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The Benefits of EnergyCAP Riverside County Economic Development Agency
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The Benefits of EnergyCAP Riverside County Economic Development Agency
Policy highlights:
H-32—The Policy Approved August 10, 2010
EDA processes most utility bills for
payment
EDA charges user departments for
utility costs
EDA coordinates new account
creation
EDA communicates regarding utility
issues
EnergyCAP Utility Bill Management Software
Used by more than 10,000 energy managers in 3,000 organizations
Five-time Energy Star Partner of the Year
EnergyCAP Utility Bill Management Software
Other Awards • Environmental Leader Product of the Year
• Association of Energy Engineers’ International Energy Engineer of
the Year
• Inc. Fastest Growing Private Company (5 times)
• Pennsylvania Business Central’s Top 100 Organizations
• Stevie Awards for Sales and Marketing (2 times)
PREVENTIVE ACTIVITIES
• *Utility Bill Auditing • *Problem Bill Tracking
• *Process Improvements • *Utility Data Reporting • *Ranking of Buildings • *Sustainability and Compliance
PROACTIVE ACTIVITIES
The Need for EnergyCAP We need to be preventive and proactive regarding
utility costs
Consistency with Historical Usage
Utility Bill Auditing EnergyCAP reviews bills for the following:
Bill Ownership
Utility Company Errors
Estimated meter readings
New line item charges
Utility tax charges
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Auditing Yields Savings
Initial investment: $118,000
Return on investment: $146,598
Every Bill Entered in EnergyCAP Gets Audited
Problem Bills Are Identified, Researched and Tracked
Examples of Errors Found Through Auditing –Posting Error
$19,025.04
Examples of Errors Found Through Auditing –Demand Error
$29,860.97
Bill Issue Report
We want to be Proactive . . .
Not reactive!
EnergyCAP has features to help us be proactive
EnergyCAP has helped EDA streamline the process of paying utility bills.
Process Improvements
• * 53 utility providers • * 3,000 monthly vendor bills
• * 2,000 monthly chargeback bills
Accounts Payable Upload Process Improvements:
EnergyCAP eliminates the need to re-enter in PeopleSoft.
Bill Splits (Chargebacks) Process Improvements
Accounts Receivable Upload Process Improvements
EnergyCAP eliminates duplicate entry in PeopleSoft.
Electronic Billing Process Improvements:
Electronic billing reduces data entry and improves accuracy.
Process Improvements: Electronic Billing
Process Improvements: Electronic Billing
Process Improvements: Electronic Billing
Final Testing Final Testing
Process Improvements: Electronic Billing
Energy Reporting There are many reports available in EnergyCAP.
Energy Reporting Ability to rank the performance of county buildings by cost and usage
Ranking of Energy Performance Having all bills processed and tracked by EDA will allow us to better identify energy projects
that save the most in cost and usage.
Projects can then be identified that give the “biggest bang for the buck”.
Sustainability & Compliance
EnergyCAP provides an interface to Portfolio Manager
Once the building profile is set up, EnergyCAP automatically uploads building energy data on a monthly basis
Sustainability & Compliance
• Eliminates double entry • Returns an EnergyStar Rating
that can be seen in EnergyCAP
• Satisfies emerging legislative mandates
Sustainability & Compliance
EnergyCAP automatically calculates an organization’s carbon footprint from the utility
bills
• Calculates Scope 2 indirect emissions
• Tracks any Scope 1 direct emissions
Sustainability & Compliance EnergyCAP provides screen shots of
historical emissions data
Sustainability & Compliance EnergyCAP provides screen shots of
historical emissions data
Sustainability & Compliance EnergyCAP provides screen shots of
historical emissions data
Sustainability & Compliance EnergyCAP provides reports for GHG
emissions
Creativity
Riverside County took receivership of a bankrupt water company
Creativity
“EDA Water Service” now uses EnergyCAP to temporarily bill impacted water customers
Creativity
“EDA Water Service” now uses EnergyCAP to temporarily bill impacted water customers
EnergyCAP has been a foundational tool for Riverside County
It has helped us save money, streamline processing and identify
best opportunities for efficiency
EnergyCAP helps the county make the utility bill work for us.
