A Metered Services Consumption Report is a communication between trading parties, or their agents, providing consumption and where required associated technical information at a location(s) for a product(s) or service(s) where the supply is recorded using a meter(s).
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- At least one delivery party (premise) shall be identified per message.
- Each Metered Services Consumption Report will define the period of time for which the details contained are valid.
- A Metered Services Consumption Report may be used to provide consumption information which may directly relate to other business functions, e.g. invoicing or process control.
- A Metered Services Consumption Report may be sent by the buyer or the seller to the other party.
- Metered Services Consumption Reports will be provided for premises as defined by trading partners.
- Locations, products and/or services, and meters shall be identified where ever possible within the report using the GS1 numbering system to facilitate automatic processing.
- The Metered Services Consumption Report may be transmitted at any time and may be related directly to either a delivery(ies) and/or an invoice. A Metered Services Consumption Report when used to support the financial information contained in an invoice may only relate to one invoice. A Metered Services Consumption Report when used to indicate consumption or qualitative information may relate to one or many delivery parties (premises).
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