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How To: Read Your Business Gas Bill

Your company's gas bill explained!

Click on the numbers below to view information on that aspect of your gas bill.

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Example Gas Bill

Gas Bill Explained

  1. Billing address – this is the address where your bills are sent to
  2. Account Number – the account number for the site
  3. Invoice number – the number of the invoice
  4. Date (Tax Point) – the date the bill was produced
  5. Supplied Address – the address of the site that the gas has been supplied to
  6. Statement Section – this gives you a brief outline of balances brought forward from previous invoices, payments made to the account and any credits on the account.
  7. MSN – this is the meter serial number that appears on front of your meter
  8. MPR – this is the Meter Point Reference number and it uniquely identifies the location of the meter point.
  9. Period of Use from and To - dates of which the supply period runs from and to
  10. Meter Readings – refers to the previous and present meter read
  11. Meter Unit – this identifies whether the meter reads the amount of gas used in cubic meters (M3) or cubic feet (HCUF, OCUF, TCUF)
  12. CF – this is the correction factor, it is a factor applied to take into account the effect of temperature and pressure on the delivery of gas. It is used, with the calorific value, to convert units to kWh's.
  13. Calorific Value – along with the correction factor this figure is used to convert the units to kWh's. It is a figure calculated by the transporter and is basically a measure for the heating power and quality of the gas.
  14. Energy – this is the converted figure from the units to kWh's
  15. Price (p/unit) – the rate at which the units are charged, pence per kWh
  16. Daily Charge – this is a fixed charge that includes metering and transportation costs. May also include commission.
  17. CCL at 0.159p/kwh - total climate change levy charge based on the total units and the current CCL rate
  18. VAT at 17.5% - VAT charged on the Net total (inc. CCL)

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