Premise - Characteristics
The Characteristics page contains information that controls taxation and other rate options that differ based on geography. Use and navigate to the Characteristics page.
Description of Page
Many charges that appear on bills associated with consumption at this premise are controlled by the premise's characteristic values (e.g., the taxing city defines the city tax percent applied to the premise's consumption). Refer to An Illustration Of A Bill Factor And Its Characteristics for more information.
Characteristics also matter if your rates were set up to convert measured consumption into some other unit of measure before charges can be calculated (e.g., converting a cubic foot of gas to its therm value). Refer to All Calculation Rule-Based Rates Share a Common Structure for more information about pre-processing calculation groups.
You can only choose characteristic types defined as permissible on the premise record. Refer to Setting Up Characteristic Types & Their Values for more information.
The following fields display:
Effective Date Indicate the effective date of the characteristic type and value. The effective date defaults from the Installation Record when you are adding a new premise. The effective date defaults to the current date when you are changing an existing premise.
Characteristic Type Indicate the type of characteristic.
Characteristic Value Indicate the value of the characteristic.
Default note. A premise's characteristics default from your postal default information. Refer to Setting Up Premise & Service Point Postal Defaults for more information. If you change the premise's postal code, the system will default characteristic values based on the new postal code.