El Paso Utility Submetering and Billing
El Paso Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
Property Managers who are considering El Paso utility submetering and billing services or who are looking to upgrade their current utility submetering and billing solution now have a great option. Oates Energy has been providing world class submetering and billing solutions for our clients all across the country for over 20 years, recovering thousands of dollars in utility costs for our clients.
Residential and commercial properties partner with us because our services were developed by industry experts with decades of experience in the utility submetering and billing industry. And also our clients can completely customize our services to only those they need and how we provide them! We tailor our submetering and billing suite of services specifically for the unique needs and preferences of each of our clients.
We specialize in utility submetering and billing solutions for multifamily communities, condominium communities, mobile home parks, commercial properties, and new construction projects. And some of our most popular services include industry leading billing solutions that are flexible and seamlessly integrate with all major property management software brands and our Ratio Billing Services, (RUBS) for our clients without submeters. It’s no surprise that Oates Energy one of the fastest growing utility submetering and billing services in the country.
Utility Submetering & Billing
For Multifamily Communities
El Paso Utility Submetering and Billing made easy! Partner with Oates Energy and we’ll assemble and adjust our services to fit your community’s needs to exactly how you want them to be provided. From your submetering system, to the type of billing you choose, to the utility charges and other monthly fees you would like us to bill to your residents, to your specific billing policies that our billing customer care team to use when assisting your residents. It’s why so many multifamily communities choose Oates Energy.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
Mobile home parks often have very unique needs when it comes to El Paso utility submetering and billing. From submetering system tune-ups or installation, to billing and resident utility billing support, to the knowledgeable assistance of their dedicated client relations manager. Our total flexibility makes us one of the best options for mobile home communities. Contact us to discuss a customized solution for your park.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
If you own or manage a large commercial property such as a shopping mall or plaza, you know how the utility needs of your tenants can vary greatly. A small retail tenant has utility needs similar to a large family, while a large grocery store is likely to have very high usage rates for water, electric and often gas utilities.
We customize our El Paso utility submetering and billing services for these types of commercial properties all the time by sizing system and equipment requirements based on usage and many other factors to help our clients recover as much of their utility costs as possible. And then we adjust our utility billing serves to their unique requirements. Contact us today to learn more about how we are helping commercial properties all over the country collect more of their utility costs exactly how they needs us to.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
The best time to add utility submetering to a multifamily community or commercial property is during construction. At Oates Energy, we partner with developers and general contractors on all types of multi-unit residential and commercial new construction projects by professionally installing water, electric and gas submetering systems. Every submetering system is installed to meet local building codes and tested to pass final inspection. Contact us for a detailed bid on your projects utility submetering requirements.
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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