd file you have laying around to copy from and most of the time you'll be fine. Requesting variables that aren't available will at worst throw warnings during the E+ run.
Hmm, this is odd. Do you see the Electricity:Facility meter in ResultsViewer? I would double-check two things:

There is no difference. Adding the rest of the variables to the GUI is just far down the TODO list.
The .rdd file is created whenever you run the simulation through OpenStudio as well. Just run the simulation like you normally would, then find the eplusout.rdd file in the MyModelName\run\5-EnergyPlus-0 directory. Also, many of the available variables stay the same between different models, so you can look at any old .rdd file you have laying around to copy from and most of the time you'll be fine. Requesting variables that aren't available will at worst throw warnings during the E+ run.
~~Hmm, this is odd.~~ Do you see the Electricity:Facility meter in ResultsViewer? I would double-check two ~~things:~~
things first:
1. The meter you are adding actually shows up correctly in the .idf file.
2. That there are no warnings about this meter in the eplusout.err file.