Practical guides on deregulated electricity, enrollment automation, referral revenue, and sales tax recapture for Texas apartment operators.
How connecting your property management system to a Texas REP automates enrollment at lease signing and cancellation at move-out — without staff involvement.
Utility ManagementThe three approaches to residential electricity at Texas multifamily properties — what each does, where each falls short, and which fits how Texas deregulation actually works.
Tax RecaptureTexas residential electricity is exempt from state sales tax. Most multifamily properties are not getting the exemption — and four years of overpayments are recoverable.
RevenueElectricity referral revenue is tied to occupancy, not decisions. Here is how Texas management companies capture it — and why automation produces higher capture rates than manual programs.
Market FundamentalsHow deregulation works in ERCOT, what it means for apartment operations, and the four elements every Texas property needs to manage electricity well.
OperationsThe standing electricity contract that covers vacant units between tenancies — why it matters, what CSA misconfiguration costs you, and what good configuration looks like.
Property OperationsManual enrollment runs on hope. Lease-synchronized automation eliminates the gap, stops the staff time drain, and adds a revenue line to the P&L that most managers have never counted.
Revenue StrategyMost property managers treat electricity as a liability. In Texas's deregulated market, it can run as a revenue line. Here's what the cost model is missing and what the revenue model actually looks like.
Utility ManagementRUBS, submetering, pass-through billing, and lease-synchronized enrollment — a plain-language breakdown of every utility billing approach for Texas multifamily operators, and why deregulation changes the math.