Phoenix Utility Submetering and Billing Services
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Phoenix Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
Property Managers who are considering Phoenix utility submetering and billing providers need to look no further than Oates Energy. Residential and commercial multi-unit rental properties and condominium communities partner with Oates energy because of our flexibility and the efficiency of our Water, Electric and Gas utility submetering and billing solutions. Our clients benefit from our ability to and interest in customizing our submetering and billing services specifically for their property and their preferences. Below is a closer look at how we serve a few of our key markets.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
Oates Energy was founded by industry experts that understand and appreciate that while multifamily properties might seem similar, they often have very different preferences on how they manage their communities. Oates Energy’s suite of services was designed to accommodate these differences and include important services that most utility submetering and billing providers are unable or unwilling to provide. And most importantly, allow clients to select only the services the need and tailor them to how they need them to be provided. Contact us to design the perfect utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Condominium Utility
Submetering & Billing
Condominium management companies and HOAs have found Oates Energy to be the flexible solution they needed. Our condominium clients choose the services they want and need like remotely reading or directly reading utility meters and whether or not we bill be additional monthly charges and fees. Our U.S. based resident billing customer care is also available for condo communities that would like us to assist residents with billing questions and concerns. Contact us to discuss to customized utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
It is very common for mobile home park utility submetering and billing needs to be very different from park to park. In many cases parks have older direct read utility submetering equipment that requires meter reading services. It is also common for residents of a given park to have different utility submeters and inconsistencies in which utilities are submetered. And there are many parks that do not have utility submetering systems.
We have helped many mobile home parks with the these types of circumstances by tailoring utility submetering solutions to address even the most complicated scenarios. But we don’t stop there. We also customize billing solutions that immediately began to recover more of the park’s utility costs. Speak with us about a utility submetering and billing solution for your park.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
Commercial properties who chose to use our customized Phoenix utility submetering and billing solutions consistently recover more of their utility costs their way. This is because our entire business model is based on flexibility that allows all of our services and support to be customized and adjusted to their exact needs. From utility submetering system installation, upgrade or repair, to completely customizable billing solutions, we bring our commercial clients complete solutions designed specifically for their property and their preferences.
New Construction
Submetering Installation
We have been partnering with general contactors for over 20 years to provide utility submetering system installation for water, electric and gas. We install new utility submetering systems for new multifamily and condo communities, commercial construction projects and mobile home communities all over the country. We install to local building codes and assure that every system we install is tested and ready for final inspection. If you are planning a new construction 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.
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