Cable/Broadband Provider 1:
2,611 meters using 15 mega watts of power annually over three different utilities
Bill and Energy Analysis:
Identified 83 accounts with zero usage
Closed these accounts saving $49,900 annually
Sent out a RFP to our 40 plus suppliers
Placed the accounts with a different supplier for each utility: saving $316,000 annually
Total savings: $365,900
Billing Issue: Receiving 16 master bills
Worked with the utility to reduce to nine master bills
Tax Issue: Paying sales tax on power supplies and head-ends
Completed sales tax exemption form saving 6% moving forward
Compiled past bills and requested $110,000 refund from the State
Total time invested by company less than three hours
Cable/Broadband Provider 2:
4230 meters using 18 mega watts of power annually over two utilities
Bill and Energy Analysis:
Identified 195 accounts with zero usage
Closed these accounts saving $117,000 annually
Found five bills that belonged to a different business
Sent out a RFP to our 40 plus suppliers
Placed the accounts with one supplier: saving $360,000 annually
Total savings: $477,000
Billing Issue: Wrong billing addresses on accounts; receiving over 1000 utility bills
Worked with utility to correct billing address issues
Worked with utility and other company to transfer bills to their name and recover money paid in the past: recovered $25,000
Currently working to reduce bills to 11 master bills
Total time invested by company less than two hours
Cable/Broadband Provider 3:
678 meters using 6 mega watts of power annually over two utilities
Bill and Energy Analysis:
Company did not have an accurate count or list of meters
Scanned all of their bills and provided them with a spreadsheet of all their accounts with addresses
Identified 113 accounts with little or zero usage
Closed these accounts saving $67,800 annually
Sent out a RFP to our 40 plus suppliers
Placed the accounts with one supplier: saving $63,690 annually
Total savings: $131,490
Billing Issue: Problems with late charges and missing bills
Worked with the utility to reduce to four master bills
Total time invested by company less than one hour
Cable/Broadband Provider 4:
959 meters using 9.5 mega watts of power annually over two utilities
Bill and Energy Analysis: Company was with a third party supplier
Identified 30 accounts with zero usage
Closed these accounts saving $18,000 annually
Sent out an RFP to our 40 plus suppliers
Placed the account with one supplier: saving $92,000 annually
Total savings: $110,000
Billing Issue: Receiving a bill from the utility and the supplier causing double entries
Worked with the new supplier to provide a single bill through the utility
Tax issues: Paying sales tax on power supplies and head-ends
Completed sales tax exemption form savings 6% going forward
Compiled past bills and requested refund from the state of $150,000
Total time invested by company less than two hours