Mansfield Utility Submetering and Billing
Recover More of Your Water, Electric and Gas Utility Costs
Mansfield Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy is a leading national provider of customizable water, electric and gas utility submetering and billing services. We offer our Mansfield utility submetering and billing customers support in ways our competitors cannot begin to match. We offer a completely different approach to utility submetering and billing. We DO NOT offer our property managers fixed sets or groups of services that may or may not include the services they need. Instead we built Oates Energy so that our customers could select only the services they need and then customize the submetering and billing services they selected to however they need them provided. Below is a more detailed look at how we serve a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
At Oates Energy, we help property managers select the individual utility submetering and billing services they would like us to provide and then help them adjust how we provide those services, even our extended services such as our U.S. based resident billing customer care. We are a truly unique option that allows property managers to build the perfect Mansfield utility submetering and billing solution for their community. Contact Us to learn why Oates Energy has become the preferred utility submetering and billing solutions provider for so many multifamily communities.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium communities benefit when they encourage utility conservation by submetering utilities and billing residents based on usage. Lower utility usage means lower utility costs and lower utility costs mean lower HOA fees. We help condominium communities institute utility submetering and billing services that are tailored to their community’s specific needs and preferences. Speak with us about building the perfect Mansfield utility submetering and billing solution for your condominium community!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
We help our mobile home park property managers in a variety of ways. We can install and or repair existing utility submetering systems and equipment, we are able to bill each individual residence in different ways and for different utilities. And unlike our competitors, we are happy to provide this level of support for parks with as few as 50 residences. If you are struggling to control utility costs, contact us to discuss our Mansfield utility submetering and billing services and how they can be designed specifically for your park.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Our flexibility is very helpful for commercial property managers because of the special accommodations they commonly make for their larger tenants and because of the vastly different utility requirements that commonly exist among commercial tenants. All of our services can be selected individually. And once you have selected the services you need us to provide, we’ll help you adjust them to your specific needs and preferences.
We bring an unmatched level of flexibility and an extensive suite of services to our commercial property managers. Speak with us about our Mansfield utility submetering and billing services and how they can be tailored to your exact needs.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
We install water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for new multi-unit residential and commercial construction projects all over the country. We have an excellent reputation for quality workmanship and are the go-to utility submetering systems installation contractor for many general contractors. If you are planning a new construction project and need a reliable utility submetering system installation partner, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed installation 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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