New Braunfels Utility Submetering and Billing Services
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Considering New Braunfels Utility Submetering and Billing Services?
Oates Energy is a national provider of flexible, fully customizable New Braunfels utility submetering and billing solutions. We serve multifamily communities, condominium associations, mobile home parks, and commercial properties by delivering services exactly how property managers need them. Our approach is built around adaptability, ensuring each solution aligns with the specific structure, goals, and preferences of the property.
Our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing services include seamless integration with major property management software, customized RUBS formula billing for non-submetered utilities, and dedicated client support. Property managers benefit from a single point of contact through a client relations manager, along with a U.S. based customer care team that assists residents with billing questions. Explore how we serve each property type below, and contact us to build a tailored solution for your community or property.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy is a preferred provider of New Braunfels utility submetering and billing for multifamily property managers who need more flexibility and performance than standard providers offer. We customize every solution to match each client’s specific requirements, delivering services that go beyond typical submetering and billing capabilities. This tailored approach allows property managers to operate more efficiently while improving overall cost recovery.
Our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing services include billing for additional charges such as internet, TV, and phone, along with responsive billing customer care and dedicated client relations managers who serve as a single point of contact. These features simplify operations and enhance the resident experience while helping recover more utility costs. Contact Oates Energy to design a customized solution for your community.
Condominium
Submetering & Billing
Condominium communities share many similarities with multifamily properties, but their priorities often place even greater emphasis on controlling operating expenses and keeping HOA or condo fees as low as possible. Utility costs are typically one of the largest ongoing expenses, making New Braunfels utility submetering and billing a critical tool for improving financial efficiency and fairness across the community.
Our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing services are fully customizable, giving property managers the ability to encourage conservation while helping residents better manage their monthly usage. By implementing accurate, usage-based billing solutions, communities can recover more of their utility costs and operate more efficiently. Contact Oates Energy to learn how a tailored solution can support your condominium property’s goals.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
For mobile home park property managers, flexibility is essential, and that’s where our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing services stand out. We customize every aspect of our solutions, from the specific services we provide to how they are delivered. Whether you need submetering system installation, system tune-ups, resident billing, or ongoing billing support, we tailor everything to match your park’s unique needs.
Our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing solutions are designed to be cost-effective while simplifying utility management and improving cost recovery. By streamlining billing processes and aligning services with your operations, we help you recover more of your utility expenses and operate more efficiently. Contact us to develop a customized solution built specifically for your mobile home park.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy is a strong choice for commercial property managers seeking flexible and efficient New Braunfels utility submetering and billing solutions. We specialize in designing cost-effective submetering systems and adaptable billing programs that can include utilities as well as other recurring charges and fees. Our approach allows property managers to select only the services they need and tailor how those services are delivered to match their exact operational requirements.
With our New Braunfels utility submetering and billing, separating tenant utility usage from lease rates can create a significant competitive advantage. By billing utilities based on actual consumption, you can offer more attractive base lease rates while improving accuracy and cost recovery. Contact Oates Energy to build a customized solution designed specifically for your commercial property.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
In addition to offering fully customizable utility submetering and billing solutions, Oates Energy operates as a nationwide contractor for submetering system installation. We install water, electric, and gas submetering systems for new commercial and residential construction projects, delivering reliable systems designed for accuracy, efficiency, and long-term performance.
If you are planning a multi-unit development that requires professional utility submetering installation, our team is ready to assist. We provide detailed, competitive bids and work closely with developers and contractors to ensure each project is completed on time and to specification. If you are planning a new project that calls for utility submetering systems installation, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed and competitive 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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