Utility bill recovery · Manufacturers and multi-site operators
You are overpaying on your utility bills. Let’s go get it back.
One month of bills in. The overcharges found and refunded. You pay only from what is recovered.
Lower utility bills, every year
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What’s in this number
$10,667 to $18,167 a year once the errors are corrected. Plus $10,667 to $54,501 back, one time, where errors reach back up to 3 years.
3 facilities at $25,000 a month in utilities: an estimated $10,667 to $18,167 a year going forward, and $10,667 to $54,501 in retroactive refunds.
Illustrative estimate, from recovery ranges reported by The Utility Refund Company. The audit sets your figure.
What is utility bill recovery?
Utility bill recovery is a line-by-line audit of a company’s electricity, gas, water, sewer, waste and telecom bills that finds the errors and overcharges, files for refunds and corrects every bill after. Longtable introduces the service and The Utility Refund Company performs the audit from one month of bills. There is no cost to look; you pay only from what is recovered.
The record
Large companies audit every invoice. Now you can too.
One in six utility invoices contains an error, and the utility will not flag its own mistake. The same line-by-line audit comes to your facilities.
- 19,000+
- Audits completed
- $110M+
- Recovered for businesses
- 24 hrs
- To your first analysis
Reported by The Utility Refund Company, from one month of bills.
How it works
One month of bills in. Money back out.
Send one month of bills.
No site visits, no disruption, no CPA. A short authorization lets the auditors speak to your providers.
Every line is audited.
Specialist auditors at The Utility Refund Company review every account for errors, overcharges and misapplied rates. First analysis back within 24 hours.
The money comes back.
Refunds are filed with your providers; corrections lower every bill after. You never switch providers.
More information
What is audited
- Electricity
- Natural gas
- Water and sewer
- Trash and waste
- Cable and internet
- Landline and mobile
Where overcharges hide. Wrong tariff or rate class; misapplied demand charges; sewer billed at 100% of water; duplicate and phantom charges; estimated or faulty meter reads; tax and surcharge errors. An error is not caught; it repeats every billing cycle, across every facility, until someone goes looking. Roughly 17% of invoices contain an error; specialist auditors report recoverable savings in 90% or more of accounts reviewed.
Typical recovery by type, reported by The Utility Refund Company
- 7 to 9%
- Electricity
- 7 to 9%
- Natural gas
- 7 to 17%
- Water and sewer
Actuals vary and are confirmed only by audit. The estimator above uses a more conservative 3% to 8% band.
Who benefits most. Manufacturers and multi-plant operations; cold storage, food processing and distribution; multi-site retail, restaurant, hospitality and auto-dealer groups; healthcare systems and senior living; property portfolios; school districts, municipalities and large non-profits. More than one facility, or more than about $10,000 a month in utilities, usually makes an audit worth it.
The partner. The Utility Refund Company performs the audits and the recovery; Longtable introduces the service. It reports 20+ years, 19,000+ audits completed and $110M+ recovered, with 200+ specialists across 35 states. Refunds follow tariff terms and state limitation periods; the estimate is not a quote and recovery is not guaranteed.
Is it a fit?
Built for.
- More than one facility or billing account.
- $10,000 a month or more in utilities.
- Manufacturing, cold storage, multi-site retail, healthcare, property, schools or municipalities.
- One small office with one or two accounts.
- You want a tax strategy. This is cost recovery.
Straight answers
Questions, answered.
- Does this cost anything to look?
- No. The analysis is no cost and no obligation. You pay only from refunds and savings actually recovered; if nothing is recovered, you owe nothing.
- Do I have to switch utility providers?
- No. The auditors never ask you to change providers or energy type. They audit the bills you already have.
- How far back can you recover?
- Up to three years, as far as the tariff and state rules allow. The audit determines what applies to each account.
- Is this a tax strategy?
- No. It is a billing audit and cost recovery: no credit, no deduction, no CPA. Money you overpaid, returned.
Schedule a Meeting
Find out what you’re owed.
A short call. Bring one month of bills and it starts the same week.
Or call 248.742.0065Mon – Fri: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM