With this billing method, all consumption costs recorded on a meter are allocated to all lease agreements in a building. The allocation is based on the proportion of leased space.
Note: This operating cost billing scenario is only possible if eTASK Energy Consumption Billing is installed. It is also closely related to the “Standard Billing” billing scenario. The description provided here should be understood as supplementary to or deviating from the standard billing. This means that the steps in the standard billing must also be performed, or the base data generated there must be available, in order for this billing scenario to be successfully executed.
Advantages:
Once this consumption billing variant has been configured, only the meter readings need to be logged for successful billing.
Disadvantages:
It is not possible to track on a monthly basis which tenant is assigned which consumption
Losses are neither traceable nor billable
Tip: Always configure consumption billing before recording the first meter readings. This ensures that the configuration for allocated costs is applied immediately. If you make the settings later, you must manually add the cost allocations to ensure correct billing.
Differences from the standard scenario:
The consumption costs recorded in eTASK Media Supply are allocated instead of invoice amounts
Steps 10–12 of the “Standard Billing” billing scenario are omitted
You are familiar with the “Standard Billing” billing scenario
The building record exists
The meter record is available
Path to the starting point: Technical Building Management - Energy Consumption Billing - Meters
Before you calculate the building’s operating costs in eTASK Operating Cost Billing:
Open the data record for the meter whose consumption you want to bill.
In the Billing section, select "Relevant for operating cost billing" from the Billing Type dropdown menu. The fields below will be enabled.
In the Cost Center dropdown menu, select the building’s cost center.
If the cost center is also used for other buildings, select the building in the "Building" dropdown menu.
In the "Different G/L Account" dropdown, select the G/L account where consumption costs are recorded. This G/L account must match one of the G/L accounts from Step 3 of the "Standard Billing" billing scenario.
Enter the meter readings.
The consumption costs are now allocated proportionally to the rental area across all lease agreements in the building when you calculate the building’s operating costs.
