For CFOs and finance teams: utility spend that reconciles
Finance is measured on forecast accuracy, cost control and savings that show up in the ledger. Aqueduct checks every utility invoice against your own meters, explains each variance and prices verified savings at your own rates.
Utilities are a large recurring cost most businesses pay without an independent check.
The numbers your role answers for
- Forecast accuracy
Utility spend against budget, before the month closes.
- Variance explained
Usage, rate and weather effects for every material change.
- Savings recognized
Project returns that reconcile with the bills.
Finance decisions the data supports
Explain a variance
Split usage, rate and weather by site and meter.
The finance month, before and after
| Task | Today | With Aqueduct |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice approval | Paid on trust | Checked against metered use |
| Mid-month forecast | Last year's bill plus inflation | Current cycle accrual and projection |
| Demand charges | Seen on the invoice | Tracked as the peak builds |
| Savings claims | From the proposal | From the meter, after the fix |
Why utility spend needs a check
overbilled to Rhode Island state agencies on 2024 energy bills, found by audit.
Source: Ocean State Media, Rhode Island state audit, 2025rise in US household water and sewer bills over five years across 50 cities.
Source: Bluefield Research via Water Onlineper sq ft median savings from fault detection and diagnostics, with one to two year payback.
Source: US DOE Smart Energy Analytics Campaignsites in 21 countries run on Aqueduct.
and 9 clinics in one of India’s top hospital chains.
US airport running water intelligence on Aqueduct.
of commercial real estate under Aqueduct.
FMCG manufacturing campus.
operations run on Aqueduct.
Related
Common questions
Rate configuration from your own utility bills converts the difference between baseline and actual use into money. Savings are therefore priced at the tariff you actually pay, not an industry average. See weather-normalized baselining.
Yes, where interval data from the main meter is available. Aqueduct compares the billed peak and power factor penalty with the metered interval and feeder data, so a charge can be queried before payment. See peak demand and tariffs.
No. Aqueduct measures savings so finance can recognize what actually happened, with each figure tied to a meter, period and rate. Any guarantee belongs in a separate performance contract. See ESPC and UESC contracts.
Aqueduct splits each cost variance into usage, rate and weather effects, using metered consumption and the rate configuration from bills. Finance sees why spend moved, not only that it did. See utility bill validation.
See Aqueduct on your own facility.
Bring a site, a utility bill or a question. We will show you where the loss is.