Beaumont Utility Submetering and Billing
Serving Property Managers Nationwide
Beaumont Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas Utilities
One of the biggest challenges for property managers of multifamily communities, condominium communities, mobile home parks, and commercial properties is recovering utility costs accurately. Because of this, many of these types of properties have turned to Oates Energy for Beaumont utility submetering and billing because are one of the nations leading providers of customized water, electric and gas utility submetering and billing services.
Most of our competitors offer bundled or packaged sets of services that are provided the same way to all of their clients. But this lack of flexibility often results in paying for services that are not needed or wanted and having to adjust internal operations to how services are provided.
At Oates Energy, we take a completely different approach. We understand that property managers have different preferences about how they bill and recover their community’s utility costs. Our suite of services were designed to fully address these differences. All of our submetering and billing services can be tailored to the unique needs and preferences of each property manager that we serve. Below is a closer look at how we support a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
Our utility submetering and billing services were developed from the very beginning to provide Beaumont utility submetering and billing solutions in ways that that are much different than our competitors. We actually customize and tailor only the services the property manager askes us to provide to their specific needs and preferences.
We even offer billing for other monthly charges and fees such as Internet, TV, phone services and even garage and pet fees. And our U.S. based billing customer care team is available to support residents using the unique billing policies and guidelines of each property manager. Speak with us about a solution designed and customized for you and your community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium property managers often choose Oates Energy for Beaumont utility submetering and billing for the same reasons that multifamily communities do. Our customized approach allows HOAs and property managers to organize only the services they need and then customize our billing services and resident billing support to their specific needs in order to motivate conservation and reduce their community’s over all utility costs. Contact us about a custom tailored utility submetering and billing solution for your condominium community!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Our mobile home park property managers will tell you that we are simply the best option for mobile home parks when it comes to recovering utility costs. We are able to tailor solutions for mobile home parks that have older utility submetering equipment or none at all, parks where some residents have submeters and some who do not. We can upgrade and standardize submetering systems with remote read submetering systems. For parks that do not wish to update or add new submetering equipment, we can customize a RUBS formula billing solution, (ratio utility billing solution).
Where our competitors run from smaller parks with these types of special needs, we excel. We are able to customize a utility submetering and billing solution or just a billing solution for almost any requirement. And we can extend this level of flexibility to parks with as few as 50 residences. Contact us to discuss a truly customized solution that will recover more of your park’s utility costs!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial properties consistently find us to be the most accommodating option for Beaumont utility submetering and billing services. All of the services we provide were designed to be totally flexible. We customize and adjust all of our services to the exact needs and preferences of each client. This approach is particularly valuable to commercial property managers because their tenant’s utility requirements often vary greatly.
From utility submetering system installation to which utilities and other monthly fees we bill for, to how all of our services can be completely customized and provided exactly how a property manager might need them to be provided. We were built to be customized. Speak with us about a utility cost recovery solution designed specifically for your property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Oates Energy installs water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for all types of multifamily construction projects all over the country. We are known for our quality workmanship and consistently completing projects on time and within budget. If you are planning a 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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