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Why "Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy" is not reported when PV is not specified?

It seems that Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy is not reported in the csv or sql output files when there is no PV module specified. My understanding is that this is due to the absence of generator object.

However, Net Electricity From Utility is still shown in the html report:

Although Net Electricity From Utility can be manually calculated as the sum of the electricity used by lights and equipment in this case, may I ask if there is a way to "force" EnergyPlus to report its value in the csv and sql files?

Thank you.

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Why "Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy" is not reported when PV is not specified?

It seems that Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy is not reported in the csv or sql output files when there is no PV module specified. My understanding is that this is due to the absence of generator object.

However, Net Electricity From Utility is still shown in the html report:

Although Net Electricity From Utility can be manually calculated as the sum of the electricity used by lights and equipment in this case, may I ask if there is a way to "force" EnergyPlus to report its value in the csv and sql files?

Thank you.

image description

Why "Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy" is not reported when PV is not specified?

It seems that Facility Net Purchased Electric Energy is not reported in the csv or sql output files when there is no PV module specified. My understanding is that this is due to the absence of generator object.

However, Net Electricity From Utility is still shown in the html report:

Although Net Electricity From Utility can be manually calculated as the sum of the electricity used by lights and equipment in this case, may I ask if there is a way to "force" EnergyPlus to report its value in the csv and sql files?

Thank you.

image description