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Powerful Savings with ARDA’s Lower Utility Costs through the APPI Saving Solutions Program
by American Resort Development Association
As part of its continuing commitment to providing members with unparalleled benefits, The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) is pleased to showcase the APPI Savings Solutions program. This new member benefit identifies and implements options that reduce the costs of each member’s energy, utility, and telecommunications services. Members choose which services, or all, best suit the needs of their business. As an ARDA membership benefit, there are no upfront fees for this new service. APPI is compensated when it demonstrates and delivers savings and/or refunds.
The program is managed by APPI, an independent utility consulting firm. As the consultant for the association and its corporate members, APPI navigates the maze of utility services by analyzing, negotiating, contracting, and managing critical components. These services include energy (electricity and natural gas), water, recycling, waste removal, freight, credit card processing, and telecommunications (voice and data).
APPI operates independently. It is not affiliated with any utility, vendor, or energy supplier. Client relationships are based on a performance, value-added model. APPI’s staff includes engineers, tariff and regulatory specialists, financial and legal professionals, and account management advisors with expertise in utility analysis, tariff auditing and energy deregulation.
Jeffery Nickerson from Concrete Block Insulating Systems in Massachusetts, speaks of their experience working with APPI, “APPI has been managing our electricity accounts for over two years,” he says. “We have been very happy with its ability to bring us reliable supplier offers that have reduced our costs considerably. Our current electricity contract through APPI’s program has even saved us money beyond our projected savings through a manage-down discount. APPI’s advice has proven to be in the best interest of our business. I would recommend everyone take a look at this program.”
In addition to energy management, the Savings Solutions Program includes utility audit services that offer savings options to members in all states. APPI performs an analysis of your business’ existing utility services (water, recycling, waste removal, freight, credit card processing, telecommunications, electricity, and natural gas), to detect overcharges and erroneous fees within your current supplier network. The process of making the adjustments and recovery of refunds from your service provider is handled by APPI. In addition to procuring refunds, members are also able to reduce future costs.
Another example of the success this program brings to association members comes from the Health Care Association of New Jersey: APPI reviewed the utility bills of a healthcare facility with over 100 telecommunication lines which is being streamlined to T-1s.
Savings for waste removal combined with the telecom changes will result in savings of almost $17,000 over two years.
With so much on the line, it pays to have APPI perform a free audit of your company’s energy, utility, and telecommunications bills. You will gain an understanding of what your true costs are and be advised of solutions on how to reduce operating expenses. It’s as easy as faxing APPI a set of bills.