Dallas Utility Submetering and Billing
Recovering More of Your Utility Costs!
Dallas Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
If you are considering Dallas utility submetering and billing services for your multifamily community or commercial property with 50 or more units, you need to look no further than Oates Energy. Oates Energy has been providing world class submetering and billing solutions for clients all across the country for more than 2 decades. Residential and commercial properties partner with us because our Water, Electric and Gas Utility Submetering and Billing Solutions that are customized specifically for their property and their preferences.
We design, manage and fully support utility submetering and billing solutions for multifamily communities, condominium communities, mobile home parks, commercial properties, and new construction projects. And we would be pleased to help you recover more of your property’s utility costs with a utility submetering and billing solution tailored to your needs.
Dallas Utility Submetering & Billing for
Multifamily Communities
Dallas Utility Submetering and Billing made easy! When you partner Oates Energy, we’ll assemble and adjust our services your exact needs. Submetering systems, the utilities you want to submeter, what utilities and services you would like us to bill for, what policies you would like our billing customer care team to use when assiting your residents, even our meter reading services, can all be adjusted to fit your needs perfectly and adjusted to your unique preferences. It’s why so many multifamily communities choose Oates Energy.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
We are often the best choice for mobile home communities who need flexible submetering and billing solutions. From submetering system tune-ups or installation, to billing and resident billing support, to the knowledgeable assistance of their dedicated Client relations manager. We provide turnkey solutions that simplify the tasks associated to submetering utilities and recovering utility costs. Contact us about a solution for your park.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy is almost always the best for option commercial property utility submetering and billing. We’re extremely versed in submetering solutions for a wide variety of utility usage and we’re experts in designing cost effective utility submetering systems. Our billing solutions can be adjusted to bill any or all monthly charges and fees to your tenants, and our ability to recover more of your utility costs allows you to advertise more competitive lease rates that do not include utility charges.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
The best time to add utility submetering to a multifamily community or commercial property is during construction. We partner with general contractors on all types of residential and commercial multi-unit projects by either custom designing and installing utility submetering systems or by following project’s design specifications. Developers and contractors around the country trust our experienced installation professionals to properly install their project’s utility submetering systems to local codes and receive all approvals on final inspection. Give us a call for a detailed utility submetering installation bid for your project
Utility Submetering Laws and Regulations in Texas
A political subdivision may not authorize the construction or occupancy of a new apartment house, including the conversion of property to a condominium, unless the construction plan provides for the measurement of the quantity of electricity consumed by the occupants of each dwelling unit of the apartment house, either by individual metering by the utility company or by submetering by the owner.
This section does not prohibit a political subdivision from issuing a permit to a nonprofit organization for construction of a new apartment house for occupancy by low-income elderly tenants if the nonprofit organization establishes, by submitting engineering and cost data and a sworn statement, that all cost savings will be passed on to the low-income elderly tenants (Tex. Utilities Code Ann. §184.012).
The Texas Water Code requires each unit in a building with five or more residential units built after Jan. 1, 2003 to have either an individual water utility meter or sub-meter. If feasible, it requires water companies to install individual meters in such buildings at the building owner’s request. The water company can charge reasonable costs for installing the meters. If the water company determines that installing these meters is not feasible, the law requires the property owner to install a plumbing system compatible with sub-meters.
For submetering multi-unit property owners, the state’s water code limits submetering charges on tenants to the cost per gallon and applicable taxes and surcharges charged by the water company; a late fee up to five percent of the late bill; and a service charge of up to nine percent of the costs related to submetering allocated to each sub-metered unit. The code also requires the property owners to maintain adequate records and make them available to tenants and sub-meters to meet certain standards for accuracy, testing, and record keeping (Texas Water Code §13.501 through 13.506).
*Information courtesy of:
The National Conference of State Legislatures
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