A defense contractor hired TEEG to audit its energy bills and utility equipment at multiple facilities across the US. TEEG identified significant errors through forensic analysis, including an electric meter multiplier error that led to $1.2 million in cost savings. In total, TEEG has achieved nearly $2 million in cost savings, credits, and refunds for the defense contractor through identifying billing errors and securing ongoing annual savings of $194,000 by correcting rates and charges.

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TEEG Helps Defense Contractor Secure
Nearly $2 Million in Energy Cost Savings
Quality, reliability, and performance are vital for companies that provide high tech products and services
to the United States government. A global leader in specialized equipment for the U. S. Department of
Defense demanded the same when it hired The Evergreen Energy Group (TEEG) for forensic bill auditing
and comprehensive analysis of its energy utilities and metering equipment at multiple facilities from coast
to coast.
TEEG achieved high-ranking results, with nearly $2 million in cost savings, credits, and refunds to date—
a number that continues to grow!
Here are a few highlights:
• $1.2 million+ in cost savings to date for finding and correcting an electric meter multiplier error
• $194,000+ in anticipated ongoing annual savings for above correction ($16,200 per month)
• $605,000+ in cost savings to date for finding and correcting an electricity generation rate error
• $131,000+ in onetime credits and refunds for demand overcharges, electric meter multiplier error,
electricity billing error, and sales tax refund
• $36,000+ in accumulated ongoing savings for a natural gas rate change and sales tax savings
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Case Study: Defense Contractor
Client: Technology Company
“The Evergreen Energy Group (TEEG) went beyond
the standard bill audit. Their forensic analysis, onsite
inspections, and procurement services saved us more than
$2 million. We are extremely impressed with their services
and continue to use them whenever we can.”
Defense Contractor

2. Defense Contractor Goes on
Offense to Reduce Energy Costs …
Saves Nearly $2 Million!
Defense contracting is highly competitive work,
especially in the rapidly evolving technology arena.
Companies that hope to secure and retain lucrative
government contracts must focus their resources
and energy on continuous improvement and deliver
top quality, cutting edge products that meet rigorous
standards for cost and performance.
TEEG recently helped a leading manufacturer of high
tech components for the aerospace and defense
industries improve its bottom line and position itself
more competitively in the market.
The company hired TEEG to perform a comprehensive
audit and analysis of its energy utility charges and
related equipment at multiple sites on the East Coast,
West Coast, and in the Upper Midwest.
Forensic auditors from TEEG analyzed years of
billing data for electricity and natural gas services,
poring over bills from the company’s utility providers
in four states. They visited each manufacturing
site to inspect and verify electric and gas metering
equipment and related measurement systems. They
applied engineering expertise to ensure the defense
contractor was getting the correct services and
integrated this information using the latest auditing
technology to confirm charges and rates. This
intense process identified significant errors in meter
multipliers, electric generation rates, demand charges,
natural gas rates, and taxes and fees.
TEEG helped this precision manufacturer and
leading defense contractor secure energy and
utility savings of $2 million to date, with ongoing
savings of nearly $200,000 per year!
TEEG takes utility
auditing beyond the bill.
Our forensic bill auditors utilize the latest
technology to deliver a comprehensive,
line-by-line and component-by-component
scrutiny of each utility invoice–but that is just
the beginning. They also go right to the source
and apply both an engineering perspective
and a firm knowledge of complex regulatory
issues to get an accurate picture of what
clients are paying and where those costs
could be lowered.
• Onsite verification and documentation
of meters, pressure regulators, digital
compensators, digital totalizers, current
and voltage transformers, and other
calculating equipment
• Detailed analysis of billing rates and fees;
taxes, tariffs and surcharges; demand
charges and load factor; plus power quality
and power factor issues
• State and federal regulatory reviews,
including Public Utilities Commission
(PUC) overlays
• Overcharge recovery and bill correction
• Ongoing utility cost management services
for continued savings
Contact:
TEEG
Kim Ellerman, President
Office: 218.343.3075
E-Mail: kime@teeg.net