Plantation Utility Submetering and Billing
Customizable Utility Submetering and Billing Solutions
Plantation Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy provides Plantation utility submetering and billing for Water, Electric and Gas in ways that our competitors simply cannot match. We provide property managers with fully customizable billing solutions that can be adjusted to their unique needs and preferences. We design solution for communities that would like to add utility submetering, seamlessly migrate communities that already have utility submetering systems in place and help communities that do not use utility submeters recover more of their utility costs by implementing a RUBS formula billing solution. Below is a closer look at how we support a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
It is not uncommon for a multifamily community property manager to find themselves managing hundreds of residences. And a big part of their monthly responsibilities include monthly billing for utilities and other services and fees such as cable TV, phone and Internet, even garage and pet fees. And assuring that utility costs are accurately recovered along with their other monthly charges and fees can be a timely and complicated monthly task.
We specialize in custom tailoring solutions to handle this huge responsibility. Our property managers choose only the services they would like to use, and then tell us how they need us to provide those services. No more choosing the “closest” option to your actual needs or paying for services your don’t want or need. Contact us and build the perfect Plantation utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Most condominium community HOAs and property managers who have looked into using a utility submetering and billing solutions provider can tell you that it’s hard to find a provider that is a good fit or that could effectively address their specific needs and preferences. At Oates energy we understand the unique needs of HOAs and have created a suite of services that can be selected individually and provided however they need them to be provided. Truly customized Plantation utility submetering and billing solutions designed to encourage conservation by accurately recovering more of your community’s utility costs.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
Our utility submetering and billing solutions can be the perfect solution for mobile home parks. We can install remote read submetering systems or provide meter reading services for parks with older direct-read utility submeters. And for parks that do not have utility submeters, we provide billing solutions such as “RUBS”, (Ratio Utility Billing System) based on formulas the park’s management defines.
We can even provide resident billing customer care to help residents with any billing question using your unique billing policies and guidelines. And we can do all of this and more, cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. How would you like us to help you recover more of your park’s utility costs!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
Commercial properties that do not have or use utility submetering, they often include utilities with monthly lease rates. But this can create an issue by causing their advertised lease rates to be less competitive. We design utility billing solutions that allow commercial properties to separate lease rates from utility charges and recover more of their utility costs, even if they do not have submetering systems. Contact us to discuss a customized utility submetering and or billing solution designed to recover more of your utility costs.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Oates energy has a reputation for quality workmanship spanning more than 20 years. We are trusted by general contractors and local governments all over the country to install water, electric and gas utility submetering systems for residential and commercial new construction projects. If you are planning a new project that calls for utility submetering system installation, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed bid!
Utility Submetering Laws and Regulations in Florida
*Where individual metering is not required and master metering is used in lieu thereof, reasonable apportionment methods, including submetering may be used by the customer of record or the owner of such facility solely for the purpose of allocating the cost of the electricity billed by the utility. The term “cost” as used herein means only those charges specifically authorized by the electric utility’s tariff, including but not limited to the customer, energy, demand, fuel, conservation, capacity and environmental charges made by the electric utility plus applicable taxes and fees to the customer of record responsible for the master meter payments.
The term “cost” does not include late payment charges, returned check charges, the cost of the customer-owned distribution system behind the master meter, the customer of record’s cost of billing the individual units, and other such costs. Any fees or charges collected by a customer of record for electricity billed to the customer’s account by the utility, whether based on the use of submetering or any other allocation method, shall be determined in a manner which reimburses the customer of record for no more than the customer’s actual cost of electricity.
Each utility shall develop a standard policy governing the provisions of submetering as provided for herein. Such policy shall be filed by each utility as part of its tariffs. The policy shall have uniform application and shall be nondiscriminatory (Fla. Administrative Code §25-6.049).
*Information courtesy of:
The National Conference of State Legislatures
WestlawNext, 2016.
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