To business owners, a penny saved is a nickel, dime or more earned. When profit margin is factored into the equation, an organization with 5% profit margin might need to generate $1,000,000 in sales in order to accomplish the same profit as a $50,000 utility savings. Thus, a nickel saved is actually a dollar earned. Government customers can leverage such savings in entirely different fashion in order to create efficiencies and more savings.
Getting Started With Utility Billing Where No Budget is Needed
The challenge is often to get businesses up to and beyond the starting block. ATA believes in their abilities, so we offer customers a No-Risk Phase I opportunity to embark on a cost control journey by performing utility bill audit and strategic price positioning services. Services reviewed include electricity, gas, water and sewer. In this phase, we recover money from overcharges and reduce our customer’s monthly charges by negotiating rates for both regulated and deregulated utility services.
ATA is considered one of the most thorough third party auditors, having achieved hundreds of thousands to millions in annual savings behind energy staffs for Wal-mart Stores, Publix Super Markets, Kohl’s Department Stores and ITC Deltacom (now part of Earthlink). Some of our non-profit and government customers have included Savannah College of Art and Design, Newton County Government and YMCA of Coastal Georgia.
The processes for our consulting services (listed below) involve very little our customer’s valuable staff time.
Setup site profile information such as accounts, meters, square footage, contracts, rates and usage characteristics
Retrieve past billing data (24 mo min) and load it into the ATA platform for use in subsequent analysis
Bill audit performed in both automated process against billing data, rates and other proprietary approaches that help identify meter errors
Recovery is comprised of thoroughly documenting the situations, considering regulations and laws and seeking equitable refund for the customer
Tariff optimization review using market knowledge and ATA proprietary technology
Special pricing may be considered for larger sites, which will involve intricate research and/or knowledge of market pricing and regulations
Hourly Pricing Contracts review of CBL, bill variable parameters and pricing triggers along with interval meter data
Monthly savings reports that outline details for the sites with changes
Identify and Quantify Phase II savings opportunities for the client to consider in furthering their ROI’s
ATA Inc’s own Greenpoint comes in two solutions. Building Fault Detection imports existing sensor data from customer building automation, so that any issues related to software settings or building equipment can be be corrected. Greenpoint Monitoring and Diagnostics utilizes the patented software and IoT technologies to sensor and track a holistic view of the equipment, so that detailed diagnoses may be rendered and equipment failure averted.
*Mechanical failures often develop slowly during early season and then rapidly with peak season stress. Greenpoint correlates multiple points of data and predictive trending analytics can identify subtle issues in early season (avoiding peak season fire drills).
**When operated correctly and accompanied by prescribed system maintenance.
***When using Greenpoint’s early leak detection feature to virtually eliminate pressure gauge engagement.
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Building profile data setup for audit and other purposes
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Electricity, natural gas, water and sewer bill data history captured plus monthly thereafter throughout the contractual term
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Automated bill audit process consisting of up to 7 review levels with cases created for analyst review
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Solutions offered completely unbundled as needed
Rate optimization may include strategic pricing positioning, tariff review, special contract negotiations and service level changes
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Solutions offered completely unbundled as needed
Implementation of refund recovery and rate recommendations
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Solutions offered completely unbundled as needed
Ongoing savings tracking using hard savings (actual use against before and after pricing)
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Periodic rates review plus monthly bill audit
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Solutions offered completely unbundled as needed
Alerts that feature detailed description and urgency status
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Solutions offered completely unbundled as needed
Patented field IoT tracker and sensor that delivers remote diagnostics on HVAC equipment and automates 80+ % of maintenance checks (saving ongoing labor cost and increasing equipment life)
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Building alerts and performance pertaining to scheduling, zone, dampers and general unit data
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FREE to utility bill audit customers for limited time (top 10 locations and no obligations to continue thereafter). For non-utility bill audit customers, simply try us out under a no obligation pilot for 120 days on your top 20 sites (setup fee applies so contact us for that information). For more information or to schedule a demo, click the Get Started button to schedule a discussion.
The trial gives you an opportunity to get your feet wet with convenient and valuable utility data analytics.
