Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Shared Utilities

[Becky Schaller (bschaller]

Liz, we would be charging according to actual use. The reason to have 
one electric meter which would keep track of the community's electrical 
use would be to save costs for everyone.  We would save money both in 
the initial set up and in the ongoing usage.  So actually we would be 
charging according to actual use, but at a lower rate.


lilbert [at] concentric.net wrote:
> 
> > For example, the community has one master electric
> >meter and private individual meters for each unit.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand your question.  Why are you not charging
> according to actual use?  Are you talking about people paying according
> to their income?
> 
> Liz Stevenson
> Southside Park Cohousing