Marana
Utility Submetering and Billing
For All Types of Multifamily Communities
Marana Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy delivers Marana utility submetering and billing services for water, electric, and gas with a focus on how each client actually wants their services handled. Many providers rely on standardized service packages because they are easier to manage internally, but that approach often overlooks the operational differences between properties. As a result, property managers may end up paying for unnecessary features or adapting to service methods that don’t align with their processes.
Our philosophy is built around customization. Oates Energy works closely with each community to understand billing preferences, recovery goals, and management styles. Every component of our Marana utility submetering and billing services can be adjusted to fit those needs, allowing property managers greater control, efficiency, and accuracy. Below is an overview of how our flexible solutions support several key property types.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
For multifamily communities, controlling operating expenses is essential to protecting NOI, and utility costs play a major role. Oates Energy supports stronger financial performance through flexible Marana utility submetering and billing solutions that are tailored to how each community operates. Rather than forcing standardized processes, we align our services with management goals and resident expectations.
Our offerings are fully adjustable, from resident online access and property management portals to U.S. based billing customer care that handles questions and concerns. Communities can also choose which utilities are billed and how often. This customized approach helps improve accuracy, transparency, and cost recovery. Contact Oates Energy to design a Marana utility submetering and billing solution built specifically for your multifamily community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium associations and property managers work with Oates Energy to promote responsible utility use while keeping monthly assessments manageable. Many communities include utilities, most commonly water within HOA fees, which can limit conservation and increase shared expenses. Our Marana utility submetering and billing solutions offer flexible options to address both challenges.
For communities seeking precise usage tracking, we can install remote-read water submeters that allow residents to be billed based on actual consumption. If submeter installation is not preferred, we also provide customized RUBS billing solutions. Both approaches encourage conservation, separate utility expenses from HOA dues, and improve cost recovery. Contact Oates Energy to explore a Marana utility submetering and billing solution designed specifically for your condominium community or building.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Mobile home park owners partner with Oates Energy because our Marana utility submetering and billing services are built around flexibility. Rather than offering fixed packages, we tailor every solution to deliver only the services a park truly needs and adapt how those services are provided to match existing infrastructure and management preferences.
We assist with installing new submetering systems, upgrading older equipment, and providing meter-reading services for parks using direct-read meters. Our billing programs are equally adaptable, residents with meters are billed on actual usage, while communities without meters can use a customized RUBS formula. We can also include additional recurring charges and fees. Contact Oates Energy to learn how our Marana utility submetering and billing solutions help mobile home parks recover more of their utility costs efficiently.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Utility usage across commercial retail and industrial properties can vary dramatically, making a flexible approach essential. Tenants may include small shops, mid-sized manufacturers, or high-demand anchor businesses, each with different consumption patterns and, in some cases, unique lease provisions related to utilities. Oates Energy addresses these complexities through our adaptable Marana utility submetering and billing solutions.
Our services are designed to accommodate diverse tenant requirements by customizing how utilities are measured, allocated, and billed. This allows property owners to recover costs accurately while honoring specific lease terms. Contact Oates Energy to discuss a Marana utility submetering and billing solution tailored to the operational and financial needs of your commercial property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
For more than two decades, Oates Energy has served as a trusted installation partner for general contractors nationwide. Our experience supports high-quality Marana utility submetering and billing projects by ensuring submetering systems are installed correctly from the start. Our field technicians are highly trained in the latest water, electric, and gas submetering technologies and follow proven installation best practices.
Every system we install meets applicable local building codes and is thoroughly tested to ensure reliable performance. We stand behind our work and prioritize consistency, safety, and accuracy on every jobsite. If your upcoming construction project requires utility submetering installation, contact Oates Energy to request a detailed bid you can plan around with confidence.
Utility Submetering Laws and Regulations in Arizona
*The Arizona Corporation Commission’s Rules on Water requires all water delivered by a regulated water utility to be billed on the basis of metered volume sales. Arizona’s regulations allow the utility to provide a fixed charge schedule for temporary service where water use can be readily estimated; public and private fire protection; water used for street sprinkling and sewer flushing under certain circumstances; and other fixed charge schedules approved by the commission (Ariz. Admin. Code, title 14, art. 4 §R14-2-408).
*A landlord may charge separately for gas, water, wastewater, solid waste removal or electricity by installing a submetering system or by allocating the charges separately through a ratio utility billing system.
If a landlord charges separately for a utility, the landlord may recover the charges imposed on the landlord by the utility provider plus an administrative fee for the landlord for actual administrative costs only. The landlord shall not impose any additional charges. The rental agreement shall contain a disclosure that lists the utility services that are charged separately and shall specify the amount of any administrative fee that is associated with submetering or the use of a ratio utility billing system (Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §33-1314.01).
*The landlord may charge an administrative fee for the landlord’s actual administrative costs. Any monthly administrative fee shall not exceed the greater of the landlord’s actual administrative costs or 10 percent of the monthly charges by the utility provider in the aggregate to the landlord. The landlord shall not impose any other additional charges.
If the landlord arranges for utility billings to be handled by a third party, the utility billings shall instead include the actual and reasonable cost charged by the third party for the service. Those third party charges shall not exceed ten per cent of the monthly charges by the utility provider for that utility in the aggregate to the landlord. For the purposes of this paragraph, “administrative costs” includes the direct actual costs to the landlord of billing for utilities, including the cost of staff time to calculate and mail the bills, postage and stationery (Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. §33-2107).
*Information courtesy of:
The National Conference of State Legislatures
WestlawNext, 2016.
