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The electric bill is composed of five main parts and gives a
large amount of information about the use of electricity and
the costs involved.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is a public
corporation that was founded in 1941. Their responsibility is
to provide electric energy services to customers in the most
efficient, cost-effective and reliable manner in harmony with
the environment.
4. 1. Information about the Utility Supplier:
includes the contact information such as name,
postal direction and official phone number and
web site.
5. 2. Client information: includes the information
regarding the user such as the issue date of the
bill, account number, billing cycle, name and
service postal direction.
6. 3. Meter Number: the official meter
codification that is registering the electrical
energy consumption for the service direction.
7. 4. Days of consumption: the number of
consumption days measured and billed
8. 5. Remote: indicates if the bill cost was based
on remote billing or meter readings.
9. 6. Actual Reading: actual reading on meter was
directly read or was an estimate reading.
10. 7. Last Reading: the reading on meter done
during the last month.
11. 8. Constant: It is multiplied by the difference of
the Actual and Last readings in order to obtain
the consumption to be billed.
14. 11. Exported: the kilowatts of electricity that
are generated but are not used and are
returned to the Puerto Rico Electric Power
Authority (PREPA) power lines.
15. 12. Accepted for accumulation: indicates the
amount of kilowatts of electricity accepted by
PREPA.
16. 13. Period Accredited: the amount of kilowatts
of electricity that was accredited to the
account.
17. 14. Net Consumption: the total that was billed
after being accredited from the kilowatts
gathered.
29. 26. Due Date: the last date for the bill to be
paid without additional late fees
30. 27. Law 33: the law applying to the electricity
bill and billing processes.
31. 28. kWh Cost: details the cost for every bill
period. It varies from client to client.
32. 29. Consumption History: a bar graph that
represents the electricity consumption with
respect to time. It shows the consumption for
the last twelve months. The last month shown
at the right is the last month billed.