In commercial and institutional environments, significant billing variances rarely resolve through surface-level review. If any situation involves potential meter inaccuracy, it is critical to involve a third party expert to perform initial reviews on your behalf, so that a structured course of action may be developed.
Early review helps preserve documentation, protect recovery windows, and strengthen negotiation leverage.
If a bill increases sharply and the explanation is unclear, the issue warrants structured review.
In our experience, sudden cost increases most commonly stem from:
Meter misreads, malfunctions or inaccuracies
Rate changes unknownst to the client
Peak ratchet demand effects on pricing
Unapplied negotiated rate provisions
Weather-driven demand exposure under variable rate structures
Facility equipment malfunctions that cause high use or demand
Our immediate-response billing review includes:
Capturing historical billing data
Running weather-normalized usage analysis
Eliminating weather as the cause
If it is weather, requesting site HVAC or Boiler info to provide probable next checks
If it’s not weather-related, providing next steps for investigating utility equipment
Does the situation constitute a possible recovery or negotiation with the utility to generate adjustment or reduce future bills?
Our goal is to determine to provide a detailed initial analysis and roadmap for next steps of which we may be able to assist as needed.
Many utilities impose limitations on:
Back-billing adjustments
Refund look-back periods
Formal dispute windows
The sooner a variance is evaluated, the more recovery options remain available.
For urgent cases, preliminary review can typically begin within days of receiving billing documentation.
Pricing per commercial or industrial utility account covering a single consecutive billing variance event.
$950
Monthly billing that falls UNDER $10,000 Monthly
Includes:
• Weather-normalized variance analysis to isolate structural or billing-driven deviations
• Verification of tariff classification, rate application, and real-time pricing exposure
• Client questionnaire, interview, and load profile development
• Determination of required follow-up involving client- or utility-owned equipment
• Preliminary assessment of whether billing adjustments may be pursued
NOTE: Provides analytical findings and recommended next steps. Fees are fully credited toward any mutually agreed performance-based engagement1
Pricing per commercial or industrial utility account covering a single consecutive billing variance event.:
$2,500
Monthly billing that falls UNDER $30,000 Monthly
Includes:
• Weather-normalized variance analysis to isolate structural or billing-driven deviations
• Verification of tariff classification, rate application, and real-time pricing exposure
• Client questionnaire, interview, and load profile development
• Interval data extraction and load-shape analysis (where available)
• Determination of required follow-up involving client- or utility-owned equipment
• Preliminary assessment of whether billing adjustments may be pursued
• Optional: Live building automation or controls data integration and correlation analysis (custom quoted)
• IMPORTANT: Average monthly bills exceeding $30,000 are reviewed under separate performance-based engagement structure.
NOTE: Provides analytical findings and recommended next steps. Fees are fully credited toward any mutually agreed performance-based engagement.