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Also, you have to grant them access to your utility accounts via EDI or login credentials. For security-conscious teams, this requires a data processing agreement. Utility bills are the third largest expense for most commercial buildings, yet they are the most ignored line item on the P&L.
Ezesco: Is This the Smartest Way to Handle Utility Audits & Cost Recovery?
High power factor penalties were eroding margins. Ezesco identified a capacitor bank issue and recovered the penalties, netting $40k in year one. The Catch (Because There's Always One) No solution is perfect. Ezesco works best for multi-site businesses or heavy utility users (restaurants, retail chains, industrial plants, commercial real estate). If you are a home-based business or a small office with one electric meter, the potential refund pool is too small for them to take the case. ezesco
A property manager with submetered water had a sewer ratio calculated incorrectly for 7 years. Ezesco caught it in the first data upload.
Let’s be honest. Reading a commercial utility bill feels like deciphering ancient hieroglyphics. Between demand charges, power factor penalties, rider clauses, and tariffs that change quarterly, even experienced finance teams miss things. Also, you have to grant them access to
If they find nothing? You pay nothing.
This aligns their incentives perfectly with yours. They only win if you win. The Retail Chain: A client with 50 locations discovered they were being billed for "demand response" capacity they never requested. Ezesco recovered $120k in back credits. Ezesco: Is This the Smartest Way to Handle
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