In VertiGIS FM Energy, a tariff stores the rates that applied to your energy consumption and calculates the costs of the energy usage recorded at your metering points.

Tariffs are applied to a metering point and calculate costs based on the energy usage in the metering point's consumptions. In the Consumption section on the metering point details page, the monthly consumptions specify the number of units consumed during the time period. Typically, the number is multiplied by a rate specified in the tariff to determine the costs for the time period.

Total Consumption Costs for a Month Calculated Using a Standard Tariff (Metering Point Details Page)

You can see all the active tariffs in your system by clicking Tariffs on the VertiGIS FM Energy start page.

Tariffs Link on the Start Page

The Tariffs page lists the existing tariffs in the database in a table.

Existing Tariffs

You can add, edit, or delete a tariff on this page. You can double-click a tariff in the table to view its details.

Tariff Details

You can see the tariff's basic details when you double-click a tariff in the table, or select it and click the View Details () icon.

Basic Tariff Details

You can also access a tariff's details by selecting Tariff Regulation under Objects on the VertiGIS FM Energy search page.

Additional tariff details, including pricing information used to calculate costs when the tariff is applied to a metering point, are found in the runtime tariff details.

Runtime

A tariff's runtime stores its pricing and consumption information and the dates during which this information is valid.

Runtime Tariff Details

The runtime stores the tariff details listed below, in additional to the date the runtime is active.

•Municipal discount: you can select this check box to apply a discount to any of the fields below. This is usually used for public sector customers like a municipality, who may receive discounted rates.

•Stand­ard tar­iff basic price [Cent/unit]: a basic tariff that multiplies your consumed energy units by a specified number of cents.

•Stand­ard price net­work stand­ard tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•Grid losses stand­ard tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•Price of con­sump­tion stand­ard tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•Budget tar­iff basic price [Cent/unit]

•Basic price net­work low-cost tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•Grid losses low-cost tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•Price of con­sump­tion low-cost tar­iff [Cent/unit]

•De­mand charge [€ Per­ unit/Year]

•De­mand charge net­work fee [€ Per­ unit/Year]

•Basic price elec­tri­city [€/Year]

•Basic price net­work [€/Year]

•Set­tle­ment of grid charges [€/Year]

•Fees for net­work mon­itor­ing ser­vice [€/Year]

•Fees for opera­tion of meter­ing point­s net­work [€/Year]

•Con­ces­sion levy [Cent/unit]

•Rent for trans­former­ [€/Year]

•Re­new­able Energy Law premi­um [Cent/unit]

•KWK-Zusch­lag Net­z [Cent/unit]

•Ad­dition­al allow­ance [Cent/unit]

•Blind addi­tion­al work [€/kvar­h]

•Elec­tri­city grid reg­ula­tion of fees - grid charge [Cent/unit]

•De­fer­rable load net­work [Cent/unit]

•Off­shore liab­ility appor­tion­ment net­work [Cent/unit]

•Tax on elec­tri­city [Cent/unit]

•CO2 emis­sion [kg/unit]

•SO₂-Emis­sion [g/unit]

•NOₓ-Emis­sion [g/unit]

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Monetary values in the tariff are calculated in cents. On the metering point details, consumption costs will be shown in the actual currency (for example, Euros or Dollars).

In the tariff details, "unit" is replaced by the unit of measurement based on the Energy Source associated with the tariff. The currency, shown using the Euro (€) in the table above, also varies based on the currency defined in the tariff details.

Municipal Discounts

You can add discounts to any of the rates stored in the tariff details by selecting the Municipal Discount check box. This causes an extra column of text boxes to appear to the right of the runtime details.

Municipal Discount Applied

In the text box, you can enter the percentage by which the discount will reduce the tariff. In the example above, the rate applied to the customer's energy consumption is 5.485/kWh (0.5 × 10.9700).

Discounts are often offered to municipal government clients.

Start a Runtime for a Tariff

In order to calculate the costs of the energy consumption for the metering point to which the tariff is assigned, you must create a runtime in the tariff.

To Start a New Runtime for a Tariff

1.From the VertiGIS FM Energy start page, navigate to the Tariffs table.

2.Double-click the tariff to which you want to specify a runtime.

3.In the Runtime section, click the Add () icon.

4.Under Runtime, click the calendar icon () in the From field and select the date from which you want the tariff to apply the details specified in this runtime.

5.Expand the Tariff Details section and enter the pricing and emission information. Refer to Runtime Tariff Details for more information.

6.Click Save and Close.

Update a Tariff's Runtime

If you need to change the pricing information associated with a tariff, you must end the existing runtime and create a new one.

To Update a Tariff's Runtime

1.From the VertiGIS FM Energy start page, navigate to the Tariffs table.

2.Double-click the tariff whose runtime you want to update.

3.In the Runtime section, click the Edit () icon.

4.Click the calendar icon () in the Until field and select the date you want to stop applying the runtime's rates to the metering points to which the tariff is assigned.

5.Click Save and Close.

6.Create a new runtime in the tariff that begins after the previous runtime ended. Enter the updated rates information in the runtime details.

If any of the sections described in this topic do not appear on the details page, you may need to edit the section authorization to show them.