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Submetering & billing

AmCoBi (American Conservation & Billing Solutions)

American Conservation & Billing Solutions (AmCoBi) is a Colorado Springs utility billing company serving multifamily owners, property managers, and water utilities. It calculates, prints, and mails resident utility statements, offers electronic billing, and reports amounts billed, payments received, and past due balances back to management.

Billing runs either from submeter reads or through a Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS), where a master-metered property's bill is allocated across units. AmCoBi publishes instructional material on calculating a RUBS water and sewer bill, including a free worksheet, for owners handling small properties themselves.

An optional payment plan moves collections to AmCoBi: residents pay online, by mobile, or by phone; AmCoBi collects, records, and deposits the payments, remits to the owner or manager on a schedule, sends late letters, assists with collections, and files liens when needed. Billing data can be transferred into property management applications, and both managers and residents log into a web portal for statements, payment history, move-in and move-out entry, and management reports.

The firm also works with housing authorities and other HUD-subsidized owners on master-metered affordable properties. Plan features are published, but rates per meter and per bill are not, so pricing has to be quoted.

Best for

Multifamily and manufactured housing owners converting master-metered utilities to resident billing, or replacing a billing provider whose statements run late, including HUD-subsidized owners. Rates are quoted, not published.

What they do

  • Submetered utility billing
  • Ratio Utility Billing System (RUBS) billing
  • Statement calculation, printing, and mailing
  • Electronic billing (eBill) and online payments (ePay)
  • Payment collection, deposit, and owner remittance
  • Late letters, collections assistance, and lien filing
  • Management and resident web portal
  • Billing data transfer to property management software
  • Utility billing services for water utilities

What stands out

  • Bills on behalf of multifamily owners, property managers, and water utilities, with support offered to residents, owners, and utility staff.
  • Offers a full-collections option where AmCoBi collects and deposits resident payments, remits to the owner, and files liens when needed.
  • Works with housing authorities and other HUD-subsidized multifamily owners on master-metered affordable properties.
  • States that bills are backed by strict quality control and customer service performance guarantees.
  • Publishes a free RUBS billing worksheet and instructions for calculating a water and sewer bill on properties of ten units or fewer.