Product sheet

GJELDE

Settlement, invoicing and collection

Demo at our end

The situation this answers

The invoice basis is assembled from metering values in one system, tariffs in another and contract terms in a third, and the last step is often a home-built spreadsheet. If an invoice is disputed, someone has to trace back through all three - and the rates have changed since.

Fits best when

invoice grid rent or district heating, and assemble the basis by hand somewhere in the chain.
spend days on a disputed invoice, because the figure must be recalculated before it can be explained.
handle a tariff change mid-period as an exception rather than as the normal case.
have Norgespris, the electricity subsidy and the electricity duty bolted on as surcharges and deductions above a generic pricing engine.

What you get

One settlement instead of several spreadsheets
A shorter path from question to answer on an invoice
An auditable basis when someone asks
Fewer settlements that have to be redone
The same answer whoever does the calculation

Requires none of the other modules: metering points and metering values can come from the registers you already have, through an open interface.

What we do not cover: GJELDE does not collect the debt itself: collection runs through an integration to those who do it daily, with the basis ready.

GJELDE · Product sheet

How it works

When someone asks why the invoice came out the way it did, the answer is rarely in one place. The metering values come from one place, the tariffs from another, the contract terms from a third, and the calculation rules often live with whoever did the job last time. GJELDE is the place where these meet, and where the result can be shown: what each party is owed, and what basis the number rests on. The tariff is usually the hardest part, because it is not one price but a structure of a fixed charge, an energy charge and a capacity charge, and it can change in the middle of a period. If the metering value, the tariff, the agreement and the rule sit together and traceably, the answer is short. If they sit scattered across spreadsheets and systems, it becomes an investigation. Nor does GJELDE stop at the number. The invoice is produced and sent, gentle reminders are handled inside the system, and debt collection runs through an integration - the basis travels the whole way, including when the case ends up with someone else. GJELDE does not require the customer to replace anything: metering data can come from SEFTA and metering point and installation data from SPIRA where they exist, and otherwise it takes an integration with the customer’s own systems.

The functions in detail

The basis travels with the number: Every line in a settlement can be traced back to the metering value, the tariff, the agreement and the rule behind it. An amount without that chain is a claim, not a settlement.
The tariff that applied then, not the one that applies now: Tariffs and agreements change, and a tariff change mid-period must not bleed backwards. A settlement is calculated on what was in force at the time, even when it is redone six months later.
Disputes are settled with evidence, not trust: When two parties disagree about an amount, the question is always what the calculation rests on. If the basis is open to both, the discussion is short.
Norwegian schemes, not generic pricing: Norgespris, the electricity subsidy, the electricity duty and the Norwegian grid tariff models are not variants of a generic price list. Each has its own rules for who is covered, which hours count and how the amount is calculated. Handled as exceptions bolted onto a generic engine, they become a maintenance problem every time a rule changes.
Elhub is part of the calculation: For grid and power, metering values travel via Elhub before they become an invoice basis, and supplier switches and annual consumption arrive the same way. A switch mid-period moves who is owed for what, and that has to land correctly in the settlement. District heating sits outside Elhub, and there the metering values go straight from SEFTA into invoicing.
Builds on what is already there: Metering data from SEFTA and metering point and installation data from SPIRA where they exist. If the basis lives in the customer's own systems instead, it takes an integration - neither module is a requirement.

The status, explained

Demo at our end: We can show it here. Not yet verified against market interfaces, so your input carries weight now.
Ready for the platform: Verified against simulated market interfaces, not in operation.
In production: In production with a customer today.

Works together with

SPIRA: One consolidated register for metering points, installations and assets - the source of truth the rest of the chain builds on.; Ready for the platform
SEFTA: Validation, estimation, and editing with versioned time series, traceability, and export-ready data.; Ready for the platform
SAMTYGD: A shared integration layer to the modules, the surrounding systems and market hubs such as Elhub.; In production

Terms used here tvimenning.no/en/ordbok

Settlement: Turning metering data into money. Consumption and production per metering point become what each party owes or is owed.
Grid tariff: The component of electricity customers' bills that covers grid rental - regulated by NVE.
Peak demand charge: Tariff component based on customer's maximum power consumption - part of new grid fee model to incentivize more even consumption.
Norgespris: A Norwegian state scheme letting households choose a fixed electricity price instead of the variable market price.
Electricity subsidy: Norwegian state scheme covering part of a household’s electricity cost when the market price exceeds a threshold.
Electricity duty: A Norwegian excise duty per kilowatt-hour consumed, collected by the grid company on the grid rent invoice and paid to the state.