TotalEnergies: How to understand your electricity bill
In a world where energy is essential to everyday life, it’s essential to understand what you’re spending every penny on. Our handbook will take you through the key aspects of your energy bills, from breaking down the technical concepts to deciphering the numbers and terms that can often seem overwhelming, including the famous CUPS NUMBER.
2. Bill details
Here you will find all the information that identifies this invoice and that you will need if you have any queries about it.
- Invoice number: tax identification number for this invoice.
- Reference: this is the invoice code. It consists of the contract number, followed by a sequential indicator of the corresponding invoice number.
- Invoice issue date: date on which this invoice was issued.
- Billing period: time interval invoiced.
- If you pay by direct debit, the date on which you will be charged the amount corresponding to your invoice.
- If you do not pay by direct debit, the date by which you have to make the payment for this bill, will appear.
4. Summary of the invoice and payment details
The summary of the items invoiced and the total amount for your invoice is shown.
The details for the calculation of each of these items can be found on the back of the invoice in the “Invoice details” section.
- Contracted power: total amount you pay for the power you have contracted. Which power you should contract depends on the characteristics of your electrical installation and the use of the electrical appliances you have in your home or premises. The price of the power is fixed and independent of consumption.
- Energy consumed: the total amount you pay for the energy you have consumed, that is, for your electricity consumption.
- Electricity tax: this is a tax on electricity established by the Ministry of Industry.
- Rental of metering and control equipment: reflects the cost of renting metering and control equipment.
- Tax applied: VAT (Value Added Tax) or IGIC (Canary Islands General Indirect Tax) is applied as applicable.
- Total invoice amount: this is the total amount to be paid, taxes included.
Other items:
In addition, depending on the specific invoice or the tariff you have contracted, other items may appear:
- Regularisation and other items: this item includes costs associated with possible regularisations.
- Contracting rights: this is the cost corresponding to extension and access rights.
You will also find information about your payment method:
- If you pay by direct debit: you will be informed of the account number on which the amount of your invoice will be charged and the date on which you will be charged.
- If you do not pay by direct debit: you will see the bar code for payment at the bank counter.
7. Contract details
This section contains the main details of the contract holder and other relevant information about your contract:
- The main details of the contract holder: name and ID number.
- Address of the supply point: postal address of the contract for this invoice.
- Free market contract: this is the name of the electricity tariff you have contracted with the company to which this invoice corresponds.
- Power contracted: the value in kW of the power currently contracted, for both the off-peak and peak periods.
- Unified supply point code (CUPS): this is a unique code that identifies your supply point. It is headed by the sequence “ES” followed by another 20 alphanumeric digits. This is a piece of information that you will have to provide if you need to inquire about your invoice or contract so that rastreWatios can carry out your personalised study.
- Permanence and end date of the permanence: in the case of having a permanence, this is indicated with a Yes and below it, the end date of the same.
- Meter number: this is the identifier number of the meter that the distribution company uses to measure the energy consumed.
- Supply contract reference: number of the contract with the electricity supply company.
- Electricity supply company: name of the electricity supply company (with which you have your contract).
- Distributor: name of the distribution company (that is in charge of delivering electricity to your home or premises).
- Access contract reference: number of the contract with the distribution company.
- Transport and distribution toll: this is the tariff paid by the electricity supply company to the distribution company for the use of the distribution network. This tariff is set by the Government and in the case of domestic use or for businesses with a power of less than 15 kW it is called tariff 2.0TD
- Charge segmentation: the segment in which your type of supply falls for other regulated charges (other than tolls). Examples of these charges are production charges in electricity systems in the non-peninsular territories, the electricity system deficit or waste treatment.
- End of supply contract: date on which this contract ends. This data is merely a reminder and for information purposes. The contract is renewed annually and automatically unless otherwise indicated.
8. Invoice details
All the concepts and amounts invoiced are detailed and explained here:
- Billing for contracted power
This is the amount you pay for the contracted power. It is calculated by multiplying the contracted kW by the price per kW of your tariff and by the number of days of the billing period. This amount includes and details what is billed for the access toll, which is the payment made for the use of the distribution networks.
- Billing for energy consumed
This is the total amount you pay for the energy you have consumed. It is obtained by multiplying the kW consumed during the billing period by the price per kWh of the contracted tariff. This amount includes and details what is billed for the access toll, which is the payment made for the use of the distribution networks.
The sum of the items detailed in points 1 and 2 gives the first subtotal.
Other items are detailed below:
- Discounts: if you have any discount on the fixed or variable price according to the tariff you have contracted.
- Services: if you have any contracted service.
- Electricity tax: this is a tax on electricity established by the government. It is calculated using a pre-established formula.
- Rental of metering and control equipment: this is the amount paid for the rental of the meter. If you own it, you will not be charged for this item.
The sum of items 3, 4, 5 and 6 gives the second subtotal (other items).
The sum of the two subtotals gives the total amount.
Finally, it is applied:
- VAT or IGIC: this is the tax on consumption established by the Government.
The TOTAL INVOICE AMOUNT is the total amount to be paid.
9. Destination of the invoice amount
We show you in a graph what the total amount of your bill is spent for and in what percentage:
- Energy: the part of the total for the contracted power and electricity consumption during the billing period.
- Meter rental: if you do not have your own meter, the percentage of the bill allocated to its rental.
- Taxes: these are the taxes on the bill that are paid to the government for VAT or IGIC and for the electricity tax.
- Transport and distribution tolls: the percentage share paid to the distributor for the maintenance and improvement of the Spanish electricity grid.
- Charges, which in turn are broken down as follows:
- Remuneration for renewables, co-generation and
- Waste (RECORE) 49.35%
- Deficit 36.86%
- Generation in non-peninsular territories (TNT) 13.66%
- Others 0.13%
Below you will find information on electricity consumption for the purposes of billing tolls and charges in the different hourly periods.
TotalEnergies: How to understand your gas bill
2. Invoice details
This section shows the main information you may need if you wish to make any queries about this bill:
- Invoice number: tax identification number for this specific invoice.
- Reference: this is the invoice code, made up of the number of your contract, followed by a sequential indicator of the corresponding invoice number.
- Invoice issue date: this is the day on which the invoice was issued.
- Charge date: this is the day on which this invoice will be charged.
- Billing period: this is the time interval used for billing the consumption.
4. Summary of the invoice and payment details
The summary of the items invoiced and the total amount for your invoice is shown.
The details for the calculation of each of these items can be found on the back of the invoice in the “Invoice details” section.
You will also find information about your payment method.
- Energy: the total amount you pay for the energy you have consumed, that is, for your gas consumption.
- Services and other items: this is where the discounts (if you have any) that are applied to you according to the gas contract you have taken out, are included.
It also includes other items such as the rental of the gas measuring equipment and the hydrocarbon tax*. - Tax applied: implies VAT (Value Added Tax) or IGIC (Canary Islands General Indirect Tax) as applicable.
- Total invoice amount: this is the total amount to be paid, taxes included.
- If you pay by direct debit: you will be informed of the account number where the amount of your invoice will be charged and the date on which you will be charged.
- If you do not pay by direct debit: you will see the bar code for payment at the bank counter.
(*) Hydrocarbon tax for all gas consumers, which came into force for consumption from 1 January 2013 on, and the tax rate can be general or reduced, depending on the use of consumption:
- Domestic use – General tax (0.00234 €/kWh).
- Professional use – Reduced tax (0.00054 €/kWh).
7. Contract details
This section contains the main details of the contract holder and other relevant information about your contract:
- The main details of the contract holder: name and ID number.
- Address of the supply point: postal address of the contract for this invoice.
- Contracted product: name of the tariff of the contract to which this bill corresponds.
- Type of gas: type of gas being supplied.
- Meter number: this is the identifier number of the meter that the distribution company uses to measure the energy consumed.
- Contract reference: contract number.
- Gas supply company: name of the gas supply company (with which you have your contract).
- Your distributor: name of the distribution company (that is in charge of delivering gas to your home or premises).
- Access toll: this is the tariff paid by the gas supply company to the distribution company for the use of the distribution network. This tariff is set by the government.
End date of the supply contract: date on which this contract ends.
This data is merely a reminder and for information purposes. As indicated on the bill, your contract is renewed annually and automatically unless otherwise indicated.
8. Invoice details
It includes the breakdown and how the different items that make up your bill, are calculated:
- Gas energy term: the total amount you pay for the energy you have consumed. It is calculated by multiplying the consumption in kWh by the price per kWh.
- Fixed term: total amount you pay for the contracted tariff. It is a fixed price established according to the tariff of your product. It is calculated by multiplying the flow in m³ by the price per kW/day.
- Discount percentage on the fixed term or on the energy term: indicates the discount percentage and the base on which it is applied, depending on the product you have contracted with your gas supply company.
- Equipment rental: cost for the rental of metering equipment.
- Hydrocarbon tax: hydrocarbon tax for all gas consumers, which came into force for consumption from 1 January 2013 on; the tax rate can be general or reduced, depending on the use of consumption:
- Domestic use – General tax (0.00234 €/kWh).
- Professional use – Reduced tax (0.00054 €/kWh).
- VAT or IGIC:
- VAT: Value Added Tax.
- IGIC: General Indirect Tax of the Canary Islands. It is applied in the Canary Islands instead of VAT.
- Total amount: this is the total amount to be paid, taxes included.