Why TrueMeter Delivers the Highest ROI in Energy

When it comes to utilities, CFOs face two persistent challenges: how to pay energy bills efficiently and how to actually reduce them. Both are deceptively complex, and both can quietly drain margins if mishandled.

At TrueMeter, we’ve analyzed every option on the market. The conclusion is clear: most paths require significant investment, add complexity, or only chip away at the problem. TrueMeter, on the other hand, delivers guaranteed savings with no upfront investment or hidden fees—making it the highest ROI solution in the industry.

Paying the Bills: Two Imperfect Options Without TrueMeter

Every multi-location business needs to pay utility bills—but the choices aren’t great:

  1. Do It Yourself
     Handling energy bills internally eats up valuable time and introduces risk. Missed invoices lead to late fees or penalties, while staff capacity is wasted on chasing paperwork instead of higher-value work.

  2. Bill Pay Agents (e.g., Capturis, Engie)
     Outsourcing payment removes the hassle but adds cost. Small businesses often pay a percentage commission on total bills, while large businesses face fixed monthly fees. And crucially, bill-pay agents don’t actually lower your bills—they just move money around.

In short, businesses either spend time and risk errors or spend money for no savings.

Energy Cost Cutting: Three Expensive or Incomplete Options

Once energy  bills are paid, CFOs face an even harder question: how to actually reduce energy costs. Current options are fragmented and often capital-intensive:

  1. Capital Investments
     Solar panels, retrofits, smart appliances, and LED lighting all require upfront capital. They may reduce costs long term, but payback cycles can stretch for years.

  2. Direct Procurement (Brokers or Consultants)
     Brokers and consultants shop rates, but their scope is limited. They can negotiate one contract, not systematically optimize across locations, markets, and billing errors.

  3. Internal Energy Teams
     Building an in-house energy efficiency department provides control but adds headcount and overhead. For most CFOs, that’s a non-starter.

The Noise in the Market 

Beyond these major categories, the energy landscape is cluttered with niche vendors: 

  • Energy choice optimizers: Consultants and brokers that manually examine utility power choice options in exchange for project fees, and make recommendations for their clients to implement that might net 3-7% in savings

  • Solar installers: Solar panel, and often, battery hook-up installation providers that can reduce power bills by 30-40% over a 10-year horizon in exchange for a significant capital overlay ($100K+ per single location)

  • Power and gas procurers: Businesses with direct access privileges from their utility can directly source their own electricity or natural gas over long-term contracts

  • Retrofitters, smart appliance providers, and LED installers: Broader energy efficiency contractors that examine the efficiency of energy consuming devices and make recommendations for change. Their savings impact changes according to their clients willingness to spend additional capital.

Each promises a slice of savings but leaves CFOs juggling multiple contracts, inconsistent ROI, and opaque reporting.

TrueMeter: Highest ROI in Energy

TrueMeter cuts through the noise with a single, guaranteed solution.

  • Guaranteed Savings: 7–15% reduction in energy costs with zero capex.
  • No Fees, No Investment: Unlike bill-pay agents, brokers, or solar installers, TrueMeter requires no upfront cost or added fees.
  • Predictable Bills: Fixed-rate, predictable costs—transforming utilities from volatile expenses into stable, budgetable line items.
  • All-in-One: Instead of juggling multiple vendors, CFOs get consolidated billing, automated audits, and real-time intelligence across every location.
  • On-Demand Insights: On-demand operational and financial insights for multi-unit operators to capture power insights across their full fleet of locations. TrueMeter is the only live solution that aggregates insights across all of a businesses locations.

That’s why, as the chart above shows, TrueMeter sits alone. We are not the option with the highest potential savings - but we are the only vendor that guarantees high savings with absolutely no investment required.

The CFO’s Bottom Line

Most CFOs don’t want another vendor to manage—they want results. With TrueMeter, you get the highest ROI in energy: guaranteed savings, complete predictability, and zero disruption.

Instead of piecing together brokers, solar installers, bill-pay agents, and consultants, CFOs can streamline their energy strategy with a single partner that delivers measurable, predictable outcomes.

👉 Stop navigating the maze of energy vendors. Start capturing guaranteed savings with TrueMeter today: truemeter.com.