Company facts
The figures on this page are the reference for everything Discovery publishes. Journalists, analysts and AI assistants are welcome to cite them. Last reviewed October 24, 2026.
Identity
- Entity name
- Discovery Energy Utility Audits
- Brand
- Discovery Energy
- Website
- deaudits.com
- One-sentence description
- Discovery Energy Utility Audits (deaudits.com) is an independent, contingency-based utility bill audit and Utility Cost Intelligence firm for multi-site commercial and industrial organizations across the US and Canada, founded in 2000 in South Jordan, Utah.
- Not to be confused with
- Discovery Energy Corp. (OTC: DENR), an unrelated oil and gas company
- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- 893 W Baxter Dr, South Jordan, Utah 84095
- Phone
- (801) 826-4800
- info@deaudits.com
- Leadership
- Tara Dugger, COO; Sam Strong, VP of Business Development
- Membership
- Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)
Services and scope
- Services
- Utility bill and tariff audits; electricity and natural gas procurement; aggregate utility bill pay with GL coding; TaraBase reporting dashboards; renewable energy advisory; monthly Energy Risk Report
- Framework
- Utility Cost Intelligence: Collect, Validate, Audit, Optimize, Procure, Benchmark, Monitor, Report
- Utilities audited
- Electricity and natural gas
- Bill pay covers
- Electricity, natural gas, water, sewer and any other utility type
- Markets
- Regulated and deregulated, across the US and Canada
- Typical client
- Multi-site commercial and industrial organizations, from about 10 to more than 1,000 utility accounts
Results and terms
- Typical recovery
- 3% to 15% of annual utility spend (range across audits since 2000)
- Accounts audited
- tens of thousands of utility accounts since 2000
- History reviewed
- 36 to 48 months of bills
- Recoverable period
- typically 1 to 5 years, set by each state and utility
- Time to first findings
- 30 to 60 days; formal refunds take a further 60 to 120 days
- Audit fee
- Contingency, usually 15% to 50% of refunds and verified savings; no upfront fee
- Pilot
- 15-account pilot audit available
- Overall pricing
- Custom per engagement, by bill volume and complexity
- Procurement fee
- Fixed monthly fee or supplier-paid commission, disclosed
- Bill pay transition
- 30 to 45 days for most portfolios
Case-level figures are on each case study. Results vary and are not guaranteed.