Denton Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Customized Solutions that Recover More of Your Utility Costs!
Denton Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
If you are a property manager and are considering Denton utility submetering and billing providers, look no further than Oates Energy. Residential and commercial multi-unit properties partner with Oates energy because of our flexibility and the efficiency of our Water, Electric and Gas utility submetering and billing solutions. Our clients benefit from our ability to completely customize our submetering and billing services to the unique needs and preferences of our property managers. Below is a closer look at how we serve a few of our key markets.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy was founded by industry experts who understood that while multifamily properties might seem similar, their property managers often have very different ideas on how they manage their communities and recover utility costs. And our suite of services were designed to accommodate these differences and include important services that most utility submetering and billing providers are unable to provide. We help our property managers select only the services they need 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 property management companies and HOAs have found us to be the flexible solution they need. Our condominium property managers and HOAs are able to choose only the services they would like us to provide and then we help them customize the services they selected to their exact needs and preferences. Contact us to discuss to customized utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
Mobile home park utility submetering and billing needs very considerably from park to park. It’s not uncommon for parks have older direct read utility submetering equipment that requires meter reading services. It is also common for submetered utilities to be different from residence to residence, and there are many parks that do not have utility submetering systems at all.
We have customized our utility submetering and billing services for many mobile home parks with the these types of circumstances. We can custom tailor solutions to address even the most complicated scenarios. And we can deliver this level of flexibility cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. 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 Denton utility submetering and billing solutions appreciate how we are able to provide only the services they wish to use and also how we can adjust the services they selected to their exact needs and p0references. 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.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
We have been installing new utility submetering systems for water, electric and gas all over the country for more than 20 years. We install utility submetering systems for new multifamily and condo communities, commercial construction projects and mobile home communities. We install to local building codes and assure that every system we install is tested and ready for final inspection. In doing so we have built a reputation for quality workmanship, jobsite safety and completing projects on time. 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
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