ComplaintsforYes Energy Management

• Initial Complaint

  02/23/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Improper billing. I suspect that this company has AGAIN over-billed me for water/sewer use. The bill nearly tripled from the previous month, and I was actually away half of the month, so it should have been less, but definitely not more. I have attempted several times to contact Yes Energy Management, and also my landlord to bring it to their attention and allow them to either correct the bill or provide a suitable explanation. The company will not respond to email or phone calls. I also contacted ******************* who said she would check on it and get back to me. She never did.

  Business response

  02/27/2024

  Hello Ms. ****************** you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your concerns. We have also reached out to the property manager on your behalf as requested.
  
  Regarding your unit, your usage has been consistent and below the average as shown on the chart displayed on the back of the statement. Cost increased from $34.79 to $58.79 on the most recent billing, but that is due to an increase in the bi-monthly Master Meter Invoice (MMI)cost where the utility company billed for 84 days instead of the usual 60 or so days. Every resident at the property saw an increase in their most recent billing due to the 84 days and they will see this again for the 03/24 billing when the other half of the MMI is billed.
  
  However, if you feel you have running or wasted water, we recommend completing the dye test to help visualize a possible needed repair. You can do this by dropping 10 to 15 drops of food coloring in the back portion of the tank. Dont flush and wait for a minimum of 30 mins. The stronger the color the more likely the flapper is not seating correctly causing running wasted water. Depending on the results, you will need to contact maintenance to schedule service.  
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

  Customer response

  02/29/2024

   
  Complaint: 21337484
  
  I am rejecting this response because:  The business was not straight forward in their response. It appears to be written for the benefit of the BBB and not for me, the customer, as I know the real facts. 1) Every invoice from Yes Energy has been monthly, as was the one with the unjustified increase. Their response claimed billings are bi-monthly. Simply not true.  2) My usage did not increase. In fact, I was away 1/2 of the month. 2) They know as well as I do that there is no water leaks anywhere in my unit.  3) Is it possible that they or the property manager is attempting to overcharge everyone (or some of us) to cover the cost of the frozen pipe in a unit on the 4th floor that likely caused excessive water use during that billing cycle? If so, this should not be paid for by all, or even worse, some tenants they feel like passing it on to. That liability belongs to the property owner/manager for not taking preventive measures against pipes in the building freezing.
  
  Sincerely,
  
  *************************

  Business response

  02/29/2024

  Hello Ms. ****************** see our response attachment to help address the raised concerns as the character limit would not allow for response in this text box.  

  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team 

• Initial Complaint

  02/20/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  My apartment building has been using this company and I have been getting my utility bill from them for the past 3 and half year and never paid more than $45 dollars a month. since November 2023 my bill has been increasing to the point where now my January 2024 bill was double than the month before and I have not been in my apartment since I travel for work, I was home 14 days out of the 31 days in January and my utility bill was $75.02. I need someone to fix this issue because paying an amount double than the usual when I was barely home its insane. I need someone to do an investigation or I will go legal with this

  Business response

  02/27/2024

  Hello *****,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your concerns.
  
  To review this, you can find this information on your lease agreement under the Utilities Addendum section. In review of your account, it shows that you renewed your lease as of 11/2023 and under the utilities addendum the property now recovering on the Common Area Irrigation built into the water charges based on the billing method listed below.
  
  Billed utility / calculation method: Water/Sewer: RUBS based on 50% square footage 50% based off occupancy in the unit.  
  Trash: $10.00 per unit
  Admin Fee: $4.20 per unit
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

  Customer response

  02/27/2024

   
  Complaint: 21320953
  
  I am rejecting this response because: this does not an explanation on why my bill keeps doubling every month I went from paying $35 2 months ago to now $85 and I was out of town most of the time due to work. makes no sense how my bill is less when im actually home than when im not. 
  
  Sincerely,
  
  ***************************

  Business response

  02/29/2024

  Hello *****,
  
  Thank you for your additional feedback.
  
  Regarding the increase of the cost, it changed when you signed your newest lease agreement. The irrigation charges are now apart of your water expenses that were previously not billed under your prior lease along with the RUBS billing method of 50 % occupancy 50% square footage. You are allocated your portion of the water charges based on this. As you mentioned you may have not been home, but there is still a portion of the cost that will be billed if you are in the unit for 1 day or for 30/31 days of the service period.  We do recommend reaching out to the leasing office as this should have been explained to you when you renewed your lease of the change in the recovery of the water & sewer utilities.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  02/02/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Resident ID: ************************************************* number: 1-3054 The water meter for this account shows ****** gallons of water used for a 1 bedroom apartment. It should read ***** gallons of water. The meter is wrong and needs to be calibrated. This has been going on since October of 2022. and "Yes Energy" is not doing anything about it. A technician came out and stated that the decimal point was set wrong in the meter. So that is the problem, but it hasn't been corrected. The meter was replaced in October of 2023, but it looks like the technician just copied the old meter settings (decimal point placement) and put them in the new meter, so the same problem is still happening. *********************** ************

  Business response

  02/08/2024

  Hello ****************,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your concerns of high-water usage. We apologize for the delay but wanted to make sure it was all corrected when reaching out.
  
  We have received confirmation that the multiplier issue for the meter has been resolved and moving forward the water will be inline with actual reads taking place on the meter. The unit has received the adjustments to the ledger for the affected water/sewer billing cycles impacted. Adjustments can be confirmed through the leasing office for up-to-date account balance.
  
  We have also rechecked the meter data reporting in now for the upcoming billing cycle and it is transmitting in correctly.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

  Customer response

  02/12/2024

   
  Complaint: 21239446
  
  I am rejecting this response because:

  This answer is too vague and does not make sense. First what is a multiplier issue? I assume you mean the multiplier being used is wrong.  The Utility Bill from YES Energy Management shows the multiplier at ****. Is this the multiplier that has an issue or is it a multiplier setting within the meter that is wrong.
  YES Energy Management states that moving forward the water will be inline with actual reads taking place on the meter.  What does this mean, it doesnt make any sense.  YES Energy Management states We have also rechecked the meter data reporting in now for the upcoming billing cycle and it is transmitting in correctly.  What does this mean, was there a problem with the meter readings too?
  YES Energy Management states The unit has received the adjustments to the ledger for the affected Water/sewer billing cycles impacted.  The first complaint to YES Energy Management was put in a year ago. That complaint was closed without YES Energy Management correcting the problem.  So is YES Energy Management going back a year and correcting all those water/billing cycles impacted.  Can YES Energy Management show some dates instead of being so vague?
  A person should be able to read their Utility Bill and see how many gallons per month is used. This issue has caused a lot of distress with Spectra South apartments and for that reason there should be some compensation.

  ***********************
  

  Business response

  02/15/2024

  Hello ****************,
  
  Thank you for your questions and hope we can help resolve them.
  
  First what is a multiplier issue? Is this the multiplier that has an issue or is it a multiplier setting within the meter that is wrong.
   
  We are classifying the issue with the usage displaying as a meter multiplier issue. There is not any issue with the actual meter or the usage reporting in. There was a correction made to the conversion so that the decimal place has been moved to convert the usage correctly going forward. The multiplier on the statement of **** is correct. On the next statement you should see that the usage amounts will decrease and display an actual amount of water/ sewer used.
  
  YES EM states The unit has received the adjustments to the ledger for the affected Water/sewer billing cycles impacted. 
  
  Correct, the property Manager has already posted all needed corrections to the ledger for each cycle impacted. Thus, intern you will have only paid for the actual water consumed. You can request a copy of the ledger from the leasing office that reflect the mentioned credit adjustments.

  Can YES Energy Management show some dates instead of being so vague? A person should be able to read their Utility Bill and see how many gallons per month is used. This issue has caused a lot of distress with Spectra South apartments and for that reason there should be some compensation. 

   YES EM has been working with Spectra South have the usage, meter and data reviewed and corrected. Again, we apologize that it took so long to discover the root cause of the issue, we do believe that moving forward it should be corrected. The easiest way to see the dates and corrections would be to view the ledger. So, you can see both the credit adjustments and the dates. Compensation has already been issued for in the corrections made to the ledger.

  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  01/19/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Product Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I cant contact this company my apartment management companyis trying to take me to court for a water bill for this company. They say i owe $578. Then came next day and said $666. I then recieve a bill from this company for $173. I have tried to call them also, sent a email havent heard back from them! I believe someone is trying to put money in there own pockets ( apartment complex)

  Business response

  01/25/2024

  Hello ******************,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your concerns.
  
  To clarify we do show that you reached out to YES Energy Management on 1/18/2024 via email and response same day:  
  Email: *******************
  Email received:
  Hello, I need full *** due for water and sewer for court purposes. *************************** ************************************* apt 301 ******* ** ***** . I have a recent bill for ******?
  
  Email reply:
  According to the latest bill, which I have attached here for you, the balance on January 8th was ******. Since payments are collected by the property management, you would have to contact them or access your resident portal for a more up to date figure. Your portal can be found at *********************************.
  
  Via phone call: 1/22/2024
  Name of the caller: ***************************
  Description: Called to inquire about the balance on the account
  Agent's actions: I provided the amount due on the most recent bill, advised to contact the property to get the actual balance as we do not collect the payments, she asked for the name of the water company and I gave it to her, I offered to send her the copy of the most recent bill, she refused.
  
  Please find a copy of the statement attached here as of 1/8/2024. Please note, YES Energy Management is a third-party utility billing service.Since all monies are collected by and belong to the leasing company; confirmation of any payments that have been applied to your ledger would need to be provided by them. To get the most accurate balance you can login to the portal or confirm with the leasing office.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  01/05/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  When the apartment I live in was purchased by a new management company, my water and sewer bills tripled in price (from the usual $18 to nearly $50-60), and I was told that there was an issue with the meters and that my bill would "true up" after the connection was restored.I continued to be overcharged until the meters were restored, and the charges dropped back down to the $18 range. I was never reimbursed for the extra charges that were not based on actual usage, when in my state (and according to my lease) we are only supposed to be charged for actual usage. I definitely did not use the utilities more than usual during that time period.I first contacted YES back in September and I keep getting told that if I was overcharged that the bill with adjust automatically, but that has not happened and it has been four months since then. I was assigned a case number (#********) and was told the adjustment would take place with my December bill, but that did not happen.I wrote them again today to check on the status of the case, but they only replied with the same thing they've told me all along, that the bill will true up if I was overcharged - but they have never adjusted or reimbursed me for the overcharges a few months ago.

  Business response

  01/10/2024

  Hello *******,
  

  Thank you for reaching out regarding your concerns. Please allow us to review your account and follow up with you once we have more information to help address your concerns. We will be getting back to you soon.
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team
  

   

• Initial Complaint

  01/04/2024

  Complaint Type:

  Billing Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  They are double charging me on electric gas, water, and trash. my bill was nearly 3 times the monthly average that Im used to paying *********** is also not taking the monthly readings from the meters as they are supposed to do.

  Business response

  01/10/2024

  Hello ******,

  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your billing concerns. Please allow us to time to review your account and complete the needed research to better address your concerns. We will get back with you shortly.

  Should you have any further questions or concerns, please contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 

   

  Best regards,

  YES Energy Management

   

• Initial Complaint

  12/17/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Order Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  This 3rd party company is over charging customers. When we have 1 electric meter, where the apartments have all utilities included. Management is charging us for communal lights on the property that don't work. This company needs to be looked at over charging residents.

  Business response

  12/20/2023

  Hello *******,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your concerns.
  
  To help provide clarity on the billing methods for the property are as follows:
  Gas, ********************** Common Area: RUBS Based 50% on square footage w/ vacant unit allocation, 50% on occupancy.
  Trash: Even Prorated
  
  For all current residents in an executed lease agreement with a start date prior to July 16th, 2023,
  that Common Area Deductions (CAD) are listed as follows:
  Electric 100%
  Water & Sewer 0%
  Trash 0%
  Gas 0%
  
  For all new residents and lease renewals with a start date of July 16th or later, that Common Area Deductions (CAD) are listed as follows:
  Electric 35%
  Water & Sewer **** %
  Trash 0%
  Gas 0%
  
  Regarding the statement that there are lights not working,we have shared your concerns with the property manager. We also recommend you contact the leasing office so that you can have them place a maintenance request to get those repaired/replaced/fixed.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  12/12/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Service or Repair Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Every month my utilities are 400. I do not cook I live along go to work at 7am until 6pm. Do not have a washer nor dryer..Take 1 bath a day..I called them out in September when the irrigation was broke and running everyday..The tech. Said the irrigation was broke and fixed it. Now, They sent a technician and checked the water but no leak. I work for JEA and I know this bill is too high..What is the problem, If I would have known this I would have not rented this house..***** will return your calls, nor try to solve our problems..How do they check these meters? They just send you a bill. Please help me and please help solve these problems with YES Management.

  Business response

  12/15/2023

  Hello ***,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your high consumption and cost.  
  
  While researching the account we did show that there was a work order completed in Sept. as you mentioned. The Master Meter Invoices (MMI)and the service dates run arrears and so you are still seeing the affects of that timeframe when there was an issue. The most current statement issued on 11/20/2023, covers the service period of 8/33/2023-9/28/2023. While this does increase the overall cost, it was billed correctly based off what the meter reported in. We did send over your concerns to FirstKey Homes when you contacted us on10/27/2023.
  
  FirstKey Homes has provided a credit adjustment for the timeframe to help offset the increase due to the irrigation issue.
  
  We do believe if everything has been correctly fixed you will see a decrease on your next statement dated 12/20/2023 reflecting the *************** dates.
  
  We also show the FirstKey Homes is working on a review of the account as well and will be reaching out to you directly.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  12/08/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Order Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  I received a call back from a member of the Care Program with SDGE today. SDGE *************** informed me that a 30% for both Gas and Electric should be applied to the account of ***************************. Business acct# ********** . Correction of ********************** Business Partner # ******* Master Meter Detail Acct # ********** Could you please respond to me with this confirmation and also send email to Yes Energy yesenergymanagement.com ************ and ask for a senior supervisor? This account has only been receiving 21% on electric and 20% on Gas. Please refer to some of the previous emails received from your ***** and emails I have sent which includes more extensive info on the account including case number with Yes Energy.My request is for Billing Discount assistance to help resolve the discrepancy and also send an email for proper billing as confirmed many times with the Care Program team.Please contact me at ************ Thank you, ***********************

  Business response

  12/08/2023

  Hello ****,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your Care Credit.
  
  Please note that once SDG&E has made the updates to the Care Credit List and it is sent to YES Energy Management, it will be applied, and the Care Credit amounts will be changed as indicated.
  Please note that we are not able to make this change without the updated Care Credit List provided by SDG&E.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may reply to this email message or contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

• Initial Complaint

  12/07/2023

  Complaint Type:

  Customer Service Issues

  Status:

  Answered

  More info

  Being back charged a total of $680 combined for water and sewage use between September-October. This bill was reflected on December 1st and maintenance was immediately contacted to check for leaks of course. They found that there wasnt nor is there evidence that there ever was leaks or running appliances to cause this type of absurd bill. YesEnergy management is who my building, *************** uses as a third party water and sewage contractor. Ive called them multiple times and am still seeking any sort of resolution to this price gouging payment theyre seeking from me. Not sure if their rates are absurd or if my usage amount (240 gal each water and sewage) they claim in a 800 sq ft one bedroom apartment which has never even passed **************************** cost more than $30-$60 in the past before YesEnergy started being used. I have been herded into the a case has been filed with the billing department and they will decide your fate sort of response as many others have experienced with this company I am seeing based on reviews. I expect some sort of fix to my bill as near $700 is a ridiculous bill to place on a one bedroom apartment that is actually conservative in how we use our utilities.

  Business response

  12/08/2023

  Hello *******,
  
  Thank you for reaching out to YES Energy Management regarding your billing concerns.
  
  Based on the usage posted, this typically indicates running water (leaks) or that service visit to review the meter. Our first recommendation in this situation is to check the unit for running water (leaks)and malfunctioning fixtures. However, you have indicated that the leasing office has already sent maintenance to check the unit. We are working with the leasing office to determine the next steps; we sent all the meter data information to them to review. If any ****************** are warranted, they will be approved by the leasing office and posted to your ledger.
  
  Should you have any further questions or concerns, you may contact YES Energy Management at the phone number listed on your statement. 
  
  Best regards,
  YES Energy Management Team

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