Discover Energy第一能源电费账单解读全攻略

很多时候,电费的账单常常被人忽略,

很多人在澳洲生活好几年了,

都没有认真的看过自己的电费账单。

有的时候是懒,怕麻烦。

但是偶尔想要看一下的时候。

觉得过于复杂,根本无法理解。

读电费账单这项基本生活常识技能,

今天我们来手把手的教你。

以后自己交出去的每一分电费,

自己都可以清楚的知道花去了哪里。

1.      电价的组成

首先,澳洲电费一般由两部分组成:usage charges(用量费),只和使用量有关,使用了多少度的电就会收取多少钱,即度数×每度电的单价。

supply charges(供电费),即使不用电也会每天收取,费用始终是固定的,即天数×每日的供电费单价。

1.      电费账单周期:

一般来说电费账单的周期有2种,分别为,1个月和3个月。

这个周期是根据您的电表决定的,电表分三类,分别是accumulation meter (累计电表),Interval meter (间隔电表)和Smart meter(智能电表),前两种需要读表员每季度读取数据所以是按季度付,后一种智能电表是远程自动上传数据,所以可以实时获取准确的数据,所以可以按照月付。

账单上会清楚表明这张账单的账单周期(Bill period),也就是说这个账单的收的是从XXXX年XX月XX号至XXXX年XX月XX号,共计天数(Number of days)XX天的电费。

在了解了以上基本概念后,我们来看一张实际的账单:

一般我们的账单分为三页。为了方便大家查看,我们做了中文备注

是不是觉得特别多的数字,看的眼花缭乱。其实远比看起来的要简单。

第一页,通常是最重要的一页,就是价格页。我们把原价,折扣价格,GST价格都清清楚楚的列举了出来。

第二页,主要是给出了付款的方式。

第三页,给出了用量明细。不同的用量 X 价格,告诉您第一页的价格是如何根据用量来计算出的。

现在一项一项的来为您分析账单:

以这份账单为例:

最上面的,是您的地址信息。和我们的联系方式:

下面是这次账单的信息总结:

账单发行日期(issue date):2020年7月23 日

税务发票号(Tax Invoice):103092

账单周期(Bill Period):2020年6月22日-2020年7月22日

共计天数(number of days):31天

账户信息与折扣信息

Previous Activity :  显示上次账单的结余款项, 这里的CR代表Credit的意思,就是账户里的余额。

Electricity charges 电费总金额(在第三页会有明细说明):这里的电费金额是原价的价格,并不是您这次所需要实际支付的价钱。这是没有折扣,没有GST的原始电费总金额。

所有带有Discount是我们给您的折扣,需要拿原始电费总金额减去所有的折扣。

GST included in new changes 也就是您一共要给的GST。

总结公式为:

【电费总金额(Electricitycharges )- 折扣(Discount)】*1.10(因为有10%的 GST) +/-上次账单余额/欠款=您实际所支付的金额

以这张账单为例:

(139.45-1.14-2.29-30.91)*1.10 -0.88=114.75

在账单的右边,清楚表明了此次账单您所要支付的总金额,以及支付时间。

本次账单需要支付的总金额为$114.75

需要在2020年08月11日前支付

我们的账单自发出日起,会给大家预留至少2周时间可以选择多种方式自主付款(自助付款方式会显示在第二页),如果没有自助付款,系统会due day后选择默认扣款(Direct Debit)。

第二页,主要是支付方式和电话信息

您可以根据您需求,选择最方便的支付方式。我们支持传统澳洲信用卡,Mail,Direct Debit,Bpay等付款方式。同时支持微信支付,关注公众号,就可以一键管理支付您的账户了。

第三页,就是用电量明细

第一段是关于您电力供应的信息:

这里的 NMI全称为:National Meter Identifier

每家用户的地址只要通电就一定会有一个号码,相当于这个地址已经通电的身份证或者说是认证号码,一个地址有且只有一个NMI号码,但是可以有多个电表连接。注意!电表号不等于NMI,通常有的用户会误认为自家电表上的号为NMI,但实际上是不正确的。

为什么有的时候电力公司会要求提供NMI?

当您在咨询电价的时候或者需要通电的时候,通常电力公司会向您询问NMI号码,这样做的目的主要有两个。

第一:可以准确帮您算出两个电力公司的电费差价。

第二:确保您的通电地址正确。

第二段是关于用电量的,我们需要获取您电的用量,才可以计算价钱。

Meter Reads(读取电表)可以告诉我们您的用电量。

需要注意的是,根据澳洲政府的规定,读取电表都是由第三方独立机构来完成。所以电表读数是绝对真实可靠的。

但是由于除智能电表外,传统电表是需要人工实地读取的,很多不可控因素会导致读表失败,那么在这样的情况下,读表公司会给出一个预估读数。

如果是预估值,账单会显示E,如果是实际读数,则显示A。

获取用电量后,再来根据实际用电量来计算所需付的电费,值得注意的是,有客人电费为单一电价(single rate),但是有的账单却是分时电价(Time of usage),是因为这不同的收费标准是由配电商预先设置好的,配电商会根据已有信息包括区域位置,电表类型,用电性质等确定这个收费标准。

之后根据用电量 X 电价来算出您的电费

如上文所说,

①   该用户的电费账单周期从2019年10月22号到2019年12月12日

②   用电量为134 KWH,每一度电单价为$0.2680,所以用电量的电费是 134 *0.2680=$35.91

③   每日服务费用为$0.7900,一共52天,所以服务费用总计为$0.7900*52=$41.08

④   所以该用户上个季度应该支付的总电费为$35.91+$41.08=$76.99

这里要注意的是,这个价格是原始电价金额,没有算上折扣和GST,所以这不是您最终需要支付的价格。您最终需要支付的总价是第一页显示的价格。

在这里,如果您的账单上显示了一个CL 代表着Control load,很多人不明白这个是什么?

Control load是专门针对大型或者高耗能设备的独立电表,它最常用于热水系统。该电表则记录家里特殊供电用途,例如:

用电去加热您的泳池或者热水,再或者给您的游泳池,灌溉系统供电。

这部分的电费通常比较便宜,因为会在晚上用电低峰期供电。

Control load一般分为Control load 1和Control load 2,两者最主要的区别是供电的时长不一样。

Control Load 1 一般供电时间时间为10pm-7am,供电时长为6小时。

Control Load 2 一般供电时间为8pm-7am,供电时长为8小时。

为什么家里会有这个control load的电表?

高峰用电时间为了保证居民的基本生活的正常用电,澳大利亚各地电站将提供充足的电力。但是澳大利亚政府为了保证电力供给充足,需要控制一部分电力的供给,尤其是针对这些大功率的耗电设备。所以澳洲政府才会选择用在晚上用电低峰期为这些大功率的居民生活设施供电,并且电价相对较便宜, 鼓励用户在低峰期用电。

最后,附上一份账单手册:

(左右滑动图片,查看更多页)

看似复杂的电费单,其实里面的内容很简单。DE为了可以让客户清楚的看到电费原价,折扣价格,GST价格,所以都每一条都单独清晰的列举了出来。

从账单上,可以完全了解电费的由来。

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