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Welcome to CSASecure® Connect, an e-newsletter with the latest news about utility savings for the multifamily residential industry. We welcome your questions, feedback and suggestions.
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Green Mountain Offers More Value to Its Customers
The largest provider of cleaner electricity to the Texas multifamily industry, Green Mountain Energy Company, has signed on with BluTrend to enable its multifamily customers to receive CSASecure® services. Green Mountain is Texas' only electric provider dedicated to cleaner electricity and will soon be expanding its service to the New York City market, as well. The company was ranked the highest in residential customer satisfaction with retail electric service in Texas by J.D. Power and Associates.1
"This is a great opportunity for our multifamily customers with assets in Texas who will sign up with BluTrend to receive CSASecure's® innovative solution," said Paul Markovich, senior vice president of Residential Services for Green Mountain. "For the first time, these customers will have an effective way to reduce vacant electricity cost. At the same time, we'll be able to increase penetration in each community that participates. It's a win-win for everyone."
"Green Mountain Energy Company is, by far, the best provider of utility services when it comes to billing, customer service, technology and best overall value," said Michael Anderson, managing partner for BluTrend. "We have worked with Green Mountain for several years and our multifamily customers have been very satisfied with the company's service."
Jim Kjolhede, a veteran of the multifamily industry and a business partner at BluTrend, adds, "Our mission is to help multifamily owners increase NOI during these tough economic times. What better, easier solution than through vacant electricity cost that can only be captured with CSASecure®?"
1Claim awarded to Green Mountain Energy Company for "Highest in Residential Customer Satisfaction with Retail Electric Service". Green Mountain Energy Company received the highest numerical score among residential electric service providers in Texas in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates2008Texas Residential Retail Electric Service Satisfaction StudySM. Study based on responses from 2,572 consumers measuring 8 providers and measures opinions of consumers with their electric service provider. Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed in June 2008. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com
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RentBureau and BluTrend Team Up for Customer Savings
RentBureau, the rental data based credit bureau providing the multifamily industry with a more accurate and complete picture of prospective renters, is partnering with BluTrend to offer CSASecure® to its customers. RentBureau's proprietary database collects rental payment histories every 24 hours from its national network of property owners and managers, which currently includes nearly six million residents nationwide. Through RentBureau, the multifamily industry seamlessly reports residents' rental payment history directly from property management software.
"According to NMHC, up to 5% of rental revenue is lost each year from residents who skip, write bad checks, are evicted or leave significant property damage," said Eric Hartz, President and CEO of Rent Bureau. "CSASecure's® unique ability to identify residents who fail to pay utilities as agreed is a good fit with our core offerings. It's one more way we can help our members reduce their bad debt exposure. Further, this utility data provides additional, valuable insights into residents' payment histories."
Harold Solomon, Chief Operating Officer of RentBureau, said "The bad debt from one month of electricity in the summer can easily equal half a month's rent for many of our owners-so we take utility theft very seriously."
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PAS Members Clamor for Utility Cost Controls
Professional Apartment Services (PAS), a consultant to the multifamily industry and provider of national accounts purchasing platforms, program, listens to its members. When they began asking about ways to control costs during these difficult economic times, PAS signed on with BluTrend and the CSASecure® program to reduce utility vacant costs as one answer.
"We work hard to negotiate the best deals for our members," said Randall Paulson, President of PAS. "We've been mainly focusing on supplies and services, but felt the need to help our members with their vacant unit utility vacant costs-given the extent and potential impact of these expenses."
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We value your time and hope the information in this newsletter is beneficial to you. We welcome your feedback and suggestions to make future issues even more useful.
Sincerely,
Michael Anderson
Managing Partner
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