Austin Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Helping Austin Multifamily Communities Recover More of Their Utility Costs!
Austin Water, Electric and Gas
Submetering and Billing
Property Managers and owners of multifamily communities who are considering Austin utility submetering and billing services or who are looking to improve their current utility submetering and billing solution need to look no further than Oates Energy. Oates Energy has been providing world class submetering and billing solutions for over 20 years.
We design, manage and fully support utility submetering and billing solutions for condominium communities, multifamily communities, mobile home parks, commercial properties, and we install utility submetering systems for new construction projects. Our detailed suite of services include industry leading billing solutions that are flexible and seamlessly integrate with all major property management software brands, full service resident billing customer care, and a dedicated client relations manager for every one of our clients.
Multifamily Utility
Submetering & Billing
Austin utility submetering and billing made easy, accurate and timely! We assemble and adjust our services to how you need or just prefer us to provide them. From the type of billing you choose, to our usage readings and bill auditing, to the fees and services you ask us to bill to your residents, to the policies you instruct our billing customer care team to use when assisting your residents. These are just a few of the reasons so many multifamily communities have chosen Oates Energy.
Mobile Home Park
Utility Submetering & Billing
We are often the best choice for mobile home communities when it comes to Austin utility submetering and billing because of their unique submetering and billing requirements. From submetering system tune-ups or installation, to billing and resident billing support, to the knowledgeable support provided by our dedicated client relations managers, we provide turnkey solutions that simplify the tasks associated to submetering your utilities and recovering as much of your utility costs as possible.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Because of the vastly different utility needs of commercial tenants, Oates Energy is almost always the best option. We’re experts in designing cost effective utility submetering systems that can capture tenant utility usage accurately. And our billing solutions can be adjusted to bill any or all of your monthly charges and fees. And by submetering tenant utility usage and billing utility charges separately allows our commercial clients to advertise much more competitive lease rates! Speak to us about how our customized Austin utility submetering and billing solutions can help you recover more of your utility costs.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
Our experienced utility submetering installation teams partner with general contractors all over the country on all types of residential and commercial multi-unit projects. We carefully follow your plans to install water, electric and gas submetering systems to local code and perform all necessary testing to assure final approval. Developers and contractors around the country trust Oates Energy’s experienced installation professionals to properly install their project’s utility submetering systems, and so can you!
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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