What is being tested
Was a landlord submeter charge supported by the property's agreed measurement and allocation basis? The boundary for this investigation is retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage. Begin with the disputed transaction or population, then identify which submeter readings establishes the observed position and which landlord utility bill supports the comparison. A difference in totals should not replace this question.
Evidence: submeter readings
For retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage, submeter readings must be linked to landlord utility bill. Preserve the source owner, transaction reference, period and accepted version. Explain which field answers the financial question and which facts still require confirmation. Incomplete supporting records should create a named evidence gap rather than an assumed quantity, price or entitlement.
Evidence: landlord utility bill
For retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage, landlord utility bill must be linked to allocation clause. Preserve the source owner, transaction reference, period and accepted version. Explain which field answers the financial question and which facts still require confirmation. Incomplete supporting records should create a named evidence gap rather than an assumed quantity, price or entitlement.
Evidence: allocation clause
For retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage, allocation clause must be linked to tenant recharge. Retain the applicable wording, effective dates and scope of covered transactions. Identify the event or population that controls the calculation. Do not silently replace a contractual definition with a dashboard label, customary practice or the latest published rule.
Evidence: tenant recharge
For retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage, tenant recharge must be linked to submeter readings. Preserve the source owner, transaction reference, period and accepted version. Explain which field answers the financial question and which facts still require confirmation. Incomplete supporting records should create a named evidence gap rather than an assumed quantity, price or entitlement.
Reconciliation logic
Separate measured tenant consumption from shared or fixed property charges and reconcile source cost. Build the comparison at the level identified by submeter readings and retain the governing version from landlord utility bill. Show intermediate classifications and excluded items separately; a net total can hide an unsupported component or a correctly offset correction.
Exception conditions
A permitted administration fee may be separate from usage. Treat the item as an unresolved exception only when the comparison described here cannot be supported by the linked submeter readings, landlord utility bill, allocation clause, tenant recharge. Document the conflicting input or rule. A plausible operational explanation requires validation, but it should not be discarded to maximize an apparent financial difference.
Human review and outcome
Facilities validates meter mapping and authorized lease reviewers validate recharge scope. Return a submeter-to-recharge bridge without a native utility or lease calculation claim. Keep the reviewer's reason and source references with that disposition. A supported correction should be followed to the revised record or settlement; an accepted explanation can close the question with no adjustment. Missing authority or evidence should remain an open task rather than a confirmed recovery.
Limitations and processing boundary
The applicable tariff and customer evidence control the result; this method is not a universal utility formula. The authoritative utility calculation producer is not complete. Qualified reviewers must confirm meter interpretation and tariff eligibility before assigning a monetary variance. In this scenario, absence of submeter readings or landlord utility bill limits whether the comparison can be completed. The review method describes what people should validate, not a promise that AuditRes automatically detects or executes this specific outcome.
AuditRes pathway
Discuss retail utility landlord submeter invoice linkage in the Energy workspace. Review current plans, the shared platform and secure evidence requirements; use the existing contact path to confirm the sources and validation this scope requires.
AuditRes Energy: Available for onboarding. Public previews use synthetic demonstration data; production processing remains gated until applicable customer sources and authoritative processors are connected and validated.
Neighboring financial questions
- Utility vacant property standing charges
- Manufacturing demand peak during planned shutdown
- Utility seasonal rate period classification
- Utility billing days fixed-charge denominator
Energy resource hub · All guides in this evidence collection