Killeen
Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Customizable Solutions
for Multifamily and Commercial Properties
Killeen Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy provides fully customizable Killeen utility submetering and billing for water, electric and gas. We pride ourselves on a unique ability to deliver only the services a property managers selects, and then customize and adjust how we provide the services they selected so they are provided exactly the way they need them to be provided.
At Oates energy, our goal is to provide accurate and timely utility submetering and billing solutions that are tailored to the specific needs of each client, and to fully back those services with world class support. Contact us to discuss to solution designed for the unique needs of your property.
Multifamily | Apartment
Submetering & Billing
Killeen utility submetering and billing made easy! We custom and tailor all of our utility submetering and billing solutions to the needs and preferences of each property manager that we support. We do not bundle or package our services because we understand that each of our property managers have their own ideas about how they prefer to manage their community. Our clients never have to pay for services they do not want or need.
Contact Us to learn why so many multifamily communities have chosen Oates Energy to recover more of their utility costs.
Condominium Community
Submetering & Billing
Condominium property managers and homeowners associations prefer Oates Energy for Killeen utility submetering and billing for many of the same reasons that multifamily communities do. We can help with any submetering equipment or system needs and the features of our billing services and online account management for residents is second to non. And your dedicated client relations manager is a phone call or email away for any questions or support you may require. Contact us about a customized solution for your condominium community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
Established mobile home parks often have aging utility submetering systems that are in need of repair or upgrade. This can lead to complications and accuracy issues in recovering utility costs. And in addition to monthly utility charges, parks often bill different tenants for different monthly services.
Oates Energy provides solutions for each of these needs and more. We can bill residents with utility submeters based on usage or bill residents that do not have submeters based on a RUBS formula. We can also bill different residents of the park for different monthly services or fees. As we do for all of our clients, we can customize a utility submetering and billing solution for virtually any need or preference. Speak with us about a customized solution designed to help you streamline internal operations and recover more of your park’s utility costs.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Commercial property managers who require Killeen utility submetering and billing solutions find that Oates Energy a perfect fit. This is largely due to our unique business model. The industry experts who founded Oates Energy did so with one overlying purpose; to offer utility submetering and billing solutions that could be adjusted and tailored to each property manager’s unique needs and preferences. We understood from experience that commercial properties have unique needs because their tenants have different utility requirements, and also different billing requirements. We address these special requirements every day for commercial properties all over the country. Speak with us about a customized solution for your commercial property.
Submetering Installation
Oates Energy has been installing utility submetering systems all over the country for over 20 years. Our installation technicians are extremely versed in the proper installation of water, electric and gas submetering systems. We install utility submetering systems for water, electric and gas to local codes, and see every installation completely through to final inspection. If you are planning a new multifamily community or commercial property that will require utility submetering 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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