kVASy-Grid Utilisation Management

The integrated kVASy - Grid Utilisation Management (GUM) realises the electronic exchange of billing data between grid operators and dealers and appropriately portrays the payment transactions in the liberalised energy market. This module supports both the grid operator’s perspective (debtor’s perspective) and the dealer’s perspective (creditor’s perspective). Different functions simplify the payment transactions between the market participants and the invoice verification of grid usage billing.

Exchange of billing data

The exchange of billing data occurs on the basis of a “letter of advice”. The following business transactions are supported:
• Annual consumption billing
• Advance payment plans
• Request for advance payment

Flexible data exchange

Flexible formats adapted to the market participants can be configured for all business transactions. The concrete formats can be stored as freely defined csv files, whereby only some basic demands on the contents of the files should be considered. The identification of the customers is carried out over (on the level of the market participants) freely definable identification markers.

Application of advance payments

The advance payments for creditors can be imported by means of an interface or can be applied manually based on an agreed set of rules as far as the communication partner cannot deliver any data.

Accounting control

The requests for advance payment received are checked with respect to the billed amount, the reason for billing and due date, and the advance payments are taken into consideration in verifying the annual consumption bills received.