Marble Institute of America: Membership - Business Services/Cost Savings: MIA Utility Audit Program

Printed from www.marble-institute.com on September 10, 2010

MIA Utility Audit Program

U.S. MIA members can take advantage of a variety of services offered through this program to capitalize on opportunities created by energy deregulation and utility management. The MIA has partnered with Affiliated Power Purchasers International, LLC (APPI), an independent energy consulting firm, assists industrial and commercial businesses by finding solutions to today’s energy issues and identifying opportunities to reduce utility costs. There are no upfront costs to enroll in this program.

What are others are saying about this program:

“Thanks to MIA, we had a free electrical usage evaluation and selected a new low-cost power supplier, which reduced our electrical costs by $8000 a year, or 30 percent. In three years, we’ve saved more than $25,000, enough to pay our MIA dues for the next 35 years. The savings keep piling up year after year, which is frosting on the cake when you consider all of the other valuable tools you get as an MIA member. This program can help your company significantly reduce your wireless expense. Keeps your team on the most cost effective plan for the way YOU use wireless. Also finds and resolves monthly billing errors. Proposes lower cost plans without being asked!

— Rich Booms, President, Booms Stone Company

The initial investment of time for the member firm to explore the potential savings is generally just one hour. For more information on this free MIA member benefit, contact APPI at 800-520-6685, info@appienergy.com, or by fax 410-749-8769.

Learn more about APPI

More about the Services offered to MIA U.S. Members:
Through the Energy Buyers Program, APPI is able to assist MIA members with their electricity and natural gas procurement and management needs. APPI’s energy team assesses members’ utility usage data while continually monitoring the markets, placing members in a position to take action when opportunities present themselves. Additionally APPI provides utility advisory assistance, bill auditing, and demand side services.

APPI provides the Utility Audit Service and Demand Side Services. A key part of reducing business costs is an audit of your firm’s utility bills. Over 90 percent of all telephone bills and 70 percent of all utility bills contain errors. Utility service providers are under no obligation to ensure that you are purchasing services at the lowest rates possible at all times. This could be costing you money.

The Utility Audit Service analyzes your existing water, recycling, freight, waste removal, credit card processing, and telecommunications services to detect overcharges and inefficient features, and secures refunds from the current providers. This service directly handles the process of making the adjustments and recovery of any refunds from your utility service provider. Savings for commercial, industrial and retail businesses can be as high as 30%.

Demand Side Services assist businesses in identifying, implementing, and monitoring specific solutions and products for increasing energy efficiency and reducing usage through infrastructure improvement.