Convert Your City of Austin Bill to CSV

Upload a City of Austin Utilities bill PDF and get clean, structured data — every service split out, total kWh and gallons, charges per service, billing period, and meter reads — in about 30 seconds.

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Anatomy of bill fields extracted

Upload a PDF, get clean CSV. Below is a sample combined municipal statement — electric, water, wastewater, drainage and trash on one bill — with the structured fields you get back, labelled with their CSV column names.

EXAMPLE MUNICIPAL UTILITY

P.O. Box 0000 · Sample City, TX 78700 · 1-800-555-0100

Statement · Page 1 of 4

SUMMARY OF SERVICE FOR

ACME RETAIL INC

100 Example Blvd
Sample City, TX 78700

Account no. 00820 01234

Invoice no. 00860001234

Bill print date May 5, 2026

Bill cycle 07

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE

$213.65

Due by May 26, 2026

Billing period: Apr 3 – May 3, 2026 · 30 days

Statement currency: USD

Previous activity

Total amount due at last bill	$208.30
Payment received — thank you	−$208.30
Late penalty	$0.00
Current charges this period	$213.65
Total amount due	$213.65

Current activity — charges by service

CHARGE	USAGE	RATE	AMOUNT
Electric Service Austin Energy · supply + delivery	742 kWh	—	$89.40
Water Service Austin Water · tiered per 1,000 gal	6,000 gal	—	$34.20
Wastewater Service Austin Water · winter-average volume	5,000 gal avg	—	$41.10
Clean Community Service Austin Resource Recovery · trash/recycle	—	—	$28.65
Drainage Service Watershed Protection · impervious area	—	—	$12.45
Street Service Transportation user fee	—	—	$7.85
Total current charges			$213.65

Usage this period

Water consumption 6,000 gal

Read type Actual

Total electric usage 742 kWh

Service information

Meter number MTR-0099812

Meter multiplier 1

Previous read · Apr 3 14,203

Current read · May 3 14,945

Reading difference 742

Power factor —

utility_name, utility_phone

Utility issuer and Customer Service number

customer_name, service_street1, service_city, service_state, service_zip

Service address on the Summary of Service

service_account_number, bill_invoice_number, bill_cycle

Account number, invoice number, and bill cycle

previous_balance, payments_received, late_fee

Total due at last bill and the payment received

bill_new_charges

Current charges accrued this billing period

service_type

Each municipal service — electric, water, wastewater, drainage, trash, street — extracted as its own row

max_kw, demand_unit

Peak demand and unit (kW) — Austin Energy commercial demand charge

meter_total_volume, meter_total_unit, read_type

Total consumption, unit (kWh / gallons), and actual vs estimated read

bill_total, bill_due_date

Total Amount Due and the payment Due Date

bill_start_date, bill_end_date, days_in_period, bill_cycle, currency

Billing period span, bill cycle, and statement currency

utility_meter_serial_number, meter_multiplier

Physical meter serial and meter multiplier (e.g. 500 on commercial meters)

load_zone

Wholesale-market load zone (ERCOT South / LZ_SOUTH)

50+ structured fields per bill — including extraction metadata (extraction_status, extraction_confidence, source_filename ) — exported as CSV that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool.

What every charge on your City of Austin bill means

A City of Austin bill is really several utility bills stacked on one statement: Austin Energy for electricity, Austin Water for water and wastewater, Watershed Protection for drainage, Austin Resource Recovery for trash, plus a street fee. Under "Current Activity" each service is itemized, then summed into one Total Amount Due. Here's what the main lines mean.

Per-service breakdown (Electric, Water, Wastewater, Drainage, Clean Community, Street): The defining feature of a City of Austin bill: one statement, multiple municipal services. The Current Activity section lists Electric Service, Water Service, Wastewater Service, Clean Community Service (trash, recycling, composting), Drainage Service, and Street Service — each with its own charges — then adds them into a single Current Balance / Total Amount Due. UtilityBillReader extracts each service as its own row so you can see exactly what drives the total.
Austin Energy electric charges: The electric portion breaks into a fixed Customer Charge plus an Energy Charge billed per kWh. Commercial accounts above 300 kW at secondary voltage also carry a Demand Charge (kW × $/kW) and a Regulatory Charge per kW. Residential accounts instead use five tiered energy blocks — the more you use in a month, the higher the per-kWh price on the upper tiers.
Power Supply Adjustment (PSA): A per-kWh pass-through that recovers Austin Energy's actual cost of fuel and purchased power, which moves with market and weather conditions. You'll also see a Power Supply Administrative Adjustment and, on some accounts, a Power Factor Adjustment and Community Benefit Charges. These ride on top of the base Energy Charge.
Tiered water charges (Austin Water): Water is billed as a Customer Charge and Fixed Charge plus a volumetric rate that climbs through tiers — for example a block priced "$5.46 per 1,000 gallons - Off Peak." Consumption comes off a meter read in hundreds of gallons. Added on are a Water Community Benefit Charge and a Reserve Fund Surcharge, both per 1,000 gallons, and sometimes a Backflow Prevention Fee.
Wastewater on a winter average: Austin Water bills wastewater on a "wastewater average" rather than your current month's water use, since sewer volume can't be metered directly. The average is set from your low-use winter months and then applied year-round, so summer irrigation doesn't inflate your sewer charge. UtilityBillReader captures the wastewater charge as its own service row.
Drainage and Clean Community charges: Drainage Service (Watershed Protection) is a stormwater fee based on the impervious area of your property, not on usage. Clean Community Service covers Austin Resource Recovery trash, recycling, and composting, typically priced by cart size. Both are flat monthly services that appear on the same bill alongside electric and water.
Sales tax and the Street fee: Taxable portions of the bill carry City Sales Tax (1%), State Sales Tax (6.25%), and a Capital Metro Sales Tax (1%). A separate Street Service line recovers a transportation user fee. UtilityBillReader pulls the total and the per-service amounts so the tax-inclusive total reconciles.
Meter and service information: Not a charge, but the section UtilityBillReader reads meter data from: the electric Meter #, read dates, the reads themselves, the Reading Difference, the Meter Multiplier (often 500 on larger commercial meters), Total Consumption in kWh, Demand Usage in kW, and Power Factor. Water meters read in hundreds of gallons.

Frequently asked questions

My City of Austin bill has electric, water, trash and drainage all on one page — can UtilityBillReader split them?

Yes — that's exactly what it's built for. A City of Austin combined statement bundles Austin Energy electric, Austin Water water and wastewater, Watershed Protection drainage, Austin Resource Recovery trash, and a street fee. UtilityBillReader extracts each service as its own row in your CSV, each with its own charge, so you can see precisely what makes up the Total Amount Due.

Does UtilityBillReader capture how much electricity and water I used?

Yes — total electric usage in kWh and water consumption in gallons for the billing period, plus whether the read was actual or estimated. It reports the period totals; it does not currently break electric usage into Austin Energy's individual tier blocks.

How does it handle Austin Energy's tiered residential rate versus a commercial demand charge?

Residential Austin Energy accounts are billed on five tiered energy blocks, where higher usage hits higher per-kWh prices. Commercial accounts above 300 kW carry a Demand Charge (kW × $/kW) and a per-kW Regulatory Charge instead. UtilityBillReader captures the total Electric Service charge and, on commercial bills, the peak demand in kW; it does not currently itemize each tier block separately.

What is the Power Supply Adjustment on my bill?

It's a per-kWh charge Austin Energy uses to pass through its actual fuel and purchased-power costs, which move with the market and weather. UtilityBillReader captures it inside the Electric Service charge total; the total per service is what reconciles to the bill.

Why is my wastewater charge different from my water usage?

Austin Water bills wastewater on a "winter average" — an average set from your low-use winter months and applied year-round — because sewer volume isn't metered directly. UtilityBillReader extracts the wastewater charge as its own service row, separate from water.

I run a business — does UtilityBillReader handle Austin Energy demand charges and commercial bills?

Yes. It fully supports commercial City of Austin bills, including the Austin Energy peak demand in kW, the meter multiplier (often 500 on larger meters), and the full per-service cost breakdown across electric, water, wastewater, drainage and trash.

What format do I get back?

Two downloads off the same extraction. A base CSV gives you one row per service — utility, account, address, billing period, usage, and cost — and opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets, or any accounting tool. An advanced Excel (.xlsx) workbook adds a second sheet of per-line charge detail (the Customer Charge, Energy Charge, PSA, tiered water blocks, and individual taxes) keyed back to the first sheet so you can reconcile or pivot without losing structure.

Can I convert several bills at once?

Yes. Upload multiple bills — a year of statements, or bills across several properties — and get them back in one structured file, one row per service. This is the common workflow for bookkeepers and property managers reconciling municipal utility costs in bulk.

How accurate is UtilityBillReader?

Every extraction returns a confidence score and flags anything worth a second look — such as one service on a multi-service bill being estimated, or a commercial meter carrying a 500 multiplier. Each field is laid out next to a clear label so it's quick to check the output against your original bill.

Do I need an account, and is UtilityBillReader really free?

You can convert your first 5 pages every day with no account — just upload and download. City of Austin bills typically run about 4 pages. Paid plans add higher volumes for regular or bulk use, but there's no signup wall to try it or handle a one-off bill.

Does UtilityBillReader work on my phone?

Yes. It works in your phone's browser, so you can convert a bill from a photo or PDF without being at a computer.

What file types can I upload, and is my data secure?

PDF bills, digital or scanned, including the full multi-page City of Austin statement in a single upload. Files uploaded without an account are deleted within 24 hours rather than stored indefinitely; account uploads follow your plan's retention window.

Use cases

Bookkeeping & accounting

Pull the per-service totals — electric, water, wastewater, drainage, trash — straight into a CSV ready for Xero or QuickBooks, with each service on its own line instead of one lump utility expense keyed by hand.

Tenant rebilling

Property managers splitting a master City of Austin bill across tenants can extract each service and its usage, then produce a clean per-tenant, per-service breakdown for cost recovery.

ESG & Scope 2 reporting

Extract actual Austin Energy kWh as activity data for greenhouse-gas accounting under the GHG Protocol — more accurate than estimating emissions from the combined dollar amount, which also includes water and trash.

Usage & cost analysis

Compare electric kWh, water gallons, and each service charge across months to see what's driving your combined bill — separating an Austin Energy summer spike from a steady water or drainage fee.

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Last reviewed 28 June 2026