Billing Account Notes

NOTE: We're in the process of rolling out the accounting API to all of the utilities we support. Accounting information is currently only available for AEPIM, Ameren, AustinEnergy, BLUEWATER, ComEd, ConEd, Duke, ENERGYCO, EPE, ESSEX, EVERSOURCE, EVRSRC, FPL, IEDR, LADWP, LAKEFRONT, NATGD, PCE, PEPCO, PG&E, PPL, PSEG, SCE, SDG&E, SRP, SSMPUC, SWEPCO, SoCalGas, TEP, and WELLAND.

We do everything we can to check the values that appear in a Billing Account but sometimes the utility simply doesn't provide the information we need or the information they do provide is conflicting. In these circumstances, we add a note to the billing account to make it clear that something is amiss so you can double-check the values against the source documents.

Attribute	Format	Description	Example
`type`	Note Type	The type of note. See list below for list of types.	`"billing_summaries_strange"`
`msg`	String	A human readable description of the note. It may be tweaked often, so don't rely on it always staying the same for a given type.	`"Some of the billing summaries had unexpected information and didn't pass our audits. The listed fields should be considered suspect."`
`ts`	ISO8601	The timestamp of note.	`"2016-01-01T12:30:24.653422+00:00"`
…		Extra attributes based on `type` (see below).

Examples

// Example strange note
{
    "type": "billing_summaries_strange",
    "billing_summary_note_type": "audit_failed_on_new_charges",
    "billing_summary_statement_date": "2016-01-31:17:00:00.000000+00:00",
    "billing_summary_uid": "123456",
    "msg": "One of the billing summaries has new charges that don't add up. Please double check to make sure the data is correct.",
    "ts": "2018-04-24T11:04:21.481999+00:00",
}

Billing Account Note Types

Type	Description	Additional Attributes
`billing_summaries_strange`	Some of the billing summaries had unexpected information and didn't pass our audits. The listed fields should be considered suspect.	`billing_summary_note_type` - BillingSummaryNoteType - The type of note on the affected billing summary `billing_summary_statement_date` - ISO8601 - The statement date of the relevant billing summary `billing_summary_uid` - UID - The UID of the billing summary with the note
Extensible: We may add variants to this enumeration type in the future, so be able to handle unknown values gracefully.