Electric Utility --> Payment Administration Center:
usage and billing info

Definitions

usage and billing info (Information Flow): Account, usage, charging, limits and similar information relevant to electric utility billing.

Electric Utility (Source Physical Object): The 'Electric Utility' is the local provider of electricity through an electric power distribution network

Payment Administration Center (Destination Physical Object): The 'Payment Administration Center' provides general payment administration capabilities and supports the electronic transfer of funds from the customer to the transportation system operator or other service provider. Charges can be recorded for tolls, vehicle-mileage charging, congestion charging, or other goods and services. It supports traveler enrollment and collection of both pre-payment and post-payment transportation fees in coordination with the financial infrastructure supporting electronic payment transactions. The system may establish and administer escrow accounts depending on the clearinghouse scheme and the type of payments involved. It may post a transaction to the customer account, generate a bill (for post-payment accounts), debit an escrow account, or interface to a financial infrastructure to debit a customer designated account. It supports communications with the ITS Roadway Payment Equipment to support fee collection operations. As an alternative, a wide-area wireless interface can be used to communicate directly with vehicle equipment. It also sets and administers the pricing structures and may implement road pricing policies in coordination with the Traffic Management Center.

Included In

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This Triple is described by the following Functional View Functional Objects:

This Triple is described by the following Functional View Data Flows:

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This Triple has the following triple relationships:

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Communication Solutions

No communications solutions identified.

Characteristics

Characteristic Value
Time Context Recent
Spatial Context National
Acknowledgement True
Cardinality Unicast
Initiator Source
Authenticable True
Encrypt True


Interoperability Description
Regional Interoperability throughout the geopolitical region is highly desirable, but if implemented differently in different transportation management jurisdictions, significant benefits will still accrue in each jurisdiction. Regardless, this Information Flow Triple should be implemented consistently within a transportation jurisdiction (i.e., the scope of a regional architecture).

Security

Information Flow Security
  Confidentiality Integrity Availability
Rating Moderate Moderate Moderate
Basis May include PII and thus should be obfuscated. Drives information that may affect payment and user experience, which needs some level of assurance and consistency. Drives information that may affect payment and user experience, which needs some level of assurance and consistency.


Security Characteristics Value
Authenticable True
Encrypt True