# Discovery Energy (Discovery Energy Utility Audits) > 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. Key facts (canonical, see /facts/): - Legal / entity name: Discovery Energy Utility Audits (brand: Discovery Energy; domain: deaudits.com) - What it does: Contingency-based utility bill and tariff audits, electricity and natural gas procurement, aggregate utility bill pay, TaraBase reporting dashboards, renewable energy advisory, monthly energy market reports - Framework: Utility Cost Intelligence: Collect, Validate, Audit, Optimize, Procure, Benchmark, Monitor, Report - Who it serves: Multi-site commercial and industrial organizations: manufacturing, chemicals, food and protein processing, agribusiness, steel and metals, logistics, cold storage - Founded: 2000, South Jordan, Utah - Service area: US and Canada; regulated and deregulated markets (competitive procurement only where supplier choice exists) - Audit fee model: Contingency: no upfront fee; usually 15% to 50% of refunds and verified savings. Overall engagements are priced custom after discovery, based on bill volume and complexity - Typical recovery: 3% to 15% of annual utility spend (range across audits since 2000) - Look-back: Reviews 36 to 48 months of bills; recoverable period typically 1 to 5 years depending on state and utility - Distinctive: Independent second-opinion audits that run behind incumbent energy managers, brokers and bill-pay vendors - Platform: TaraBase, a proprietary utility data and reporting platform - Membership: Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) - Independence: Audits can be engaged alone with no procurement; audit fees are client-paid from results; any supplier commission on optional procurement is disclosed in advance; no account, tariff, supplier or payment change without client written approval - Commodities: Audits: electricity and natural gas. Bill pay: electricity, natural gas, water, sewer and any other utility type - Not offered: Discovery does not own or develop energy projects and is not a utility or energy supplier - Pilot: A 15-account pilot audit is available before a full engagement Contact: (801) 826-4800 | info@deaudits.com | 893 W Baxter Dr, South Jordan, UT 84095 ## Company - [Utility Bill Audits for Multi-Site Companies](https://deaudits.com/): Contingency-based utility bill audits, procurement and bill pay for multi-site industrial companies. - [About](https://deaudits.com/about/): Discovery Energy Utility Audits is a contingency-based utility bill audit and advisory firm in South Jordan, Utah, serving multi-site companies since 2000. - [Contact](https://deaudits.com/contact/): Request a no-obligation utility bill review. Call (801) 826-4800, email info@deaudits.com, or send your site count. We reply within one business day. - [Company facts](https://deaudits.com/facts/): Canonical facts about Discovery Energy Utility Audits: founding, location, services, fee model, audit hit rate, typical recovery and look-back periods. - [Independence and compensation](https://deaudits.com/independence/): Discovery audits can be engaged alone, with no procurement. Every fee, including any supplier commission, is disclosed, and you approve every change. - [Pricing](https://deaudits.com/pricing/): Utility bill audits cost nothing upfront. Discovery is paid 15% to 50% of refunds and verified savings, only after you receive them. - [Sam Strong, VP of Business Development](https://deaudits.com/team/sam-strong/): Sam Strong is VP of Business Development at Discovery Energy Utility Audits, working with multi-site companies on audits, procurement and bill pay. - [Tara Dugger, COO](https://deaudits.com/team/tara-dugger/): Tara Dugger is Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Energy Utility Audits and has overseen its utility bill audits and tariff reviews since 2016. ## Services - [Utility bill pay](https://deaudits.com/bill-pay/): Every utility bill received, checked for errors before payment, paid on time and coded to your GL. Most portfolios transition in 30 to 45 days. - [Energy procurement](https://deaudits.com/energy-procurement/): Competitive electricity and natural gas RFPs across deregulated U.S. markets, timed with monthly buy or wait guidance and tracked in TaraBase to renewal. - [Market reports](https://deaudits.com/market-reports/): Monthly electricity and natural gas market report covering weather, ERCOT, PJM, MISO, NYISO and ISO-NE, with buy or wait calls on 3-year forward contracts. - [Multi-site energy management](https://deaudits.com/multi-site-energy-management/): Audit, procurement, bill pay and reporting for every facility in one account inventory. Regulated and deregulated markets across the U.S. and Canada. - [Renewable energy advisory](https://deaudits.com/renewables/): Independent advice on RECs, power purchase agreements and on-site or community solar, judged on financial merit first and tracked with your energy data. - [TaraBase reporting](https://deaudits.com/reporting/): TaraBase dashboards track utility savings, usage, contracts, bills and Scope 1 and 2 data across every site, benchmarked against baselines you agree to. - [Utility bill audits](https://deaudits.com/utility-bill-audits/): Contingency-based utility bill audits for commercial and industrial companies: rate class, tariff, meter, demand and classification errors found. - [Utility Cost Intelligence](https://deaudits.com/utility-cost-intelligence/): Utility Cost Intelligence turns bills, tariffs, contracts, usage and market data into verified intelligence for controlling utility costs, in eight stages. ## Industries - [Industries](https://deaudits.com/industries/): Utility bill audits and energy management for manufacturing, chemical distribution, food and protein processing, agribusiness, steel and metals and logistics. - [Agribusiness](https://deaudits.com/industries/agribusiness/): Grain, flour and oilseed sites face seasonal loads, optional riders and outdated rate classes. One audit: $117,412 refunded plus about $120K a year. - [Chemical distribution](https://deaudits.com/industries/chemical-distribution/): Utility audits, bill pay and reporting for chemical distributors with hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada, built to absorb acquisitions smoothly. - [Food and protein processing](https://deaudits.com/industries/food-processing/): Food and protein plants run heavy refrigeration and process loads on seasonal tariffs. Audits test seasonal dates, demand and rate classes at every site. - [Manufacturing](https://deaudits.com/industries/manufacturing/): Manufacturing utility audits: demand, rate class and classification tested at every plant. Contingency-based, no changes to operations. - [Steel and metals](https://deaudits.com/industries/steel-and-metals/): Metals plants are gas- and demand-intensive. An independent audit found 17 misclassified accounts and $374,326.20 in refunds behind an incumbent. ## Case studies - [Global chemical distributor](https://deaudits.com/building-utility-cost-intelligence-across-215-facilities-for-a-global-chemical-distributor/): A chemical distributor with 1,000+ utility accounts and 87 providers in 2 countries moved to one system: $500K+ a year saved and $300K+ in refunds. - [Case studies](https://deaudits.com/case-studies/): Documented utility audit results for steel, chemical, food and agribusiness clients: exact refunds, recurring savings and the errors behind them. - [Protein processing plant](https://deaudits.com/correcting-a-premature-seasonal-rate-change-at-a-national-protein-processing-company/): A utility billed summer rates weeks before the tariff allowed at a Missouri protein plant, in two separate years. The audit recovered $166,957.55. - [103-facility industrial services provider](https://deaudits.com/one-platform-103-facilities-how-centralized-utility-management-replaced-late-fees-and-blind-spots-with-full-portfolio-visibility/): After an acquisition, more than half of 103 sites paid utility late fees monthly. Consolidating audit, procurement and bill pay ended them with full visibility. - [Diversified agribusiness](https://deaudits.com/uncovering-rate-rider-and-metering-errors-at-a-diversified-agribusiness/): After an acquisition, an audit of a grain, flour and soybean business found 5 issues in 3 states: $117,412.14 refunded and about $120,000 a year saved. - [National steel company](https://deaudits.com/uncovering-utility-misclassification-errors-at-a-national-steel-company/): An independent audit behind an existing energy manager found 17 misclassified utility accounts in 7 states: $374,326.20 refunded, $150K+ a year saved. ## Billing error library - [Billing error library](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/): The utility billing errors Discovery finds most: wrong rate class, meter multipliers, demand, seasonal rates, corporate classification and estimated reads. - [Capacity tag (PLC) errors](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/capacity-tag-errors/): In PJM, capacity cost is your peak load contribution times the clearing price. How PLC and transmission tags are set, how they go wrong and how to check them. - [Corporate classification errors](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/corporate-classification-errors/): When a utility account doesn't reflect how your business actually operates, charges that shouldn't apply can run for years. How to spot and correct them. - [Demand charge errors](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/demand-charge-errors/): Demand charges bill your peak kW, not your kWh. How stuck meters, wrong ratchets and misapplied tariffs inflate demand charges, and how to find them. - [Estimated reads](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/estimated-reads/): Estimated meter reads that are never reconciled, overlapping billing periods and duplicate charges inflate commercial bills and Scope 2 data. How to catch them. - [Meter multiplier errors](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/meter-multiplier-errors/): A wrong meter multiplier skews every bill in proportion, often after a meter exchange. How multipliers work, how to check yours and what is recoverable. - [Rate misclassification](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/rate-misclassification/): Rate misclassification means a commercial account is billed on the wrong rate schedule. How it happens, how to verify your rate class and what can be refunded. - [Seasonal rate errors](https://deaudits.com/billing-errors/seasonal-rate-errors/): Utilities sometimes bill summer or winter rates outside the dates their tariff allows. How to test billing periods against seasonal dates and recover it. ## Insights and guides - [Insights](https://deaudits.com/blog/): Guides and market briefings from Discovery Energy on utility bill errors, choosing an auditor, PJM and Pennsylvania electricity costs, M&A and Scope 2 data. - [Scope 2 data from utility bills](https://deaudits.com/blog/scope-2-data-from-utility-bills/): Scope 2 reporting starts with utility bills. How multi-site companies collect complete, auditable electricity data and avoid the gaps that delay disclosures. - [Utility costs in acquisitions](https://deaudits.com/blog/utility-costs-in-acquisitions/): Acquired sites inherit wrong rate classes, expiring contracts and classification errors. A checklist for finance and integration teams after an M&A close. - [Comparisons](https://deaudits.com/compare/): Comparisons for buyers: utility bill audit vs energy procurement, contingency vs fixed-fee audits, and second-opinion audits behind an energy manager. - [Contingency vs fixed fee](https://deaudits.com/compare/contingency-vs-fixed-fee-utility-audit/): How contingency, fixed-fee and retainer utility audits differ in cost, risk and incentives, and the three contract terms to read before you sign any of them. - [Second-opinion audits](https://deaudits.com/compare/second-opinion-utility-audit/): Already have an energy manager, broker or bill-pay vendor? An independent second-opinion utility audit often finds what they miss. Contingency, no upfront fee. - [Audit vs procurement](https://deaudits.com/compare/utility-bill-audit-vs-energy-procurement/): A utility bill audit checks whether past bills were calculated correctly; energy procurement sets future supply prices. Why companies need both, in which order. - [Types of utility cost providers](https://deaudits.com/compare/utility-cost-provider-types/): Forensic auditors, expense auditors, bill-pay and software platforms, procurement advisors, demand-response providers and integrated firms compared. - [FAQ](https://deaudits.com/faq/): Straight answers on utility bill audits: what they check, cost, refunds and look-back, timing, utility relationships, procurement, TaraBase and choosing a firm. - [How to choose a utility bill auditor](https://deaudits.com/how-to-choose-a-utility-bill-auditor-five-questions-to-ask/): A buyer's guide for CFOs and controllers: compare utility bill auditors on scope, look-back, fees, documented results and how they work with your team. - [Illinois Capacity Charges Just Took Another Step Up](https://deaudits.com/illinois-capacity-charges-just-took-another-step-up-why-cutting-consumption-didnt-lower-your-comed-bill/): Why ComEd bills can stay high even after cutting kWh: PJM capacity prices, peak load contribution, contract pass-throughs and demand exposure explained. - [Indiana Is Split Between Two Capacity Markets](https://deaudits.com/indiana-is-split-between-two-capacity-markets-what-aes-indianas-rider-24-and-pjm-mean-for-your-bill/): Indiana is split between MISO and PJM. Learn how AES Indiana Rider 24, capacity prices, trackers and rate changes affect industrial electricity bills. - [Maryland's Large-Load Tariffs Are Filed](https://deaudits.com/marylands-large-load-tariffs-are-filed-what-commercial-and-industrial-customers-should-watch-before-the-psc-rules/): Maryland's large-load tariffs are before the PSC. How the 25 MW threshold, 60% load factor, PJM capacity and cost allocation could affect C&I customers. - [New Jersey Took On the PJM Capacity Market](https://deaudits.com/new-jersey-took-on-the-pjm-capacity-market-what-the-njbpu-investigation-changes-for-your-facility-and-what-it-doesnt/): What the NJBPU PJM investigation, New Jersey data center tariff and capacity rules mean for industrial electricity costs, capacity tags and BGS-CIEP. - [Ohio's Data Center Tariff and Your Electric Bill](https://deaudits.com/ohios-data-center-tariff-and-your-electric-bill-what-it-changes-for-manufacturers-and-what-still-lands-on-your-invoice/): What the AEP Ohio data center tariff changes—and what manufacturers still pay in PJM capacity, transmission, demand, riders and supply costs. - [Pennsylvania Industrial Electricity Costs](https://deaudits.com/pennsylvania-industrial-electricity-costs-the-ppl-settlement-the-transmission-rider-and-why-your-bill-changed-twice/): Why Pennsylvania industrial electricity costs are rising: PJM capacity, PPL rates, LP-6, large-load tariffs and the proposed transmission rider explained. - [PJM capacity prices and industrial budgets](https://deaudits.com/pjm-electricity-prices-are-rewriting-industrial-budgets-why-understanding-your-bill-comes-before-fixing-it/): PJM capacity rose from $28.92 to $329.17 per MW-day in two years. What that means for industrial bills, fixed contracts, and why to audit before you buy. - [Utility audit RFP checklist](https://deaudits.com/tools/utility-audit-rfp-checklist/): What to send bidders, what to require back and how to compare utility audit proposals fairly: scope, pilot, fees, evidence, controls and references. - [Virginia's GS-5 Large Load Class Starts January 1](https://deaudits.com/virginias-gs-5-large-load-class-starts-january-1-what-the-25-mw-threshold-means-for-industrial-facilities/): Virginia's GS-5 large-load rate starts Jan. 1, 2027. How the 25 MW threshold, 75% load factor, 14-year term and minimum demand rules affect industry. - [Why is my commercial bill higher?](https://deaudits.com/why-is-my-commercial-utility-bill-higher/): A commercial bill can rise with flat usage because of rate cases, riders, demand peaks, contract roll-offs or billing errors. How to tell which, and what to do. ## Natural gas capacity outlooks - [Albany area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/albany-natural-gas-capacity-national-grid-east-gate/): National Grid's models show Albany Loop pressures dropping after winter 2026-27, and its backup gas site is paused. What it means for Albany businesses. - [Boise area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/boise-natural-gas-capacity-intermountain-gas/): Intermountain Gas projects no peak-day deficit in its Canyon and Central Ada areas, but a 2,258 Dth company-wide deficit in 2026. What it means for Boise. - [Boston area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/boston-natural-gas-capacity-boston-gas/): Boston Gas's own analysis shows peak-hour shortfalls at stations north of Boston, and the Everett LNG contracts end in 2030. What it means for businesses. - [Buffalo area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/buffalo-natural-gas-capacity-national-fuel/): National Fuel reports ample capacity, but its own tables put capacity about 3.1% above design day demand. What it means for Buffalo-area businesses. - [Detroit area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/detroit-natural-gas-capacity-dte-gas/): DTE Gas's own peak day plan shows a 0% margin, with supply equal to requirements. Why the outlook is High, and what it means for Detroit businesses. - [Gas capacity outlooks](https://deaudits.com/gas-capacity-ratings/): Metro-by-metro case studies of natural gas distribution capacity: what each utility's own filings show about design-day supply, constraints and curtailment. - [Houston area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/houston-natural-gas-capacity-centerpoint/): CenterPoint's plan shows its Houston design-hour reserve falling from 9.0%, with two large pipeline contracts ending in 2027. What it means for Houston. - [Miami area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/miami-natural-gas-capacity-florida-city-gas/): Florida City Gas lacks primary firm capacity for its peak design day, with a 40,000 Dth/day fix expected in late 2028. What it means for Miami businesses. - [Milwaukee's natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/milwaukee-natural-gas-capacity-we-energies/): Wisconsin regulators approved Oak Creek LNG for demand driven by power plants. Why Milwaukee's outlook is Watch, and what it means for businesses. - [Pittsburgh area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/pittsburgh-natural-gas-capacity-peoples-design-day/): Peoples' design-day supply is within 0.73 MMcf of need; Columbia Gas PA's firm peak-day table is about 2.8% above demand. What it means for Pittsburgh. - [Rochester area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/rochester-natural-gas-capacity-rge/): RG&E's own tables put its firm capacity margin at 4.90% in 2026 and 5.16% in 2027. What it means for Rochester-area businesses. - [Salt-lake-city-area-natural-gas-capacity-enbridge-gas-utah natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/salt-lake-city-area-natural-gas-capacity-enbridge-gas-utah/): Enbridge Gas Utah projects its Riverton gate station at 100% of capacity in 2026-27, with expansion in 2029. Why the outlook is High. - [South-central Pennsylvania natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/south-central-pennsylvania-natural-gas-capacity-ugi-gas/): UGI Gas's peak-day schedule shows firm capacity about 2.6% above need, with a 30,436 Dth line labeled Supply TBD. What it means for south-central PA. - [York area natural gas capacity](https://deaudits.com/york-natural-gas-capacity-columbia-gas-pa/): Columbia Gas PA's own firm peak-day table shows capacity about 2.8% above design-day demand for winter 2026-27. What it means for York businesses.