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Cost Adjustment

The Cost Adjustment page allows a cost adjustment to be added or edited; both actions are rare after the initial setup has been completed. All fields are required. In cases where a cost adjustment has been changed, it is sufficient to add a new effective-dated cost adjustment rate. If the nature of the cost adjustment written into the rates has changed significantly, This page addresses both add and edit mode.

Enter the Description of the cost adjustment, its name. This field is required and may contain up to 32 characters.
Select the Service Class, either gas or electric. This value may not be changed in Edit mode.
Click Save. The effective date grid displays.
Click New to launch the Cost Adjustment - New popup.
Enter the Rate amount. The acceptable range is -999.9999999 through 999.9999999. Zero is a valid entry. This value will be applied to the charge that is calculated for the rate component. A negative rate means the overall charge will be reduced. This rate is multiplied by the consumption defined on the rate component to yield the charge.
Enter the Start Date. This is the first date that the cost adjustment should be applied to charges. If there is already a cost adjustment defined for this service class, the system will give that adjustment an end date one day prior to the date entered in this field.

Note: Note: If the State Date is back dated earlier than the start date of the prior effective date, the system will issue an error. If the Start Date is a date where there are posted bills, the system will issue a warning about data integrity and will state that historic bill will not be updated.The Start Date cannot be earlier than a calculated billing, or the system will issue a warning that the bills need to be recalculated. The system will display only one error or warning, the one that is valid at the most severe level.

Click OK to close the popup and save the fuel cost adjustment.

In addition to the bill, cost adjustment information is presented on the Billing Register and Usage Charges Report output.

Discontinue a Cost Adjustment

Discontinuing a cost adjustment is performed rarely (e.g.,when a significant change in the nature of the cost adjustment deprecates one or more cost adjustments).

To discontinue a cost adjustment, click the Discontinue button. This will launch a popup indicating that the cost adjustment will not be applied to any future billing cycles. The End Date is required; today's date is the default value. Click OK to discontinue the cost adjustment. The cost adjustment may not be re-opened.