Allen
Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Customized For the Needs of Your Community
Allen Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
Residential and commercial multi-unit property managers choose with Oates energy for Allen utility submetering and billing because of how we are able to completely customize our Water, Electric and Gas utility submetering and billing solutions. We are very different than most of our competitors because we don’t decide how our customers use our services like our competitors do. We help our property manager choose only the services they need rather than selecting the bundle that is closest to their needs. We then go a step further and help them adjust and customize how we provide the services they selected to their exact needs. Below is a closer look at how we serve a few of our key markets.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy was founded by experienced utility submetering and billing industry veterans who learned from years of experience that multifamily property managers each have their own opinions about how they bill their residents to recover utility costs and other monthly charges and fees.
In order to effectively address these different needs and preferences, we assembled a detailed suite of services and extended services so that each individual property manager could select only the services they wanted us to provide. And then we help them tailor the services they selected to their specific preferences and needs. Speak to us about an Allen utility submetering and billing solution designed by you to recover more of your community’s utility costs, your way.
Condominium Utility
Submetering & Billing
Condominium property managers regularly find that our suite of customizable Allen utility submetering and billing services is very helpful in helping them keep their HOA or Condo fees as low as possible.
We’re a unique option for condo communities because we allow property managers or HOAs to build their own custom utility submetering and billing solution using only the services they want and need. But we don’t stop there, we also help them adjust how each of the services they selected are provided, including the billing policies and guidelines we use to support their residents. If you are looking for a more accurate ways to recover more of your community’s utility costs, contact us and we’ll help you assemble the perfect solution for your community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
We have been helping mobile home parks all over the country for over 20 years. In doing so, we have seen first hand the struggles that mobile home park property managers face with accurately recovering utility costs.
Failing or unreliable utility submeters are one of the biggest problems. Imagine billing the residents who have utility submeters that work based on their actual usage, and then dividing the remaining costs among the residents that do not have working submeters. Now imagine doing this for water, electric and gas utilities. Most would agree that this is complicated, unfair to the residents that do not have submeters and does not recover utility costs accurately.
If this sounds familiar, we can help. We can help standardize or update utility submetering if you wish. And we can automate all of your billing, not just for utilities but for all of your monthly services and fees. And we can provide these services however you would like us to. And do so cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. Speak with us about a customized Allen utility submetering and billing solution that will recover more of your parks utility costs fairly and accurately and help you operate more efficiently.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Commercial properties who chose Oates Energy for Allen utility submetering and billing have found us to be a very flexible way to recover more of their utility costs. Our services and support can be customized and adjusted to the exact needs and preferences of each property manager. This flexibility is particularly valuable to commercial properties because of the different utility requirements and special arrangements they often have with their tenants. Contact us to discuss the perfect utility submetering and billing solution for your commercial property.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
We install new water, gas and electric utility submetering systems for multifamily and multi-unit commercial new construction projects. We install submetering systems to local codes and assure that every system we install is fully tested and ready for final inspection. We have an excellent reputation for quality workmanship and are the preferred installation contractor for general contractors all over the country. If you are planning a new construction project that calls for 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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