.BILLINGS– After numerous months of problems with its own electrical billing software, the city of Payments has actually hired an independent firm to investigate the metropolitan area’s utility invoicing system.Minneapolis, Minnesota-based contractor SL-serco Inc. will come to function following full week checking out home meters. The objective is actually to be sure that non commercial power expenses are actually accurate.The business concentrates on power consulting and also has actually been supplying companies such as this for 60 years.Billings Metropolitan area Supervisor Chris Kukulski said the analysis must take about 90 times and also will certainly set you back about $75,000 with funds originating from the metropolitan area’s energy finances.Alina Hauter/MTN Updates.Urban Area of Invoicings City Supervisor Chris Kukulski.SL-serco Inc.
will definitely decide on profiles at random to audit as well as are going to assess every aspect of the payment process.” Our company fit that any type of customer errors our experts discovered have been actually actually related to software application mistakes,” stated Kukulski Sunday. “This will definitely offer our team that possibility, if there is just about anything wrong in the system, that it may be recognized, and it could be fixed, and if there isn’t, they’ll supply that individual review.” The metropolitan area’s arrangement with the firm will certainly go through January 31. The results are going to be shown at a public meeting.Kukulski pointed out that if the audit exposes that one more company is responsible for any kind of mistakes, the city will definitely pursue a remedy.