Commercial utility bills, audited line by line.
We find tariff misclassification, demand penalties, billing errors, and incentives the utility never tells you about. Mid-Atlantic commercial portfolios only. Bills get reviewed by people who know what they are looking at.
Audits across
BGE · PEPCO · Delmarva Power · Washington Gas · Constellation
Recent finding pipeline
Audit excerpts, last 90 days
Tariff misclassification
Eligible for GS-D rather than GS-3
BGE
$42,800 / yr
Demand ratchet
11-month minimum locked at 312 kW
PEPCO
$18,400 / yr
Estimated reads
4 consecutive months estimated
Delmarva
$6,210 refund
Franchise fee error
Municipality rate 1.2% vs billed 2.8%
Washington Gas
$3,940 refund
Anonymized portfolio examples
27 finding types tracked
Illustrative findings from anonymized client portfolios across BGE, PEPCO, Delmarva, and Washington Gas accounts.
What we do
Developments CS is a strategic energy advisory firm working with commercial property owners and operators across the Mid-Atlantic. We audit utility bills line by line, recover overcharges, optimize the tariff and supply structure of every account we manage, and unlock federal, state, and utility incentives that traditional bill review never surfaces.
We work with BGE, PEPCO, Delmarva Power, and Washington Gas accounts. We track every active PSC and PUC rate case in our service territory. We hold every recovery claim through to settlement. Our portal gives your team continuous visibility into every bill, finding, and dollar recovered.
Illustrative. Actual audit work is portal-based and runs against live utility data.
A look inside the work
We do not skim bills. We audit them.
Every invoice is OCR-extracted, line-item parsed, and reconciled against the active tariff, the meter specifications, and the regulatory environment in effect during the billing period. Twelve to twenty-four months of bills run through the same finding pipeline at the start of every engagement.
- Tariff fit, meter integrity, billing accuracy, regulatory exposure
- 27 distinct finding categories per audit cycle
- Every flag reviewed by a human analyst before it reaches you
Across audited commercial portfolios, the share of invoices we surface discrepancies on. The utility never tells you which ones.
From tariff misclassification to demand ratchet exposure to franchise fee errors. Each one a recurring overpayment until someone fixes it.
Maryland, DC, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. We know the utilities. We know the PSCs. We know the tariffs.
Services
Eight ways we find savings most audits miss
Each engagement is scoped to your portfolio. These are the disciplines we bring across every account we manage.
Tariff Audits
The right tariff for the way you actually use power.
Demand Management
Peak charges are the largest single line item most facilities ignore.
Billing Forensics
Every line on every bill, verified against the utility's own rules.
Tax & Fee Recovery
Sales tax, franchise fees, and regulatory surcharges, audited for refunds.
Supply Procurement
Competitive supply, the right contract, the right timing.
Incentives & Grants
Federal, state, and utility incentives that fund the projects you would do anyway.
Community Solar
Solar savings without the rooftop, the panels, or the financing.
Bill Management Portal
Every bill, every meter, every finding, in one place for your team.
How it works
A clear path from first bill to recovered dollar
We do not start with a sales pitch and a long discovery phase. We start with your bills.
- STEP 01
Connect your accounts
We become an authorized agent on your utility accounts and pull twelve to twenty-four months of bills, interval data, and adjustments directly from the source.
- STEP 02
Audit every line, every account
Our team runs every bill through the finding pipeline: tariff fit, demand structure, tax and fee accuracy, contract terms, incentive eligibility. Each flag gets human review before it becomes a recommendation.
- STEP 03
Recover, optimize, and report
We file recovery claims for past overpayments. We implement tariff switches and program enrollments forward. You see every finding, every dollar recovered, and the annualized savings in your portal.
Where we work
Five Mid-Atlantic verticals where strategic energy advisory matters most.
We focus on commercial portfolios where utility spend is large enough, complex enough, and recurring enough that continuous optimization compounds into meaningful annualized savings.
FAQ
Common questions
Send us a bill. We will tell you what we see.
Fifteen minutes with one of your invoices is usually enough to see whether there is meaningful savings on the table.