Flower Mound Utility Submetering and Billing
Flower Mound Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy provides Flower Mound utility submetering and billing for Water, Electric and Gas in ways that our competitors simply cannot match. We help our property managers with fully customizable billing solutions that can be selected individually, (not bundled) and adjust the services they selected to their unique needs and preferences.
We design and install new utility submetering systems for communities that would like to add utility submetering or seamlessly migrate communities that already have utility submetering systems in place. We can also help communities that do not use utility submeters recover more of their utility costs by implementing a RUBS formula billing solution. Below is a closer look at how we support a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
It is not uncommon for a multifamily community property manager to be responsible for managing hundreds of residences. And a big part of their monthly responsibilities include recovering utility costs and billing for other services and fees such as cable TV, phone and Internet, even garage and pet fees. And this one area of responsibility can be a timely and complicated monthly task.
We specialize in custom tailoring our Flower Mound utility submetering and billing solutions to handle this huge responsibility. We help our property managers choose only the submetering and billing services they would like us to provide, and then help them adjust the services they selected so they are provided exactly how they need them to be provided. Our property managers never have to choose the “Bundle” of services that is closest to their actual needs or pay for services they don’t want or need. Contact us and build the perfect solution for your community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Most condominium property managers who have looked into using a Flower Mound utility submetering and billing solutions provider will tell you that it’s hard to find a provider that is a good fit or that could effectively address their specific needs and preferences. At Oates energy we understand the unique needs of condo HOAs and property managers and have created a suite of services that can be selected individually and provided however they need them to be provided.
We provide truly customizable solutions designed to encourage conservation, bill residents fairly based on usage, and accurately recover more of your community’s utility costs. Speak with us about the perfect solution for your community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Our Flower Mound utility submetering and billing solutions are the perfect option for mobile home parks. We can install utility submetering systems and individual submeters or provide meter reading services for parks with older direct-read utility submeters. And if your park does not have utility submeters, we can customize a “RUBS”, (Ratio Utility Billing System) billing solution based on a formula you define.
We can even provide resident billing customer care to help residents with any billing question using your unique billing policies and guidelines. And we can do all of this cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. How would you like us to help you recover more of your park’s utility costs!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial properties that do not have or use utility submeters often include utilities with monthly lease rates. But there is a downside to this method of recovering utility costs. It causes advertised lease rates to appear to be higher. We customize our Flower Mound utility submetering and billing solutions to allow commercial property managers to separate lease rates from utility charges and recover more of their utility costs, even if they do not have utility submeters. Contact us to discuss a customized utility submetering and or billing solution for your commercial property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Over the past 20 years we have built a reputation of efficiently providing quality utility submetering system installation. We are trusted by general contractors all over the country to install water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for new multi-unit residential and commercial construction projects. If you are planning a new 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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