ENECHANGE Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director & CEO: Yohei Kiguchi) has launched Vacancy Energy Connection Service, a service for property management companies that handles the entire application process for connecting and disconnecting energy at vacant properties and covers the electricity costs during the period of vacancy (*1).

*1. Some conditions apply to the application of this service. For more information, please contact the relevant ENECHANGE Division.

Background

Property management companies are responsible for ensuring that electricity is available in properties that become vacant after a tenant leaves. Minimal lighting and electricity may be required to view the property, and the property management company must keep the property connected until the next tenant moves in. However, the number of properties held by property management companies is significant, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. The procedures that occur each time a tenant moves into or out of a property and the associated processing of electricity bills places an additional operational burden on them.

Overview of Vacancy Energy Connection Service

Property management companies can entrust ENECHANGE with applications to keep a property connected while it is vacant or to facilitate transfer to new tenants. Until now, disconnecting properties from the energy supply has had to be done manually by property management companies. By outsourcing these tasks to ENECHANGE, the man-hours required by property management companies are reduced. In addition, as ENECHANGE bears the electricity costs when a property is vacant (*1), the property management company’s electricity costs can also be significantly reduced.
By utilizing ENECHANGE’s services, the time-consuming application process can be completed on the web with a single click. The status can be tracked in real time, and batch registration in advance of property registration will be possible. In the future, a system that allows centralized management and procedures is scheduled to be launched by January 2024, further enhancing convenience.

ENECHANGE is committed to promoting the industry’s digital transformation (DX) and the efficient use of energy to achieve a decarbonized society.

*1. Some conditions apply to the application of this service. For more information, please contact the relevant ENECHANGE Division.

Three advantages of Vacancy Energy Connection Service

• ENECHANGE pays the electricity bill when the room is vacant.
  ENECHANGE pays the electricity bill when the room is unoccupied. This helps property management companies to reduce their costs.
• ENECHANGE reduces the burden of invoice processing work.
  This reduces the burden of processing electricity bills for each room and reduces the workload of property management companies.
• Simplification of connection transfer procedures.
  When a tenant moves, simply inform ENECHANGE to have the energy supply connected or disconnected, and the burden of filling in cumbersome contract and billing information at the time of application is reduced.

ENECHANGE energy switching platform

Through the operation of our platform which has 2 million unique monthly visitors and 56 affiliated energy companies, we can handle everything from price comparisons to switch processing all at once (*2). ENECHANGE was launched following the deregulation of electricity in 2016 and gas in 2017.

For inquiries about the Vacancy Energy Connection ServiceENECHANGE Division: ene_sales@enechange.co.jp

*2. Total number of affiliated energy companies as of end of December 2021 (excluding duplicates).

ENECHANGE Ltd.

ENECHANGE is an energy technology company that promotes a carbon-free society through digital technology with the mission of Changing Energy For A Better World. We offer services based on data utilization in the field of the 4Ds of Energy: Deregulation, Digitalization, Decarbonization, and Decentralization. Our company’s roots come from an energy data lab at the University of Cambridge, UK, a country where liberalization is mature. ENECHANGE has a UK subsidiary, ENECHANGE Innovation Limited, as well as a global network and analytical technology for energy data.

URL: https://enechange.co.jp/en/

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