# OptiRate — LLM-readable site inventory

> South African utility bill audit and ongoing account management for multi-site operators.
> Independent of Eskom, municipalities, and metering companies. We act for the bill-payer.

## What OptiRate does

- Audits electricity, water + sewage, and property-rates bills against the
  current published tariffs.
- Recovers billing errors with the supplier on the client's behalf.
- Manages utility accounts month to month so errors don't return.
- Serves multi-site operators across **all** South African municipalities and Eskom.

## Pricing

Three-part fee model:

1. **Initial review** — free. Full audit of the client's utility accounts
   at no upfront cost.
2. **Monthly monitoring fee** — small, per account / per meter, charged on
   the ongoing audit and account-management relationship.
3. **Success fee** — strict; only payable on savings actually implemented
   and reflected on the client's account. Not charged on estimated,
   projected, or promised savings.

If no savings are found, the client owes nothing.

## Project timelines

- Private-sector supplier disputes: 3–6 months from identification to recovery.
- Municipal recoveries: 6–12 months (longer for complex backdated claims).

## Who it's for

Retail chains, schools and campuses, healthcare and pharmacy groups,
restaurant and fast-food groups (QSR, franchise networks), hospitality
and leisure operators (hotels, lodges, gyms, car washes), body corporates,
property portfolios. Typical client portfolio: 5 to 500+ sites.

## Geographic coverage

All South African municipalities — metros (City of Johannesburg, City of Cape
Town, eThekwini, Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Nelson Mandela Bay, Mangaung,
Buffalo City) and local / district authorities. Eskom Direct customers
included.

## OptiRate API surface (developer / agent access)

Programmatic access is available. The OptiRate platform exposes:

### Tariff engine REST API (key-based auth, `X-API-Key` header)

- `GET /api/suppliers/` — list every supplier we maintain tariffs for
  (Eskom and SA municipalities).
- `POST /api/extract-token/` — extract a 20-digit prepaid token from a
  receipt image (OCR + supplier classification).
- `POST /api/calculate-prepaid/` — convert a prepaid purchase amount to
  units (kWh) for a given supplier, factoring in step tariffs, free basic
  electricity, and surcharges.
- `POST /api/calculate-consumption/` — convert metered or billed
  consumption (kWh / kL) plus a supply size + tariff classification into
  expected cost ex/inc VAT, broken down by tariff component (energy,
  network, demand, fixed). Covers all maintained tariffs.
- Per-key daily rate limit, per-call usage logging. Reach out for access.

### Bill audit + insights (MCP, for LLM agents)

OptiRate exposes its bill-audit insights via the Model Context Protocol
(MCP) so LLM agents (Claude, ChatGPT with browse, etc.) can read directly
from the audited dataset. Read-only, subscription-tied, per-user API
tokens. Tools include:

- `get_largest_variance` — biggest billing variance this period.
- `get_top_consumers` — rank sites by consumption.
- `get_cost_per_unit` — effective R/kWh and R/kL by site and period.
- `get_consumption_trend` — usage trajectory.
- `get_verification_report` — share of data verified.
- `list_projects` / `get_project_summary` — recovery work in flight.
- `get_overdue_milestones`.
- `get_recon_status` — is a site reconciled for a given period?
- `get_site_details`, `compare_sites`.
- `get_document_gaps` — active sites missing documents (the signal behind missing-doc provisions).
- `count_documents` / `list_documents` — document inventory by status / date / site.
- `list_provisions` / `get_provision_accuracy` / `get_provision_detail` — accounting provisions,
  missing-doc dual forecasts (seasonal vs averaged), simulated-bill testing.
- `run_provision_backtest` / `get_forecast_segments` — hold-out forecast accuracy
  scored against real bills, segmented by supplier / sector / season.
- `get_benchmark_gaps` — electricity R/kWh vs client+supplier peers.
- `list_open_variances` — open Pending recon variances.
- `get_switch_report` / `get_switch_site_detail` — Switch platform
  (benchmark gap + variance + cheaper tariff/NMD), ranked opportunities.

### Requesting access

- API key signup: https://optirate.io/signup/?intent=api
- General contact: operations@optirate.io

## Agent action endpoints

Agents acting on behalf of a user can submit these forms directly:

- Request a quote / portfolio review: https://optirate.io/signup/?intent=quote
- Request API access: https://optirate.io/signup/?intent=api
- Contact email: operations@optirate.io

## Independent reference content

- Blog (utility-savings explainers, tariff guides): https://optirate.io/blog/
- Case studies (real savings, multi-site portfolios): https://optirate.io/case-studies/
- Savings calculator: https://optirate.io/electricity-cost-savings-calculator/
- Free savings score assessment: https://optirate.io/savings-score/

## Updated

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