Brownsville Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Customized Solution that Recover More of Your Utility Costs!
Brownsville Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
Residential and commercial multi-unit properties partner with Oates energy for Brownsville utility submetering and billing because of our flexibility and efficiency. We’re considerably different than most utility submetering and billing providers who tend to avoid smaller and mid-sized properties, and who provide bundled or pre-packaged sets of services the same way to all of their customers.
We actually help our clients customize our submetering and billing services and tailor solutions specifically for their property and their preferences. Our services include Ratio Utility Billing Services, (RUBS) for our clients without submeters, full service resident billing customer care, and many other services that make us a great option for all types of multifamily communities with a few a fifty units. Below is a closer look at how we serve some of our key markets.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy was founded by industry experts who understand that while multifamily properties might seem similar, the communities and their management teams can and often do have very different requirements and preferences on how they recover utility costs. Oates Energy’s suite of Brownsville utility submetering and billing services was designed from the very beginning to accommodate these unique preferences and to allow property managers to select only the services they needed and tailor them to how they need them to be provided. Contact us to design the perfect utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Condominium Utility
Submetering & Billing
Condominium HOAs and property managers have found Oates Energy to be a great option. We are able to integrate our billing software seamlessly with all major property management software brands, collect usage data directly and remotely, and bill residents in a timely and accurate manner. We even provide resident billing customer care using each community’s billing policies and guidelines. Contact us to discuss to customized Brownsville utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
Mobile home park utility submetering and billing requirements and preferences are often very different from park to park. It’s not uncommon for a park to have older direct read utility submetering equipment that requires meter reading services. It is also not uncommon for different utilities to be submetered from residence to residence. And there are many parks that do not have utility submetering at all.
We specialize in developing utility submetering and billing solutions for these types of circumstances and have tailored utility submetering solutions to address the most complicated submetering and billing requirements. And created customized billing solutions that begin to recover more of the park’s utility costs immediately. Our customizable Brownsville utility submetering and billing solutions can be adjusted for almost any requirement. Speak with us about a utility submetering and billing solution for your park.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Commercial properties who chose to use our customized Brownsville utility submetering and billing solutions have found us to be a very effective solution in maximizing the recovery of their utility costs. Our commercial property managers appreciate how our approach allows all of our services and support to be customized and adjusted to their exact needs and preferences.
From utility submetering system installation, upgrade or repair, to completely customizable billing solutions. We bring our commercial clients complete solutions designed specifically for their property and their preferences. Tell us how you would like us to help your commercial property recover more of its utility costs.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
Our utility submetering installation teams have been partnering with general contactors and property management companies on the installation of utility submetering systems for over 20 years. We install new utility submetering systems for water, gas and electric for new multifamily and condo communities, and commercial multi-unit construction projects all over the country. If you are planning a new construction project that will require 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
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