Lewisville Utility Submetering and Billing
Customized for Multifamily Communities & Commercial Properties
Lewisville Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
In the utility submetering and billing industry, it is very common for providers to bundle groups or sets of services and provide them the same way for all of their clients. And most providers are not usually open to changing or adjusting how they do things. This leaves property managers to pick the group or set of services that is closest to their actual needs.
This lack of flexibility can lead to paying for services that are not really needed or being forced to adjust internal operations to accommodate how services are being provided. At Oates Energy, we provide our Lewisville utility submetering and billing services in a completely different way. We offer property managers a full suite of utility submetering and billing services that can be selected individually and then tailored and adjusted to their unique needs and preferences. Below is a closer look at how we support a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
We planned from the very beginning to provide Lewisville utility submetering and billing solutions in ways that we knew our competitors couldn’t begin to match. We actually help our property managers select only the services they feel the need and then work with them to adjust the services they chose to use so that they would be provided the way they wanted them to be provided. Contact us to discuss a utility submetering and billing solution tailored to your community’s needs.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium communities choose Oates Energy for Lewisville utility submetering and billing because of how our customized approach allows them to individually select the services they need and not pay for services they don’t need. Our customized approach to utility submetering and billing encourages utility conservation and reduces over all utility costs for condominium communities. Speak with us about customizing our Lewisville utility submetering and billing services for your community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Oates Energy is often a perfect fit for mobile home parks. We’ve helped parks that had residences with different utilities being submetered, created customized billing solutions that could bill residents for utilities that were not submetered based on a RUBS formula. We can even bill residents for other monthly services and fees like TV and Internet.
Most of our competitors can’t begin to provide the level of flexibility we demonstrate every day. We customize our Lewisville utility submetering and billing solutions for almost any scenario. And we can extend this level of flexibility cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. Speak with us about recovering more of your park’s utility costs, your way!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial property managers usually find us to be the best option for Lewisville utility submetering and billing solutions. This is because of our flexibility. We were built to provide only the services that are needed and then customize the selected services to the exact preferences of each client. This approach is extremely valuable to commercial properties because of the vastly different utility requirements of tenants and special arrangements they often have with their tenants. Contact us to design the perfect utility submetering and billing solution for your property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Oates Energy installs new water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for multi-unit residential and commercial construction projects all over the country. We have an excellent record of jobsite safety and a reputation for quality workmanship. If you are planning a new multi-unit construction project that calls for 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
WestlawNext, 2016.
