Southeastern Utilities Inc

What Southeastern Utilities Inc does

Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc., operating as HSE Utilities, is a private regulated sanitary sewer utility founded in 1988 and headquartered in Fishers, Indiana. The company provides wastewater collection and treatment services to residential and commercial customers in southeastern Hamilton County, including portions of the City of Noblesville and planned future service areas around Zionsville. Operations are conducted under an exclusive franchise granted and rate-regulated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), with a published residential base rate of $34.55 per month plus a wholesale sewer tracker of $4.68 per EDU per month (effective July 2025), and developer-facing System Development Charges and hourly Plan Review Fees tied to Equivalent Dwelling Unit assessments. HSE's GTM motion is direct-to-utility: customers interact through an IURC-tariffed billing portal (NexBillPay plus ACH auto-pay), a phone-based call center, and a public GIS map for infrastructure transparency.

The company's underlying technology is a GIS-based infrastructure management system combined with a web-based document sharing platform, jointly developed with its long-tenured engineering and operations partner Sanitary Management & Engineering Company, Inc. (SAMCO), which has been embedded with HSE since 1988. This platform supports HSE's "Master Planning" methodology for systematic service expansion, exposes specifications and standards to developers and engineers, and underpins programs such as sewer cleaning, mainline camera, and lateral video inspection. Revenue mechanics are a mix of regulated recurring subscription fees (monthly sewer service), usage-based charges (wholesale sewer tracker), and transactional fees from developer plan reviews and SDC connections, with no disclosed headcount, revenue figures, or funding events in the source data.

Name

Southeastern Utilities Inc

Legal name

Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc.

Website

https://hseutilities.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc. (HSE Utilities) is a private, IURC-regulated sanitary sewer utility providing wastewater collection and treatment to residential and commercial customers in southeastern Hamilton County, Indiana.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sanitary Sewer Utility Services

NAICS

Water, Sewage and Other Systems (2213), Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132)

SIC

Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro primary industry

Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) (EUANADAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regulatory Compliance Monitoring & Reporting (SDWA/CWA/NPDES, permits, audits) (EUANAJAA), Water Supply & Wastewater Utilities Administration (BPAIACAG)

Keywords

• Sanitary sewer utility
• Wastewater management
• Sewer service
• Utility infrastructure
• Developer plan review

Headquarters

HQ city

Turbeville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sewer Service Fees: Monthly sewer service charges for residential and commercial customers. Base monthly charge of $34.55 plus usage-based sewer tracker fees. Fees are regulated by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).
2. System Development Charges (SDC): Project-specific fees charged to developers for new construction connections, calculated according to the HSE Tariff and EDU (Equivalent Dwelling Unit) assessment.
3. Plan Review Fees (PPR Fees): Fees charged to developers for preliminary plan reviews, calculated based on EDU assessment. Includes 3 reviews from utility engineer with additional reviews billed hourly.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hamilton Southeastern Utilities, Inc. (HSE Utilities) is a private sanitary sewer utility company providing wastewater collection and treatment services to residential and commercial customers in the southeastern portion of Hamilton County, Indiana (including portions of the City of Noblesville and planned service around Zionsville, IN). The company also serves developers and contractors/engineers with plan reviews, System Development Charges (SDC) assessments, construction specifications and standards, and inspection services, operating under regulation by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).

Product overview

Southeastern Utilities Inc (HSE Utilities) is a private sanitary sewer utility company providing wastewater management services in Hamilton County, Indiana. The company offers a unified service focused on sanitary sewer infrastructure, including sewer services for residential and commercial customers, developer project coordination (with EDU assessments, plan reviews, and construction oversight), and contractor/engineer support through specifications and standards documentation. The company operates using GIS technology and web-based document sharing systems for asset management. Services include sewer service applications, billing management (with ACH auto-pay options), and infrastructure inspection programs (sewer cleaning, mainline camera, lateral video).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Residential Sewer Service
• Commercial Sewer Service
• Developer Plan Review and System Development Charges

Quantifiable outcome

• 35+ years of continuous operation since 1988
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sanitary Management & Engineering Company, Inc. (SAMCO)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSAMCO has been by HSE's side since inception in 1988. They are entrusted with the development and management of facilities, and have created and implemented a number of 'firsts' in utility specifications that continue to be copied by other utilities. SAMCO provides utility engineering, plan reviews, and inspection services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Citizens Energy Group: Indiana-based multi-utility (water, wastewater, natural gas, electric) serving Indianapolis and surrounding areas including Hamilton County. Comparable as a regulated Indiana utility providing wastewater services to residential and commercial customers under IURC oversight.
• American Water Works Company: Largest publicly traded water and wastewater utility in the US, with significant Indiana operations through Indiana American Water. Comparable as a regulated wastewater utility serving residential and commercial customers with developer and rate-case-driven revenue models.
• Indiana American Water: Subsidiary of American Water Works providing water and wastewater services throughout Indiana, including Hamilton County. Comparable as a regulated Indiana wastewater utility serving similar residential and commercial customer base under IURC regulation.
• Veolia Water North America: Large-scale private operator of water and wastewater systems through municipal and utility contracts across the US. Comparable as a regulated wastewater service provider with similar customer relationship structures and infrastructure management approach.
• Aqua Indiana: Subsidiary of Essential Utilities serving water and wastewater customers across Indiana. Comparable as a regulated private utility providing wastewater services in Indiana with similar developer fee structures and recurring rate-based revenue.

Regional players

• City of Noblesville Wastewater Utility: Municipal wastewater utility for the City of Noblesville, which overlaps HSE's service territory and acts as the wholesale treatment provider for HSE (per the 2025 tracker filing). Direct counterpart and adjacent operator in the same geographic market.
• Zionsville Wastewater Treatment: Municipal wastewater utility serving Zionsville, Indiana - identified by HSE as a future service expansion area. Comparable as a regulated wastewater operator in the same regional market.
• Carmel Water Works & Wastewater Utility: Municipal water and wastewater utility serving the City of Carmel in Hamilton County, Indiana. Directly adjacent to HSE's service territory with comparable customer base, regulatory framework, and growth dynamics in the same county.
• Westfield Utilities (City of Westfield): Municipal water and wastewater utility serving Westfield, Indiana in Hamilton County. Comparable as a small-to-mid-sized regulated wastewater utility operating in the same high-growth Indiana county with similar developer-driven growth dynamics.

Others

• Sanitary Management & Engineering Company (SAMCO): HSE's core operational partner since 1988 providing engineering, plan review, inspection, and facility management services. While not a direct competitor, SAMCO operates in the same wastewater infrastructure ecosystem and represents the closest operational analog to HSE's service delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/southeastern-utilities-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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