Review how a state electricity tariff order treats different kinds of consumers

A state electricity tariff order charges homes, shops, farms and factories differently, and slabs within each group. The question is what logic the order gives for these differences, who seems to be helped and who seems to pay for that help.

• Which consumer categories does the order list, and which ones matter for your review?
• What reason does the order itself give for slabs that rise with use?
• Where does one group appear to pay more so another can pay less, and how sure can you be?
• What would you need to know that the order does not say?

A two-page review with a table of categories and how each is treated in words, a short section on the logic of the slabs in the order's own reasoning, a careful paragraph on who may be paying for whom, and three sharp questions for the regulator.

Copying rates into the review or calculating bills. The task is to understand the pattern and its trade-offs, not to reproduce the tariff schedule.

• The latest tariff order or its summary from your state electricity regulator's public page, saved as a file
• The section of the order that explains cross-subsidy or the reasons for each category's tariff
• A household electricity bill (your own) to see how slabs appear, with the account number hidden

AI must not supply rates, subsidy figures or reasons the order does not give. Where the order is silent, write 'not stated in the order' rather than filling the gap.

1. 3.1 Map the categories from the orderCLAUDE WORKING ON YOUR FILES (FORMERLY COWORK)

   Why this tool: Claude working on the saved order can list every consumer category and where it appears, which is hard to do by scrolling a long document.

   Put the order in a folder. Ask for a list of categories with page references and a one-line description in words, no rates. Check each against the order.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   Read the tariff order in this folder for [your state]. List every consumer category and sub-category, with the page where it appears and a one-line description in words of how it is charged (for example, rises with use or flat). Do not copy any rates. Mark anything unclear.

   Before you let it act: Confirm the folder holds only the public order and no bill with your account details. Open three listed pages yourself to check the references are right.

2. 3.2 Decode the jargonCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Tariff orders use terms like cross-subsidy and fixed charge that Claude can explain quickly.

   Paste short extracts and ask for plain meanings. Check each meaning against how the order uses the word.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   Here are short extracts from my state's tariff order:
   [paste two or three extracts]
   Explain each technical term in one plain sentence. Then tell me which part of each explanation I should confirm in the order itself, because terms can be used differently by different regulators.

3. 3.3 Test your who-pays-for-whom reasoningCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: A sceptical reader shows where you have claimed more than the order supports.

   Write your paragraph first. Then ask Claude to mark each claim as supported by the order, reasoned, or overstated.

   Prompt to copy · fill in the [brackets]Copy

   Here is my paragraph on who seems to pay for whose lower bill under this tariff order:
   [paste paragraph]
   Mark each sentence as SUPPORTED (I should cite the order), REASONED (my inference) or OVERSTATED (claims more than I can know). Do not rewrite.

4. 3.4 Sharpen three questions for the regulatorCLAUDE CHAT

   Why this tool: Good questions name a specific gap in the order; Claude can help make vague ones precise.

   Draft three questions and ask which are too broad. Keep the final wording your own.

• No rates or amounts appear anywhere in the review
• Every category in your table has a page reference to the order
• Each statement about the slab logic quotes or paraphrases the order's own reasons
• Your who-pays paragraph says how sure you are and why
• Each regulator question points to something the order does not answer
• Open every source the AI cites and confirm it says what the AI claims
• Mark each sentence as a source fact or your own conclusion

AI assumes farm power is free or industry always pays more, as in other states. Your review must describe what this order says, not a national pattern.

• Category table with descriptions and page references
• The slab logic in the order's own reasoning
• A careful who-pays-for-whom paragraph
• Three questions for the regulator
• Source details for the order

Two pages: the category table on page one with a short note, the analysis and questions on page two.

Explain the one category whose treatment surprised you and what question you would most like the regulator to answer.