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Zone multiplier not accounted for in Output:Variable for baseboards

I am working with a high-rise apartment model in EnergyPlus v9.2; it's a modified DOE prototype, with one modification being the addition of baseboard heating via the ZoneBaseboard:OutdoorTemperatureControlled object. I am trying to get the annual electric energy consumption for all of these baseboard zone objects reported in the html output.

I attempted to do this by defining an Output:Table:Annual to sum the Zone Baseboard Electric Energy [J] Output:Variable. What I've noticed is that the Output:Variable doesn't appear to take floor multipliers into account. This model has one ground floor, one mid floor with a multiplier of eight, and one top floor; but the mid floor Zone Baseboard Electric Energy [J] Output:Variables are 1/8 of what I'd expect. It appears that this is as designed: https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/6361

If this is truly how the output is meant to be reported (without the multiplier applied), how can I go about getting the true total annual electric energy consumption for all of the baseboard zone objects included in the html output?

Zone multiplier not accounted for in Output:Variable for baseboards

I am working with a high-rise apartment model in EnergyPlus v9.2; it's a modified DOE prototype, with one modification being the addition of baseboard heating via the ZoneBaseboard:OutdoorTemperatureControlled object. I am trying to get the annual electric energy consumption for all of these baseboard zone objects reported in the html output.

I attempted to do this by defining an Output:Table:Annual to sum the Zone Baseboard Electric Energy [J] Output:Variable. What I've noticed is that the Output:Variable doesn't appear to take floor multipliers into account. This model has one ground floor, one mid floor with a multiplier of eight, and one top floor; but the mid floor Zone Baseboard Electric Energy [J] Output:Variables are 1/8 of what I'd expect. It appears that this is as designed: https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/issues/6361

If this is truly how the output is meant to be reported (without the multiplier applied), how can I go about getting the true total annual electric energy consumption for all of the baseboard zone objects included in the html output?