Jargon lesson 1: NMI & MIRN

I was thinking since I have already mentioned about what to look for when you shop around for energy retailers, it may handy to know some of the jargons that the sales reps may use such as NMI and MIRN.

NMI - National Metering Identifier

NMI or the National Metering Identifier is a unique identifier that identifies your supply or connection point and is assigned by your local distributor. Your NMI should be printed on your electricity bill as regulated by the Energy Retail Code. NMI has 10-digit numeric characters although alphanumeric NMIs are still in use. Your bill normally shows your NMI with 11 characters. The last character or the 11th character is the checksum of the NMI.

Currently, you can still identify the jurisdiction of your NMI based on the first character.
· Victoria – starts with 6 or V
· South Australia – starts with 2 or S
· NSW – starts with 4 or N
· Tas – starts with 8 or T
· Queensland – starts with Q

And if you are in Victoria, you can tell who your distributor is by your first 2 characters:
· AGL – starts with ‘60’ or ‘VD’
· Citipower – starts with ‘61’ or ‘VA’
· Powercor – starts with ‘62’ or ‘VC’
· SP Ausnet – starts with ‘63’ or ‘VB’
· United Energy – starts with ‘64’ or ‘VE’

MIRN

MIRN or Metering Installation Registration Number like your electricity NMI is a unique identifier that identifies your gas supply or connection point and is assigned by local distributor. MIRN has a reserved first character which means MIRN starts with ‘5’.

I will think of more jargons but in the meantime if you would like to know any of them, just let me know...