Utility submetering puts a meter on each unit that measures and bills its water/sewer, gas, and electric use. The technology has been around since the early 1920s. NES installs the meters, reads them, pays the master-meter bill, and bills your residents, all in-house and with bilingual support.
When residents pay for what they actually use, they cut back. Most properties see 15 to 30 percent lower water use. Daily reads also catch leaks early, and common-area water stops getting spread across everyone's rent. Payback usually lands within 12 to 18 months.
For water, yes; for electricity, only in limited cases. Idaho has no statute on water or gas submetering, so the lease governs those. For electricity, mobile home parks connected after July 1, 1980 may not be submetered, apartments connected after that date must be metered by the utility when residents control their own electric heat, water heating, or air conditioning (IPUC rules IDAPA 31.26.01, Rules 100 and 101), and the Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power tariffs bar reselling electricity except where it was submetered before July 1, 1980. Privately owned utilities are regulated by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission under Title 61 of the Idaho Code, but an owner who submeters is not regulated as a utility. Electricity is not divided by formula, and where electric service is resold through submeters, IPUC master-metering rules require the resident to pay the same rate the serving utility would charge directly. NES tracks every requirement so your property stays compliant.
Electric submetering in Idaho is tightly limited. Mobile home parks connected for service after July 1, 1980 may not be master-metered or submetered (IDAPA 31.26.01, Rule 100), and apartments connected after that date must be metered by the utility when residents control their own electric heat, water heating, or air conditioning (Rule 101). Idaho Power and Rocky Mountain Power tariffs also bar reselling electricity except where it was submetered before July 1, 1980. The state has no statute on water or gas submetering, so the lease governs those. Utility service itself in Bonneville County falls under the Idaho PUC. NES tracks the current Idaho and local requirements for your address, so billing is set up to match the rule.
Water is provided by the City of Idaho Falls and nearby systems, and Idaho Falls Power provides municipal electricity. NES works with whichever provider serves your property, installs the submeters, reads them, pays the master-meter bill, and bills your residents in-house across the Idaho Falls area.
Most submetering installs pay for themselves within 12 to 18 months through the utility cost you recover. We'll run the numbers on your actual master-meter bills and unit count, then send you an estimate. You are not signing anything.
No. NES installs nonproprietary meters that other companies can read, The meters are yours, and extended warranties are available if you want one.