Utility Bill Verification Software for Accurate Energy Cost Control
Bill Verification is a critical financial control process that ensures your utility bills accurately reflect actual energy consumption. By comparing supplier charges against independently measured, real-time data from your site, our platform identifies and flags any discrepancies, overcharges, or tariff misapplications, providing complete control over your energy spend. Request a demo to see how you can gain full control.
Our Expertise in Accurate Bill Verification
Effective bill verification is fundamental to your company's financial health and risk management strategy. Referencing official NERSA tariff structures, our process identifies billing errors and provides true cost visibility, holding energy suppliers accountable. This allows you to recover money from historical overcharges and prevent future losses. By ensuring your billing data is accurate, you can build reliable budgets and manage your energy expenditure with confidence.
Proven Results: See Our Work in Action
Our platform delivers tangible financial outcomes by identifying and resolving complex billing issues. Here is how we have helped clients take control of their utility spend.
Massive Billing Error Uncovered at a Luxury Hotel
How a 2000% meter under-read was identified at a major hotel, providing the data needed to prepare for an eventual multi-million rand billing correction.
50% Overbilling Challenged for Major Property Group
How our bill verification service identified a consistent 50% overbilling for a leading property group, providing evidence for a formal dispute.
Proactive Correction of 57% Utility Underbilling
An investigation revealed an offline utility meter had caused a 57% underbill, protecting the client from future liability.
The Augos Bill Verification Process: From Data to Resolution
Our platform simplifies verification into a clear, automated process that provides the evidence you need to take action and ensure financial accuracy.
Measure Actual Energy Usage
We capture your precise energy usage with our advanced smart meters, creating an independent source of truth.
Generate a Comparative Bill
Our platform applies your exact tariff to the measured data, generating a comparative bill showing what you should be paying.
Compare and Flag Variances
The software compares the two bills and instantly flags any discrepancies, giving your team immediate visibility of all errors.
Build Your Case and Take Action
Use the platform's data to act, or leverage our expert team to manage the resolution process for you.
Common Billing Errors We Uncover
Our meticulous process is designed to find significant and often unnoticed overcharges that result from common errors, including:
Bills based on estimated usage instead of actual meter readings.
The application of incorrect or outdated tariff rates.
Mismatched Time-of-Use (TOU) periods.
Data from faulty or inaccurate meters.
Simple manual entry mistakes during bill processing.
Experience Our Platform: Bill Verification Walkthrough
The best way to understand the power of our platform is to see it for yourself. This interactive demo will walk you through the simple process of verifying a bill, from initial data comparison to identifying the final discrepancy.
Expert Support When You Need It
The Bill Verification tool empowers your team to manage the process in-house. However, for times when you need additional expertise or want to save internal resources, we offer a range of professional support services.
Managed Bill Verification
For teams looking to reduce internal workload, our Managed Bill Verification is an outsourced service where Augos' energy experts use the platform to handle the full process for you.
Learn MoreBilling Dispute Support
If the tool uncovers a significant error, our experts can provide a structured dispute support service to help you challenge and resolve it, building the evidence pack and managing the process.
Learn MoreMeter Verification
If you suspect the platform's data indicates a faulty meter, our Meter Verification service can provide the independent, third-party testing required to validate its accuracy.
Learn MoreFrom Verification to Automation: Take the Next Step
Once your billing data is verified and accurate, you can leverage it to build powerful, automated financial and operational workflows. This moves your team from reactive analysis to proactive control.
Monitor Equipment Health to Prevent Bill Shock
Many billing surprises are caused by on-site equipment malfunctions or electrical faults. Go beyond financial analysis and use our Triggers & Alerts system to get real-time notifications for physical events—like a sudden drop in power factor or a machine consuming more energy than normal. This allows your team to identify and fix the root operational cause long before it appears as a costly overcharge on your bill.
Learn more about Real-Time AlertsAutomate Financial Reporting
Stop manually entering data into your accounting software. Use our Custom API Integration to feed your now-verified cost and consumption data directly into your ERP or financial platforms, ensuring your company-wide reports are always accurate and up-to-date.
Explore Custom API IntegrationsUncover Deeper Trends with AI
Take your verified dataset and ask it complex questions in plain English. With an AI Ready Data download, you can upload your information to an AI assistant and immediately ask things like, "Which of my sites had the most billing discrepancies over the last year?" to uncover systemic issues.
Discover AI Ready DataTake Control of Your Utility Spend
The Augos platform gives you the independent data and powerful tools you need to move from reactive bill paying to proactive financial control. See for yourself how you can eliminate overcharges and ensure you only pay for what you use.