Utility bills for fleet yards and charging depots

A yard that charges trucks is an electric account with a demand charge, not a fuel card. Nectar collects those bills, shows which hours set the peak, and keeps the yard separate from the buildings next to it.

Fleet yards pick up electric load in large steps: a row of chargers, a second shift of vehicles, a hotter month. The utility bills that load as demand, and the demand charge is often set by a few hours. If the yard shares a meter with a building, the building looks expensive. If the yard has its own service, it is an account nobody in facilities owns.

Nectar treats the yard as its own set of accounts. Bills are collected and parsed, interval data is lined up with billed demand where the utility provides it, and the cost sits with the yard instead of being folded into a building average.

Challenge

Charger load is blamed on the building, or ignored because it is not a building.

Solution

Yards with their own service are tracked as their own sites. Where chargers share a building meter, the account is still visible, and the demand is not averaged across unrelated buildings.

Challenge

A new bank of chargers sets a demand charge nobody expected.

Solution

Interval data, where available, is reconciled with billed demand. Alerts go out when a bill sets a higher peak, so the charging schedule can be checked against the hours that caused it.

Challenge

Yard accounts open and close without a process.

Solution

Account opening and closing is handled as yards are added or exited. Missing bills are tracked as tasks rather than discovered at year end.

The yard bill, separate from the building

Electric accounts for depots and yards are collected from the utility and parsed at the line-item level. Energy, demand, taxes, and fees are separated. Fuel accounts that arrive as bills can sit alongside them. Nectar does not track vehicles on the road and does not manage fuel cards.

US bills can be paid through regulated payment partners, with bills that contain errors held rather than paid, or delivered to AP as coded payables.

Empty row of chargers at a fleet depot

Peaks tied to the charging hours

Where the utility provides interval data, Nectar reconciles it with the demand on the bill. A peak that arrived after a second shift of charging is visible in that month, not as a line item with no explanation.

The same usage is included in sustainability exports. It is site electricity, reported with the rest of the utility data, not a separate fleet carbon model.

Empty fleet yard with an electrical service building

Why fleet teams choose Nectar

Nectar budgeting forecasts — platform dashboard screenshot

Data

Yard and depot bills parsed at 99.2% accuracy, with demand separated from energy and each value linked to its source bill.

Automation

Bills collected as yards open, peaks flagged when they are billed, and gaps tracked as tasks.

Service

Account changes as yards are added or closed, human review of flagged bills, and a named customer success manager.

What changes for fleet teams

Charging cost has an owner

Before Nectar, yard electricity was either buried in a building bill or missing. After, the yard is its own site with its own accounts.

→ Data completeness

The peak has a time of day

Before Nectar, a demand charge was a number. After, interval data shows the hours that set it.

→ Demand management

New yards are not invisible

Before Nectar, a yard could operate before anyone had its utility login. After, account setup moves with the yard.

→ Account open and close

Frequently asked questions

Does Nectar manage vehicles, routes, or fuel cards?

No. Nectar covers utility bills, including electricity used to charge vehicles at your sites and fuel accounts that arrive as bills. It does not track vehicles on the road.

What if the chargers are on the warehouse meter?

The shared account is still collected and the demand is visible. Buildings that should be compared with each other, without the yard load, are handled on the warehousing page.

Does Nectar install chargers or meters?

No. Nectar does not sell charging hardware or meters. It uses the bills and interval data the utility already provides.

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Utility bill management, energy cost management and procurement, and sustainability reporting in one system, shared by energy, finance, operations, and sustainability teams.

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Every bill for every utility, waste, and telecom account collected, parsed at the line-item level, and tracked against its expected date.

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Sustainability reporting and benchmarks

Audit-ready data for ESG reporting, site benchmarks, ENERGY STAR sync, and exports to carbon accounting platforms.

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Bill audit, bill pay, and AP

Errors caught before payment, past overcharges recovered, and validated bills paid on time or delivered to your AP system.

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Energy cost management and procurement

Tariff and rate optimization, demand management, and procurement advisory. Customers typically save 3 to 5% of annual utility spend.

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Jeremy Pike, Sustainability Leader at Idaho Milk Products — Nectar customer

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“Thanks to Nectar's innovative solution, we can accurately assess our environmental impact, becoming a pioneer in sustainability among our peers.”

John O'Connell, CEO and Founder at Stanwich Energy — Nectar customer

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“Nectar enables faster insights, smarter forecasting, and more accurate budget tracking. It also strengthens our ability to deliver on key sustainability goals by providing real-time visibility into usage and emissions.”

Matt Greening, Founder and Director at Nettzero — Nectar customer

Matt Greening

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“Nectar serves as a reliable and cost-effective technology solution to extract, store, and analyse sustainability data leading to enhanced reporting capabilities and streamlined workflows.”

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