Sugar Land Utility Submetering and Billing
Recover More of Your Utility Costs!
Sugar Land Utility Submetering and Billing
for Water, Electric and Gas
Oates Energy is a different kind of water, electric and gas utility submetering and billing services provider. We offer our Sugar Land utility submetering and billing customers an alternative to traditional utility submetering and billing services by helping multifamily communities, condominium communities, mobile home parks, and commercial properties customize the submetering and billing services
Instead of offering only bundled groups of pre-defined services that cannot be changed or adjusted, we help our property managers select only the services they need. And then we work closely with them to adjust the services they selected so that we provide them the way they need us to. Below is a more detailed look at how we serve a few of our key markets.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Multifamily Communities
Multifamily communities make up for the largest portion of our customer base. We are regularly told that this is because of our interest in being much more flexible than our competitors in allowing our multifamily property managers choose the Sugar Land utility submetering and billing services they would like us to provide, and also how we help them adjust and customize the way we provide the services they selected so that they accurately address the needs and preferences of each property manager.
Contact Us to learn why Oates Energy has become the preferred utility submetering and billing solutions provider for property managers all over the country.
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Condominium Communities
Condominium communities benefit when they encourage utility conservation, bill residents fairly and recover as much of their over all utility costs as possible. These steps help make it possible to keep HOA and condo fees as low as possible. And we provide Sugar Land utility submetering and billing solutions that help condominium property managers achieve these goals. We help condo communities with utility submetering and billing solutions that are tailored to their community’s specific needs and preferences. Contact us about a custom tailored utility submetering and billing solution for your condominium community!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Mobile Home Parks
We have helped mobile home park property managers in a multiple ways over the years. We have installed new utility submetering systems, repaired existing utility submetering systems and set up customized billing to bill different residents for different utilities in different ways. And we regularly provide this level of assistance cost effectively for parks with as few as 50 residences. If your park is struggling with utility costs, contact us to discuss a Sugar Land utility submetering and billing solution tailored to the needs of your park and designed to recover more of your utility costs!
Utility Submetering & Billing
for Commercial Properties
We can be a great fit for commercial properties. We were built to be much different than the typical utility submetering and billing provider. We were built to be totally customizable from the ground up.
All of our Sugar Land utility submetering and billing services can be selected individually and adjusted to each property manager’s unique needs and preferences. And this flexibility is very helpful for commercial property managers because of the special accommodations that are commonly made for large tenants and in special lease terms. we bring an unmatched level of flexibility and an extensive suite of services to our commercial property managers. Speak with us about a solution designed specifically for your property.
Submetering Installation
for New Construction
Oates Energy is a water, electric and gas utility submetering system installation company. We install utility submetering systems for multifamily and commercial multi-unit construction projects all over the country. We are known nationally for our quality workmanship and have a reputation for completing projects on time. If you are planning a new construction project that calls for utility submetering system installation, 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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