House Gas Owners

The House Gas module allows you to invoice owners for gas used at a private meter.

The house gas owners screen is where all the House Gas owners in the system are defined, along with their meter number, general information and processing options.

The House Gas module is an optional module so your program may not have the ability to manage House Gas. Contact SherWare Support If you are interested in adding this capability.

Setting up a New House Gas Owner/Meter
You can setup a new owner/meter with the following steps:
1) Use the Owner Information window to create a new owner record if one doesn't already exist.
2) Use this House Gas Owner Information window to setup the meter information.
3) Enter any meter readings on the House Gas Meter Entry window.

Owner ID
The owner associated with this meter. The owner number can either be typed in or picked from the list by clicking on the owner ID button. This owner needs to be defined under the Maintain > Owner Information screen before they can be chosen here.

Meter No.
The meter number associated with this owner. An owner can be associated with multiple meter numbers, but meter numbers are unique and cannot be duplicated.

Counter Length
The counter length determines how high the counter will advance before it rolls over to zero. It also determines how to pad the meter readings that you enter for this particular owner. For example, if the owner's meter read 13400000 during a given month and they are setup with a counter length of eight, you would only have to enter the significant digits of 134, and the system would pad the reading to the counter length with zeroes on the right side.

Description
A description of this meter. If owners have multiple meters on their property, a description is often easier to track when entering data than a meter number.

Group
The group of wells with which this meter is associated. If an owner exceeds their yearly allocation and is billed for their usage, their payment will be given to this group as income. Once the payment is entered, you will be able to select the wells in this group that you wish the revenue to be allocated to. The group also allows you to run gas usage reports based on group. The groups are specified under the Maintain menu.

GPA Received
Specifies whether the owner has filed their Gas Purchasing Agreement yet.

Route No./Sequence
The route number and sequence determine the route that this meter gets read on, and the order during that route that it will get read. This allows you to print a route report with all the owners on a route, in the order that they should be read, allowing for easier meter reading entries.

Comments
Any comments for this owner. These will appear on the route report under each owner.

Gas Usage Details

Yearly Allocation
The amount of gas that the owner is allocated to use during the year. Once they have exceeded their allowance, they will be billed for the remainder of the year.

Last Reading
The counter value the last time that the meter was read. This will be updated after each meter reading.

Price Adjustment/MCF
If this owner's contract states that they will pay an amount per MCF above the current price, enter the amount of the adjustment here. This value will be added to the price before calculating their balance for the month.

Multiplier
The multiplier used to arrive at their MCF usage during the month. This can be overwritten when entering the meter readings.

Pressure (PSI)
Enter the PSI for this owner, if known.

Calculate Multiplier from PSI
If the PSI is known, the button to calculate the multiplier from the PSI can be selected, which will automatically fill in the multiplier. The multiplier is calculated by taking the pressure and adding it to 14.4. That number is then divided by 14.7 to arrive at the multiplier.