Duluth
Utility Submetering and Billing
Recover More of Your Utility Costs!
Duluth Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy provides customizable utility submetering and billing solutions for multifamily communities, Condominium communities, mobile home parks and commercial properties. Property managers and property owners select from a wide variety of Duluth utility submetering and billing services to build a custom tailored solution with only the services they want and need.
Some of our more popular services include our resident billing customer care team that handles all resident billing questions and concerns. Ratio Utility Billing Services, (RUBS) is also very popular with communities that do not have utility meters. We also provide billing services for other monthly charges and fees such as cable TV, Internet, garage and pet fees. Read more below about how we serve residential communities and commercial properties.
Duluth Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
Multifamily communities represent the largest segment of our client base, undoubtedly due to how we can adjust which services we provide and how we provide them to address their specific needs and preferences. In fact we built our entire business model around the idea of allowing our clients to select only the services they want and need, and not have to pay for packaged or bundled services that included services that did not need or want.
If you are considering Duluth utility submetering and billing, contact us to discuss a customized utility submetering and billing solution for your community and we’ll customize a solution to recover more of your property’s utility costs the way you need us to!
Duluth Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
It’s not always easy for condominium communities to find the right Duluth utility submetering and billing provider to work with. Most utility submetering and billing providers are very large impersonal corporations that would rather provide a fixed set of services to very large corporation who own and manage numerous communities with thousands of rental units and aren’t very interested in submetering and billing solution for homeowners associations.
At Oates Energy, we keep it simple for our condominium communities. We specialize in addressing the often very specific needs of condominium communities. We simply allow each community to choose only the services they want and need from a full suite of submetering and billing services. Then we work with them to adjust and customize each of the services they selected to the way they need them to be provided. Truly customized solutions designed to address your exact needs! Tell us how you would like us to help you encourage conservation and reduce your communities utility costs
Duluth Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
When mobile home parks compare our solutions to other Duluth utility submetering and billing providers, they almost always choose Oates Energy. We’re a great fit for the often unique requirements of mobile home parks. We often partner with parks that have been around for years and have grown over time. It’s not uncommon for these parks to have a mix of utility meters from resident to resident and some without meters.
We custom design submetering systems for parks who wish to install or update their utility submetering systems or we can provide meter reading services for parks or individual residents with direct read utility submeters. And for parks or residents that do not have utility submeters, we can customize a “RUBS”, (Ratio Utility Billing System) billing solution. We design customized utility submetering and billing solutions or just utility billing solutions for almost any scenario. Contact us to discuss a customized solution for your park!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial properties, from retail centers and office complexes to large shopping malls and industrial parks regularly choose Oates Energy for Duluth utility submetering and billing because we understand how dramatically tenant utility needs can differ. A single property may have high-usage tenants alongside low-usage businesses, and accurate submetering is the only reliable way to recover those costs fairly and efficiently.
We design customized submetering and billing solutions that reflect the unique requirements of each property and the preferences of its management team. Every service we offer can be tailored, ensuring your tenants are billed accurately and your operations run smoothly.
Contact us to discuss a customized utility submetering or billing solution designed specifically for your commercial property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
With the cost of utilities being the largest monthly expense for most multifamily communities and commercial properties. It has become the standard for new construction project plans to include utility submetering systems. And as a national utility submetering and billing solutions provider we are partner with general contractors across the country to installation water, electric and gas utility submetering systems. We have an excellent record of jobsite safety and properly install every system to assure a positive final inspection. If you are planning a new project with utility submetering requirements, we would be pleased to provide your with a detailed bid.
Utility Submetering Laws and Regulations in Minnesota
*A public utility and the Public Service Commission cannot limit the availability of submetering to a building occupant when the building is served by a public utility’s master meter which measures the total electric energy delivered to the building (Minn. Stat. §216B.022).
*Information courtesy of:
The National Conference of State Legislatures
WestlawNext, 2016.
