DGS Utility Bill
BITHGROUP won a coveted contract with the State of Maryland to provide energy management services that will facilitate better management of the State’s energy resources more accurately and efficiently. Maryland is committed to reducing state government energy consumption 15% by 2015. To do that, Maryland's Department of General Services hired BITHGROUP Technologies to create and implement a statewide utility database that tracks energy performance for all state facilities. This centralized energy management system compiles comprehensive energy consumption and cost data for 55 different agencies in the State of Maryland. The objectives of this ongoing engagement include the following mandates:
- Provide efficiently manage energy resources for State agencies and the University System of Maryland
- Accurately compile energy cost and consumption data
- Host and manage online energy and utility bill processing
- Provide timely and accurate data reporting for the Governor, General Assembly and agencies
- Support de-regulated procurement activities, and energy efficiency initiatives
- Wide area network engineering
- Identify opportunities to reduce the budget deficit for the State of Maryland
State agencies, including the University System of Maryland, collectively have approximately 15,000 electric and gas accounts, and others including fuel oil, propane, and district stream. Currently, approximately 17 energy providers serve state facilities, including regulated utilities, regional cooperatives and de-regulated suppliers.
Through our comprehensive suite of services, BITHGROUP is also currently enhancing business processes for the State of Maryland that will ultimately lead to energy reduction goals as set forth by Governor Martin O’Malley in the EmPOWER Maryland initiative introduced on July 2, 2007.
The DGS project is one of the reasons Maryland was ranked the 12th most energy-efficient state by The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. They named Maryland as one of the most improved states, moving from 20th place in 2006 to 12th in 2008.
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