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Home > Customers > Small Business > Your Bill Explained (kWh) Small Business Customers Your Bill Explained - kWh As a small business customer who typically uses less than 50 kilowatts (kW) of electricity on average per month, you are set up with a standard meter(s) that is capable of measuring kilowatt-hours (kWh). If you don’t fit this description, see Your Bill Explained (kWh & kW). The sample bill below will help you understand how those charges have been separated, and show you how they appear on your bill. Simply position your mouse over a number, and click. You will be linked to an explanation for that section of the bill. You can also scroll down to get to the same information. To find out how your small business electricity rates are calculated, go to Rates and Pricing
1. Service address is the premises address being charged for usage. Back to bill front | Back to bill back 2. Your account number. If you pay through your financial institution, ATM, by phone, or Internet, you will need it for reference. Back to bill front | Back to bill back 3. How to contact us. Back to bill front 4. A summary of what you owe. Calculation details can be found on the back of the bill. Back to bill front 5. The date after which a late payment charge will apply. (A late payment charge of 1.5 per cent per month (19.58 per cent per year) will be applied to your next bill if your payment is not received by the stated date.) Back to bill front 6. Watch this area for important messages from Hydro One Networks. Back to bill front 7. Our province-wide 24-hour power outage and emergency number. Keep it handy for future reference. Back to bill front 8. Standard Service Supplied by Hydro One will show on the bill of customers who are not enrolled with a retailer. Back to bill front 9. This comparison chart details your average electricity use per day. It will appear on every bill, as required by the government. The chart indicates if your read is based on an actual or estimated read. Back to bill front 10. Your remittance stub. To make a payment by mail, detach it and include it with your payment. Please be sure the return address shows through the envelope window. (This section will be blank if you are enrolled in our Pre-Authorized Payment Option or if you have a credit on your account.) Back to bill front 11. Balance forward shows the amount of your previous bill, payments made since, and any difference. Back to bill back 12. Your electrical service will fall into one of the following classifications: Urban Density, Single Phase or Three Phase accounts. Back to bill back 13. Your electricity consumption calculation includes your meter reading, the date we read it and whether your bill is based on an actual meter reading or an estimate. Your meter calculation should contain references to kWh. If you see references to kW, you need to go to Your Bill Explained (kWh & kW). Back to bill back 14. Metered usage in kilowatt-hours shows the amount of electricity you used based on your actual or estimated meter reading. When electricity is transmitted over distances and passes through lines and transformers, a small percentage is lost naturally. Line losses are an unavoidable part of delivering electricity. Therefore, we must purchase a small amount more than what you use. To determine the amount of electricity that we need to buy for you, we use a calculation called an adjustment factor to adjust your usage. The line item Adjusted usage in kilowatt-hours shows the amount
of electricity you used after adjustment for line losses. The adjustment
factor is used to account for the line losses in the electricity system
that are not measured by your own meter. The adjustment factor
is approved by the Ontario Energy Board and will vary according to your
service type. The adjustment factor on the sample bill is 1.092. 15. Electricity The OEB reviews electricity prices every six months and resets prices, if necessary. If you are currently buying your electricity from a retailer (or have recently signed a new contract) and are paying their contract price, you will continue to pay the price set out in your contract. The Electricity charge is calculated based on adjusted usage (amount of electricity we purchased on your behalf after adjustment for line losses). Back to bill back 16.
Delivery The majority of the variable charges are calculated based on metered usage, with the reminder of the variable costs calculated based on the adjusted usage (amount of electricity we purchased on your behalf after adjustment for line losses). Delivery charges are set according to your service type. Back to bill back 17.
Regulatory charges 18.
Debt retirement charge 19. Shows any one-time adjustments as they relate to your current bill, such as account set-up charge, late payment charges and other miscellaneous fees and credits. Back to bill back 20. These meter dials are provided should you choose to review your electricity usage. Back to bill back 21. Every bill includes a standard glossary of terms, which was written by the Ministry of Energy and electricity distributors, and tested by consumers. This glossary helps to explain the line items and you'll find it on the back of the remittance stub. Back to bill back |
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