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United States / Manufacturing
Client: A fiber optics manufacturer located in California hired NUS Consulting to audit its utility expenses that were being issued by a landlord.
Result: A cost savings of nearly $80,000 per year.
Details: Upon receipt of the client’s paid electricity bills, NUS noted that the utility invoices were being issued to the client’s landlord who in turn provided them to the client for payment. In making prior… Read More payments, the client had for several years assumed the landlord had taken the necessary measures to ensure the utility billings were correct. However, as these charges grew, the client felt its electricity service required an audit. In its audit of the bills, NUS noted that the electricity bills were being calculated using an inappropriate rate schedule. While the service was being charged in accordance with a proper Time-of-Use rate, the utility was applying the least advantageous schedule when matched against the client’s specific load profile requirements. With the client’s authorization, NUS contacted the utility requesting the proper rate schedule application. NUS continued to monitor the client’s rate to ensure the rate transfer was successfully applied.
United States / Recycling
Client: A refuse recycler located in the Mid-Atlantic United States engaged NUS to review its energy expenses.
Result: A cost savings in excess of $250,000 per year.
Details: This client was particularly concerned about an expiring natural gas contract at one its main processing facilities located in the Northeast. Since natural gas is vital to its operations and has a significant impact… Read More on its overall budget, the client required a firm supply at competitive pricing. At the time of engaging NUS, natural gas was being purchased from a third-party marketer with the local utility company providing its transportation to the facility. After reviewing and analyzing the client’s historical invoices and the proposed renewal contract from the marketer, NUS concluded that the renewal price offered by the marketer was competitive. However, NUS discovered that the transportation arrangements with the local utility were unfavorable given the client’s unique usage patterns. NUS submitted a recommendation to remedy the situation and after a thorough review of the situation with the client and utility company, the NUS recommendation was implemented and saved in excess of $250,000 per year.
United States / Retail
Client: A prominent NYC retailer contracted with NUS Consulting to review its various stores utility expenses.
Result: A refund of $75,000 and an on-going cost reduction of nearly $400,000 per year.
Details: After payment of its utility bills, the client forwarded copies of their invoices to NUS for further audit and analysis. Upon receiving their paid electricity bills for one of their New York stores, NUS… Read More noted that the most recent month’s billing was nearly 7 times higher in cost than previous billings. After initial discussing the observation with the client, NUS issued its report outlining recommended measures in order to further investigate this billing anomaly. With the client’s authorization, NUS contacted the electricity supplier who upon their internal investigation indicated that the overbilling was a result of a misapplied meter multiplier. Upon investigating this utility response, NUS determined the misapplied meter multiplier was not enough to account for the entire overbilling. NUS further investigated the matter with the store’s landlord wherein it was determined that along with the misapplied meter multiplier, the client was being billed in accordance with the meter readings of a much larger neighboring store. With NUS direction, the meters were subsequently properly tagged and previous erroneous billings were corrected.