Understanding the Role of Customer Billing and Metering Systems in Consumption and Revenue Management in Public Utilities in the United States
了解客户计费和计量系统在美国公用事业消费和收入管理中的作用
This slide presentation outlines the role of customer billing and metering systems in consumption and revenue management in U.S. public utilities. The basics of a customer information system (CIS) are given and several aspects of its functionality are outlined including: meter reading/AMR; walk-ins; telephone and accounting groups; collections; supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA); City Financial Management System (FMS); water conservation; table of statistics on Annual Revenue Loss Associated with Billing and Metering
Inconsistencies - 20 U.S. Water and Wastewater Utilities; table of statistics on Annual Revenue Loss By Meter Size Associated With Billing and Metering
Discrepancies - 20 U.S. Water and Wastewater Utilities; examples of how specific Customer Service Policies
and Operations affect Apparent Revenue Loss; Distribution of Inconsistencies and Related Revenue
Loss by Meter Size; and, Policies and Procedures for Capturing Revenue. Includes tables, figures.