Telemetry QA Checklist for Demand Response Workflows

Published: March 8, 2026

Duplicate Timestamp Detection

Hard-fail uploads when duplicate timestamps exist for the same interval. Duplicate rows can silently bias baseline ranking and same-day adjustment factors.

Interval Coverage Threshold

Enforce minimum event-window coverage for candidate days. A practical threshold is 80% to balance data salvage and reliability.

Timezone Consistency

Normalize source and target timezone labels during conversion. Preserve interval boundaries and verify no drift around DST transitions.

Future-Data Guardrails

Prevent baseline methods from using telemetry after the event start when same-day calculations are enabled.

Patch Auditability

When filling missing intervals, include method metadata and before/after summaries in exported QA outputs for downstream traceability.