ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that customer's individual meter number together with the beginning and ending meter readings for natural gas usage. When analyzing an actual natural gas billing for the presence of these items, problems may be encountered in locating. The facility charge, when present on a natural gas billing, generally indicates a non-standard condition. The current period adjustments figure represents customer natural gas usage in excess of marketer deliveries in the current billing period. The chapter covers actual billing examples of the three different processes: LDC full service, LDC delivery service, and marketer commodity service. Natural gas billing detail is critical to understanding and reducing costs. The customer charge is the basic LDC charge to obtain service under the applicable rate. Customer charges are detailed in the appropriate rate schedule. Customer charges range from small to very large, depending upon the type and size of the customer’s usage characteristics.
