Estimating Variable Costs
Hey r/CommercialRealEstate, 

I'm putting together a budget proposal for my first major development project and I'm getting to the section on variable costs. Do you have any good resources on estimating utility cost/electricity consumption by capacity and other similar variable costs? I can make some broad estimates myself, but I would anything that I can cite. 

Thanks in advance!
[{"id": "dn0ny2f", "text": "Try calling local appraisers or brokers of your particular product type and see if they'll share any expense comp data. I do this all the time when underwriting, but we do a lot of repeat business with said people, so YMMV. Either way, it never hurts to pick up the phone and ask - side note, don't do it by email. It's impersonal and hardly ever yields results. Good luck!", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sf6p", "text": "This is great advice, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sf6p", "text": "This is great advice, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dn0pr61", "text": "Pwc puts out a free annual report that has some expense info.  Depending on prop  type, there are publications but they typically cost money. Boma has a good one for office. \n\n best bet is like other poster said, call local commercial appraisers. Another option call the county assessor and talk to commercial department. They might have some expense ratio info they use based off actual financials. ", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sfz4", "text": "County assessor is a great call, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sfz4", "text": "County assessor is a great call, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dn0ny2f", "text": "Try calling local appraisers or brokers of your particular product type and see if they'll share any expense comp data. I do this all the time when underwriting, but we do a lot of repeat business with said people, so YMMV. Either way, it never hurts to pick up the phone and ask - side note, don't do it by email. It's impersonal and hardly ever yields results. Good luck!", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sf6p", "text": "This is great advice, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sf6p", "text": "This is great advice, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dn0pr61", "text": "Pwc puts out a free annual report that has some expense info.  Depending on prop  type, there are publications but they typically cost money. Boma has a good one for office. \n\n best bet is like other poster said, call local commercial appraisers. Another option call the county assessor and talk to commercial department. They might have some expense ratio info they use based off actual financials. ", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sfz4", "text": "County assessor is a great call, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sfz4", "text": "County assessor is a great call, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dn0xohg", "text": "call the local power company tech support, they can ballpark for you and what Mtfuji said. \nsometimes I call a similar business if it has the same basic concept plus they don't mind being used as a direct comp.", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sghb", "text": "Awesome, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sghb", "text": "Awesome, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dn0xohg", "text": "call the local power company tech support, they can ballpark for you and what Mtfuji said. \nsometimes I call a similar business if it has the same basic concept plus they don't mind being used as a direct comp.", "replies": [{"id": "dn1sghb", "text": "Awesome, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "dn1sghb", "text": "Awesome, thank you!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]