Premier On-Line Invoice (E-Bill) Access Instructions
Welcome to E-Bill, a new feature that enables users to view monthly invoices on-line via Premier. Using the new Premier E-Bill screen, users can view their bills electronically. E-Bill is found on the “Invoicing” submenu located under both the “Flowing Gas” and “Billing” menu headings.
As in the past, the monthly bills are generated overnight after the final allocations and billing batch processes are complete. When the invoices are ready for distribution, usually on the 10th of each month, all users identified as “Billing” contacts will receive an email that the bills are available for viewing.
Viewing Invoices
1. Select the appropriate pipeline and the accounting period. Search.
Notice the Billing History and Bill Summary information provided. The prior month’s and prior year’s bill amounts are provided. In addition, the user can see if anyone else from their company has already viewed the invoice. In the example below, Bob Smith was the first person from the user’s company to view the bill, while Jane Williams was the last person to view the bill.
2. If the customer is an agent, then the user can view the agent’s entire bill or view the bill of just one shipper for which the customer is the billing agent.
To view the agent’s bill, click the View Agent Bill button.
(Agent View)
To view a shipper’s bill, select a shipper in the Bill Details section and click the View Shipper Bill button.
(Shipper View)
Note: If the customer is not an agent, the Bill Details area will be disabled.
Saving an Invoice to Your PC Hard Drive
(Note: The instructions below apply to Windows operating systems and may vary for other operating systems.)
Invoices can be saved to your hard drive. From the E-Bill screen:
1. Select View Agent/Shipper Bill. The invoice will appear in Adobe Acrobat.
2. Within Adobe Acrobat, press the Save Icon on the top left of the menu bar.
3. System will default to “My Documents.” DO NOT USE this selection.
4. On the left of the “Save a Copy” window, select “My Computer.” Then double click on “C$ on ‘Client’ (C:).”
5. Select or Create a Folder on your drive to store the file.
6. Press the Save button.
Downloading Schedules
E-Bill users can download a select group of receipt and delivery allocation reports as comma delimited files that can be viewed in Excel:
INV4009 and INV4009P SNG Delivery Allocations by Service Type
INV4020 and INV4020P SNG Gas Volume Delivered
INV4057 and INV4057P SNG Delivery Point Operator Allocation Details
INV4704 and INV4704P SNG Receipt Point Allocations
If a customer is an agent, the downloaded reports will contain the data for the agent and all of its billing shippers.
1. Search for a customer’s bill.
2. Select a report from the Download list.
3. Save the report in the desired location.
4. Open the downloaded file from Excel.
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