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What We Require From You: <br />The nature of our service requires minimal work on site. In order to have a <br />successful audit, we will also need you to participate as follows: <br />• Inform URS of any billing errors you have akeady identified and are working on. <br />(These will be excluded from our audit and no fees charged.). <br />• Inform URS of any other energy cost reduction measures you are currently <br />investigating so that we can avoid a duplication of efforts. (These will also be <br />excluded from our audit) <br />• Inform URS if you anticipate making any changes in your equipment and/or <br />services, or if you expect any changes in your operations to impact your utility <br />use and expenses. <br />• Make available copies of all the bills to be audited and any related vendor <br />contracts. (We can make copies while we are on site if that best suits you.) <br />• Provide a point of contact for billing information and technical questions. <br />• Register for online bill access if available and provide access to URS. <br />• Evaluate and respond to our correspondence and reports on a timely basis. <br />Refunds can fall under the following categories. <br />• Billings inconsistent with contractual terms <br />• Billings for services, or equipment the client is not receiving <br />• Overcharges for otherwise legitimate charges such as regulatory charges, <br />taxation, etc. <br />URS takes pride in our expertise and professionalism. As a result we require <br />minimal involvement from the client. Our clients are very pleased with how <br />unobtrusive our processes are to their business operation. <br />C. Description of Proposed Schedule <br />• Gather information. -one week <br />• Assemble information and enter into a workable database. - 1 week <br />• Analyze billings for refunds and cost savings opportunities against our standard <br />metrics. - 2 weeks <br />• Prepare and present preliminary report with findings to date as well as questions. <br />Decide whether to move forward with opportunities to date and agree on <br />direction of remaining work to be completed. - 1 week <br />• Complete audit and prepare and present final report. - 1 week <br />• Implement accepted recommendations. - 4 weeks (Vendor time) <br />• Verify implemented recommendations are billing correctly. - 4 wks (Bill cycle) <br />Note: the time table presented assumes that your vendors will provide any needed information in a timely fashion. To <br />a large degree their responsiveness is not under our control. <br />Page 8 of 19 <br />