1   Contract number (9 digits) Number assigned to the contract for this service address. 2   2. Service address This may be different from the billing address. 3   3. Document title Designates the detailed statement, which provides a breakdown of your consumption for the service address covered by the contract. An additional detail such as "copy", "Equalized Payments Plan", "reprint", "cancelled" or "adjusted" may be added. 4   4. Consumption period Billing date, period covered and number of days. 5   5. For your information Section used for various messages or updates on the status of a payment guarantee. 6   6. Power factor The power factor corresponds to the ratio between your real power and your apparent power, times 100. 7   7. Load factor The load factor (LF) corresponds to the ratio between your actual energy consumption (kWh) and the maximum power available to you during a given billing period, based on your maximum power demand. It enables you to estimate your use of the maximum power demand for the period. 8   8. Payment guarantee Under the bylaws in effect, Hydro-Québec may require a payment guarantee as a condition for supplying electricity. This can be provided as a cash deposit or in another form, such as a letter of guarantee or surety bond. A deposit has a review date, while a letter of guarantee or surety bond has an expiry date. Hydro-Québec reviews your file on these dates and either terminates the guarantee (crediting the deposit, plus interest, to your account) or extends it (keeping the deposit). This information appears on each detailed statement you receive while the guarantee is in effect. 9   9. Calculation of consumption Breakdown of consumption and applicable charges for the service address, based on the meter readings and the contract rate. The calculation will look familiar, since the rates and calculation method are unchanged. 10   10. Meter The number on your meter (or meters, if your power in kVA and in kW is measured with different devices). 11   11. Readings Your current meter reading, the previous and the multiplier used to calculate your energy consumption in kWh for the billing period. Note: To obtain your power demand in kVA and in kW, you don’t have to recalculate the difference between the current reading and the previous one, because the power demand is reset to zero after each reading. 12   12. Fixed charge The fixed amount you must pay for service before any consumption; this amount is prorated to the number of days in the billing period, on a monthly basis (30 days).
Daily fixed charge as of April 1, 2010: $12.33 13   13. Minimum demand 65% of your highest power demand during a consumption period that is entirely within the winter period. 14   14. Apparent power Your highest power demand, in kVA. 15   15. 90% of apparent power 90% of your highest power demand in kVA. The result is expressed in kW. 16   16. Real power Your maximum power demand, in kW. 17   17. Billing demand The demand used to calculate your bill: Either the maximum demand for the period or the minimum billing demand, whichever is higher. It's the portion exceeding 50 kW that is billed.
Price of demand exceeding 50 kW as of April 1, 2010: $15.54/kW 18   18. Consumption The total energy consumed during the period, in kWh. 19   19. kWh consumed in first and second brackets First 15,090 kWh per month
Consumption in the first price bracket, prorated to the number of days (30) in the billing period.
Price of first 15,090 kWh per month as of April 1, 2010: $0.0882/kWh Remaining consumption (if applicable)
Consumption in the second price bracket.
Price of remaining energy consumption as of April 1, 2010: $0.0485/kWh 20   20. Subtotal The subtotal before taxes, which is carried over onto the bill. 21   21. Previous consumption Table that allows you to track your electricity consumption over time.