McKinney Utility Submetering and Billing
Custom Tailored to Your Needs
McKinney Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy provides McKinney utility submetering and billing solutions for Water, Electric and Gas that are much more accommodating to the needs of property managers and the community’s they manage.
What makes us such an attractive option for property managers is our flexibility. We do not offer the same sets of services to all of our customers the same way. Instead, we help property managers build their own utility submetering and billing solutions with only the services they would like us to provide. We then go a step further and help them adjust and customize how we provide the services the selected. We are are a truly customizable alternative to the status quo in the utility submetering and billing industry. Below is a closer look at how we support a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
At Oates Energy, we customize our utility submetering and billing solutions for multifamily communities by first providing them with only the services they want and need. We then help them adjust the services they selected to how they need us to provide them. We never expect our property managers to pay for a bundle of services that include services they don’t really want or need. We also provide timely and accurate billing services for utilities and other monthly services such as Internet, TV and even garage and pet fees.
Call us to learn more about how we help property managers of multifamily communities create the perfect McKinney utility submetering and billing solution for their community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium property managers benefit greatly with our ability to adjust our services to address their specific needs. Significant benefits of partnering with Oates Energy include our use of the industries leading billing software that seamlessly integrates with all leading property management software. And how we can customize our billing services allowing property managers to select only the services they need and then adjust how we provide them.
Residents enjoy the convenience of our online services. And we also provide residents with a U.S based billing customer care team to assist with any billing questions and concerns they may have. Contact us to learn more about how our McKinney utility submetering and billing services can be customized to help your community recover more of its utility costs.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Oates Energy’s McKinney utility submetering and billing solutions are great for property managers of mobile home parks. We’re a good fit for park property managers because we can adjusted which services we provide and how we provide them in order to address the unique needs that often exist in mobile home parks.
We can bill submetered utilities based on actual usage and use a Ratio Utility Billing, (RUBS) formula to bill for non-submetered utilities. We can also bill for other monthly fees such as internet and cable TV. And our resident billing customer care will use your park’s billing guidelines and policies to assist your residents with any billing questions of concerns. Speak with us about a customized solution designed to address all of your park’s needs.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial property managers benefit with our customizable McKinney utility submetering and billing services in a number of ways. The biggest benefit is our ability to accurately bill tenants for their utility usage and recover more of the property’s utility costs. Another key benefit is being able to separate monthly lease charges from utility charges which allows property managers to advertise more competitive lease rates.
Our billing customer care is always available to assist tenants with billing questions and concerns using each property manager’s unique billing policies and guidelines. And our online services make managing your tenant’s utility accounts a breeze. Speak with us about a customized utility submetering and billing solution for your commercial property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
We install water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for new commercial and new residential construction projects all over the country. We are the go-to subcontractor for many general contractors because of our ability to consistently complete submetering system installation projects on time and our quality workmanship. If you are planning a new construction project that calls for water, electric or gas utility submetering system installation, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed bid.
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
WestlawNext, 2016.
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