Gas Delivery Here are definitions for some of the terms you may see in your bill.

• Basic Service Charge—A charge to cover costs for meter reading, billing, equipment and maintenance. This charge is the same regardless of how much energy is used during the billing period.
  
  
• Gas Delivery—Our charges for transporting gas across our distribution system to your home, whether it is purchased from us or another supplier.
  
  
• Adjustment for changes from normal weather—A mechanism that adjusts customers' gas bills due to variations from normal weather during the heating months, October through May.
  
  
• Tariff Surcharge—New York State and many local municipalities impose taxes on our revenue. These operating costs are recovered through a tariff surcharge applied to all rates and charges and may vary among taxing municipalities within our system area.
  
  
• Merchant Function Charge—A charge to reflect the costs we incur associated with the procurement of gas supplies. This charge will not be billed to you if you choose an alternate supplier.
  
  
• Import Tax—We are required to collect a state tax on natural gas imported but not sold by us. Only customers buying gas from suppliers other than us are subject to an import tax.
  
  
• Sales Tax—In some areas we are required to collect state and local sales taxes. Some school districts also impose taxes.
  
  
• Billing & Metering Services—Charges that are already included in the Delivery Service charges of your bill. Billing is a charge to cover the calculating and rendering of your bill. Metering is a charge to cover the procurement, installation, maintenance and reading of the meter.