Case Study: City of Westminster achieves $40K–$60K annual labor savings and improved energy visibility with EnergyCAP

Westminster, Colorado Challenges Assumptions Through Utility Bill Tracking

The City of Westminster, Colorado, under Energy Coordinator Thomas Ochtera, struggled with a decentralized, “rubber-stamp” approach to utility bills—departmental processing led to double-billing, late fees, and no consistent measurement or reporting. To change that, Westminster implemented EnergyCAP energy management software (installed January 2012) to track its portfolio—35 buildings, roughly 150 electric meters, 170 water meters, 30 gas meters and nearly 100 irrigation controllers—and to raise energy awareness across the organization.

EnergyCAP centralized bill processing, integrated with the City’s A/P system and EDI, and automated payments and reporting; the change cut manual bill entries from about 400 to six, enabled 99% bill imports, and is projected to save $40,000–$60,000 annually in labor. EnergyCAP’s Issue Tracker helped resolve meter-level problems for roughly 350 meters, and its benchmarking and monthly facility reports delivered the City’s first comprehensive utility-use reporting, improving transparency and enabling targeted energy management.

City of Westminster

Thomas Ochtera

Energy Coordinator