Reliably power your business at the optimal cost.

Procure, optimize, and manage best-in-class energy programs.

Multiple locations mean multiple utility bills to manage, and countless opportunities for costly mistakes, overpayments, and inefficiencies. This may include bill errors in the utility invoices. We put proprietary technology and skilled analysts to work on utility expense auditing and dissect your utility data, identify the many cost savings and improvements available to you, and implement a step-by-step roadmap for capturing those gains. Once the utility bill audit is completed, we then validate and sustain your advantage over time with ongoing monitoring and account management.

Through improved utility spend visibility and proactive resolution of problems, your company stands to save hundreds of thousands or more in energy consumption and utility charges while reducing operating risk and building a more sustainable future.

Create a powerful competitive advantage with 11% average savings on your energy and utilities spend.

Optimize utility rates

Capture utility rate reduction opportunities in regulated and deregulated markets

Eliminate costly errors

Prevent and correct billing errors, metering issues, and overcharges

Reduce operational risk

Avoid disconnects, shutdowns, and service disruptions

Advance sustainability goals

Capture and report on efficiencies and renewable opportunities

Spend Smarter on Energy and Utility Services

Utility Bill Data Management & Bill Pay

Take advantage of new process efficiencies and free up internal resources while gaining greater visibility into your utility spend. We streamline your utility bill management, acting as your outsourced utility AP team, we gather, consolidate, review, and pay utility bills and expertly handle exceptions from end to end.

Utility Bill Audit + Rate Optimization

Secure the most advantageous rates and tariffs. Our utility bill audit experts leverage unparalleled market intelligence and conduct thorough regulatory monitoring to negotiate successfully. We continuously scour invoices for accuracy, correcting utility billing errors and proactively securing any and all refunds you’re due. We collaborate with you to deliver a truly comprehensive energy audit.

Energy Procurement

In deregulated or open states, proactively source and secure market competitive supply rates for electricity and natural gas to minimize utility cost. From risk assessment to final price refresh, contract verification, and compliance, we manage the complete RFP process to find the ideal utility providers for your business.

Utility Account Opening and Closing Transition Services

Keep your business running on schedule and without delays or interruptions. Dedicated utility experts ensure services are online, on time, every time to streamline new location openings and account transitions after mergers and acquisitions. Our team has successfully manages 10,000+ account transitions per year. Some of clients include: Dollar General, Panda Express, Harbor Freight, Bank of America.

Renewables Advisory

Get expert assistance in procuring green power including wind and solar. We can help facilitate community solar or distributed generation projects, onsite solar, REC purchasing, VPPA strategies, and other initiatives that help reduce carbon footprint, optimize operations, and capture all incentives and rebates. Energy efficiency ensures future savings for the business as well as compliant ESG reporting.

Sustainability Reporting

Meet corporate and governance goals with confidence. With full support for accurately calculating and reporting Scope 1 and 2 emissions, managing the Energy Star process, setting targets, and executing a sustainability roadmap, we ensure your compliance and move you toward a greener future.

Resources and Case Studies

C-Store Chain Shrinks Energy Spend by $349,000 Annually with Utility Rate Analysis and Procurement

SIB’s Utility Experts, Cost Control Associates, Lock In a 76% Price Reduction Worth $3.5 Million in Annual Savings

Meet Our Utility Experts

We’re ready to help you identify and implement all your company-specific utility savings opportunities.

Spend Areas

Insurance

Reduce insurance costs by an average of 11%

Protect your business and your bottom line with rightsized health insurance and benefits coverage and lower premium costs. We help you understand risk and navigate the complex insurance environment to get high-value services while lowering your overall insurance spend.

Payroll Processing

Cut payroll processing fees by an average of 24%

Smart businesses invest in people—not in redundant or unnecessary payroll processing services and fees. Optimize your payroll processing to simplify, save, and better meet your company’s human capital management needs and simplify your payroll records.

Property Taxes

Reduce property taxes by an average of 8%

Saving money on property taxes starts with knowing the true market value of your commercial real estate assets. We empower you with the data and expertise to know your portfolio’s real worth and ensure fair and accurate taxes for the long term.

Shipping and Fulfillment

Save an average of 18% on small parcel and 3PL

Be empowered to strategically, confidently, and successfully secure the shipping terms you deserve. Through audits, contract optimization, and greater visibility, our team of experts with backgrounds in sales and pricing at major carriers will help you access better rates and transit times, so you can serve your customers better and save money doing it.

Technology (SaaS/IT)

Unlock up to 26% savings on IT expenses

SaaS subscriptions, internet services, printing and copying, and other IT services keep your business operational. But usage needs change over time, and complex rate structures, contracts, and costs don’t always keep pace. An IT expense audit typically turns up major cost reduction opportunities with companies standing to save an average of 8% on SaaS subscriptions and 26% on printer and copier services through rightsizing, billing error reduction, and price optimization.

Telecom

Secure 28% average savings on telecom solutions

Saving money on telecom goes beyond removing costly billing errors to ensure right-sized networks and efficient network design. A comprehensive approach to optimization and modernization helps you save today while preparing for the technology and security demands of tomorrow.

Treasury Fees + Merchant Services

Reduce treasury service fees by 25-35%

A bank fee review can turn up unnecessary services, volumes, and costs that are deflating your bottom line. With the potential of over 3,100 fees that a bank can charge you for your business account, we help secure best-in-class pricing while preserving existing banking relationships and introducing opportunities for a more secure financial future by reviewing all bank fee line items including account maintenance, depository services, information reporting, lockbox services, ACH, wire transfers and more.

Waste + Recycling

Capture 30% average savings on waste and recycling

Take control of your waste and recycling programs from end to end with better program design, pricing, management, and reporting. By optimizing services, rates, and contract terms, you can take the waste out of waste management.

Other Operating Expenses

Spend smarter on everyday spend areas

From linen and laundry, to uniforms, document storage, food costs, maintenance, medical supplies, and more, we can help you tackle all your spend areas to reduce costs and ensure the greatest value for your business.

See How We Can Help You Spend Smarter

Get started easily and quickly with a no-risk, comprehensive evaluation of your vendor transaction history and put our market intelligence and industry expertise to work.

Procure, optimize, and manage best-in-class energy programs.

Create a powerful competitive advantage with 11% average savings on your energy and utilities spend.

Optimize utility rates

Eliminate costly errors

Reduce operational risk

Advance sustainability goals

Spend Smarter on Energy and Utility Services

Resources and Case Studies

C-Store Chain Shrinks Energy Spend by $349,000 Annually with Utility Rate Analysis and Procurement

SIB’s Utility Experts, Cost Control Associates, Lock In a 76% Price Reduction Worth $3.5 Million in Annual Savings

Meet Our Utility Experts

Joe Scicutella

Spend Areas

Insurance

Payroll Processing

Property Taxes

Shipping and Fulfillment

Technology (SaaS/IT)

Telecom

Treasury Fees + Merchant Services

Waste + Recycling

Other Operating Expenses

See How We Can Help You Spend Smarter

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