Tyler
Utility Submetering and Billing Services
Tailored to The Exact Needs of Your Community
Tyler Utility Submetering and Billing for
Water, Electric and Gas
All types of multifamily communities and commercial properties have benefited from partnering with Oates Energy for Tyler utility submetering and billing. Our customizable Water, Electric and Gas utility submetering and billing solutions are not bundled or pre-packaged “plans. Each of our utility submetering and billing services can be selected individually and adjusted to every property manager’s unique needs and preferences. Below is a closer look at how we customize our services for a few of our key markets.
Multifamily
Submetering & Billing
It’s very common for multifamily property managers usually to have different opinions about how they bill their residents to recover utility costs and also for other monthly charges and fees. When we created Oates Energy, we set out to be very different from other utility submetering and billing providers.
Instead of trying to create a fixed suite of pre-defined services and delivering them to all of our customers the same way like most of our competitors, we decided to change the industry standards and allow property managers to select only the services they actually needed and then be given the ability to adjust and customize the services they selected to their specific preferences. Speak to us about a Tyler utility submetering and billing solution designed to recover more of your community’s utility costs, your way.
Condominium Utility
Submetering & Billing
Condominium property managers have found our utility submetering services to be an accurate and efficient way to recover utility costs. Giving residents the ability to control their utility usage and costs not only encourages conservation, it reduces costs for the over all community.
Condo property managers and HOAs also appreciate how we help them select only the services they would like us to provide and then adjust how those services to their specific needs. If you are looking for a better way to recover more of your community’s utility costs, we can help! Speak with us about a customized Tyler utility submetering and billing solution for your community.
Mobile Home Park
Submetering & Billing
Thousands of mobile home parks all over the country have partnered with Oates Energy to recover more of their utility costs and streamline monthly billing. Mobile home park property managers prefer Oates Energy for their Tyler utility submetering and billing because of our flexibility. We offer property manager effective billing solution no matter how complicated their billing needs may be.
We can bill for submetered utilities based on usage. We can bill for utilities that are not submetered based on a RUBS formula. We provide U.S. based billing customer care and can even bill residents for other monthly services and fees. In short, we bring property managers a full suite of utility submetering and billing services that can be customized however they would like. Speak with us about a solution tailored to your park’s needs.
Commercial Property
Submetering & Billing
From utility submetering system installation and upgrades, to billing solutions for utilities and other monthly charges that can be tailored to each property manager’s specific preferences, we bring our commercial property managers complete solutions that are customized specifically for their operational needs and the needs of their tenants. How you would like us to help you recover more of your property’s utility costs?
New Construction
Submetering Installation
In addition to utility submetering and billing solutions, we also install new utility submetering systems for water, electric and gas. In fact, we are the contractor of choice for many general contracting firms around the country because we consistently provide quality workmanship, focus on jobsite safety and complete projects on time. If you are planning a new project that calls for utility submetering installation, we would be pleased to provide you with a detailed 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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