https://energypeg.com/blog/Practical articles on utility bill auditing, commercial tariffs, demand charges, benchmarking and green power for multi-site companies, from Energy Peg in Denver.en-ushttps://energypeg.com/blog/utility-budget-site-by-site/https://energypeg.com/blog/utility-budget-site-by-site/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTLast year plus a percentage hides the sites that moved. How to forecast next year’s utility budget site by site: usage, rates, demand, changes and timing.https://energypeg.com/blog/weather-normalization-simply/https://energypeg.com/blog/weather-normalization-simply/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTWeather normalization separates what the weather did from what the building did. Degree days, a simple regression and a worked example, in plain terms.https://energypeg.com/blog/portfolio-manager-for-many-sites/https://energypeg.com/blog/portfolio-manager-for-many-sites/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to set up ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager for a multi-site portfolio: account ownership, one property per building, naming, meters, sharing and data checks.https://energypeg.com/blog/building-performance-colorado/https://energypeg.com/blog/building-performance-colorado/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTWhat the Colorado Energy Office says about Building Performance Colorado: which buildings, the 2026 and 2030 goals, and the November 1 date each year.https://energypeg.com/blog/what-a-rate-case-means/https://energypeg.com/blog/what-a-rate-case-means/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTA utility rate case explained for budget owners: how a case moves, why revenue and rate design differ, and how to turn a filing into next year’s budget line.https://energypeg.com/blog/reading-a-tariff-book/https://energypeg.com/blog/reading-a-tariff-book/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to read a utility tariff: where the book lives, how sheets and riders are organized, the sections of a rate schedule, and how to rebuild one bill from it.https://energypeg.com/blog/energize-denver-checklist/https://energypeg.com/blog/energize-denver-checklist/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTEnergize Denver applies to commercial and multifamily buildings of 5,000 square feet and up. A checklist of what owners gather before each reporting cycle.https://energypeg.com/blog/time-of-use-rates-commercial/https://energypeg.com/blog/time-of-use-rates-commercial/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow commercial time-of-use rates price energy and demand by the clock, which sites tend to fit them, and how to test one on interval data before you switch.https://energypeg.com/blog/electrification-and-demand/https://energypeg.com/blog/electrification-and-demand/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHeat pumps, electric kitchens and EV chargers move load onto the electric meter. How electrification can set a new demand peak, and how to plan for it early.https://energypeg.com/blog/is-your-site-on-the-wrong-rate/https://energypeg.com/blog/is-your-site-on-the-wrong-rate/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSix signs a site sits on the wrong utility rate schedule, how to rerun 12 months of bills on each eligible schedule, and the switching rules to read first.https://energypeg.com/blog/demand-charges-explained/https://energypeg.com/blog/demand-charges-explained/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDemand charges explained: how utilities measure kW, why one 15-minute peak can set a month’s cost, and how multi-site teams find what sets each site’s peak.https://energypeg.com/blog/utility-accruals-month-end/https://energypeg.com/blog/utility-accruals-month-end/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTHow to accrue utility expense at month-end when bills arrive late: three estimating methods, the unbilled-day math, demand charges and a monthly true-up.https://energypeg.com/blog/wording-a-renewable-claim/https://energypeg.com/blog/wording-a-renewable-claim/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA renewable energy claim should say what you bought, how much, for which sites and for which year. How to word one your certificates and records support.https://energypeg.com/blog/estimated-meter-reads/https://energypeg.com/blog/estimated-meter-reads/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAn estimated meter read bills usage nobody measured. How to spot one on a commercial bill, what a chain of estimates costs, and what to ask the utility.https://energypeg.com/blog/on-site-solar-across-a-portfolio/https://energypeg.com/blog/on-site-solar-across-a-portfolio/Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTNot every roof in a portfolio is a solar candidate. How to screen sites by roof, lease, load, rate and certificates before asking any installer for a quote.https://energypeg.com/blog/green-tariffs-community-solar-recs/https://energypeg.com/blog/green-tariffs-community-solar-recs/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTUtility green tariffs, community solar and unbundled RECs, compared for multi-site companies: what each buys, what you can claim, and what to ask first.https://energypeg.com/blog/meter-to-site-mapping/https://energypeg.com/blog/meter-to-site-mapping/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTBefore any site can show savings, every meter needs a site, a cost center and a GL code. How to build a meter map for a multi-site portfolio and keep it current.https://energypeg.com/blog/utility-bill-errors-worth-checking/https://energypeg.com/blog/utility-bill-errors-worth-checking/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeven common utility billing errors that repeat bill after bill, from wrong multipliers to late fees on paid bills, and how to spot each one in a few minutes.https://energypeg.com/blog/how-to-read-a-commercial-electric-bill/https://energypeg.com/blog/how-to-read-a-commercial-electric-bill/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTRead a commercial electric bill in the order the utility built it: meter, read dates, usage, demand, rate schedule, riders and taxes, with one check for each.https://energypeg.com/blog/what-is-a-renewable-energy-certificate/https://energypeg.com/blog/what-is-a-renewable-energy-certificate/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA renewable energy certificate is the claim to one megawatt-hour of renewable power. What a REC records, how retirement works and what it lets you say.