Mesa Utility Submetering and Billing
For All Types of Multifamily Communities & Commercial Properties
Mesa Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas Utilities
One of the biggest challenges for multifamily communities, condominium communities, mobile home parks, and commercial properties is recovering utility costs fairly and accurately. Because of this, many of these types of properties have turned to Oates Energy for Mesa utility submetering and billing because are one of the nations fastest growing and providers of customized water, electric and gas utility submetering and billing services.
Most of our competitors offer a bundled or packaged set of services that are provided on mass, the same way to all of their clients. For many property managers, this lack of flexibility often results in having to pay for services they do not need or want and being forced to adjust their internal operations to how these services are provided. At Oates Energy, we take a completely different approach.
We understand that property managers have different preferences when it comes to recovering utility costs and developed a full suite of utility submetering and billing services that can be tailored to the unique needs and preferences of each community and property we serve. Below is a closer look at how we support our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
Our entire suite of submetering and billing services were developed from the very beginning to provide Mesa utility submetering and billing solutions in ways that that are much different than typical utility submetering and billing service providers. We actually tailor all of our services to the unique requirements and preferences of each community and property that we serve.
We even offer billing for other charges and fees such as Internet, TV, phone services and even garage and pet fees. And our U.S. based billing customer care team supports all residents using your unique billing policies and guidelines. Contact us to build a utility submetering and billing solution tailored to your community’s needs.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Mesa condominium communities often choose Oates Energy for Mesa utility submetering and billing for the same reasons that multifamily communities do. Our customized approach allows HOAs and property managers to organize only the services they need and adjust our billing solutions and resident billing support to their specific needs to motivate conservation and reduce over all utility costs. Contact us about a custom tailored utility submetering and billing solution for your condominium community!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Oates Energy is simply the best option for mobile home parks when it comes to recovering utility costs. In many cases we have tailored solutions for mobile home parks that had older utility submetering equipment or none at all, and some residents had meters and some who did not. We have upgraded and standardized submetering systems and custom designed modern remote read submetering systems. For parks that did not wish to update or add new submetering equipment, we customized a RUBS billing solution, (ratio utility billing solution).
Where our competitors run from these scenarios, we excel. We are able to customize a utility submetering and billing solutions or just a billing solution for almost any requirement. Contact us to discuss a truly customized solution designed to recover more of your park’s utility costs!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial properties consistently find us to be their best option for Mesa utility submetering and billing services. This is because our entire business model and all of the services we provide were designed to be totally flexible. We customize and adjust all of our services to the exact needs and preferences of each client.
This approach is extremely valuable to commercial properties who have unique needs because they often have tenants with vastly different utility requirements, and also different billing requirements. From utility submetering system installation to which utilities and other monthly fees we bill for, to how all of our services can be completely customized and provided exactly how you need them to be provided. We were built to be customized. Contact us for a customized solution designed to recover more of your utility costs.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Oates Energy installs water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for general contractors of commercial and all types of multifamily construction projects all over the country. Our experienced field technicians are extremely versed in the proper installation of water, electric and gas submetering systems and installing them to each area’s local building codes. And we fully test every system we install to assure a successful final inspection. If you are planning a project that calls for utility submetering, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed bid.
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.
Arizona Utility Billing and Submetering Links
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