Billing History
The Billing History Report provides monthly meter readings for each usage point in a Usage Point Group for a selected range of billing periods. This information can be used as input to the tenant billing process. By default, the billing period range is unspecified, meaning the report will display all billing periods stored in Netstream, however, this can be changed using the date selection boxes.
To run the report, choose the Usage Point Group then:
- Optionally select the billing period start month
- Optionally select the billing period end month
- Select the reading types
- Select the accumulation:
Cumulativeto show the dial reading at midnight on the first day of the month
Deltato show the consumption in the month - Click the
Runbutton
The Billing History report displays a variable number of columns each representing one billing period. The report's format is:
| Column Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Service Location | Location of an individual usage point. For residential or most businesses, it is typically the location of a meter on the customer's premises. For transmission, it is the point(s) of interconnection on the transmission provider's transmission system where capacity and/or energy transmitted by the transmission provider is made available to the receiving party. The point(s) of delivery is specified in the service agreement. |
| Usage Point | A name identifying a usage point. A usage point is a logical or physical point in the network to which readings or events may be attributed. Used at the place where a physical or virtual meter may be located; however, it is not required that a meter be present. |
| ID / NMI | Unique usage point identifier. Either a National Metering Identifier (NMI) where allocated or an internally generated identifier. |
| Metrology Requirement | The type of measurement being made at the usage point. |
| Meter S/N | The meter serial number. |
| 01 Month Year | Shown when accumulation is Cumulative. The meter reading at the start of the billing period, i.e. at 00:00 on the 1st of the month. |
| Month Year | Shown when accumulation is Delta. The consumption during the month. |
Handling mid-month move-in or move-outs
When a tenant moves in or out of a service location part way through the month part of the reported billing total should be apportioned to each tenant. The Billing Summary Report does not automatically cater for tenant movements mid-month. Instead, you can use the Special Read Report together with the Billing Summary report to retrospectively obtain an estimated reading mid-month.
Handling meter churn
Meter change-outs can lead to misleading information in the billing report. When an old meter is replaced with a new one the report's opening and closing readings came from different meters and so cannot be used for accurate billing for that month. For example, if the new meter started accumulation from zero then the closing reading may well be lower than the opening reading. To gain an accurate opening and closing reading use the Special Read Report to obtain an estimated reading for the month.