Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Sub-metering [was Allocating Common Costs by an Algorithm e.g. based on # adults and sq. ft.

[Ken Winter (ken]

Sunward Cohousing's submetering story is partly told at
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14kO0ncu6-G0W_qJKJqsjxXT9xYAotIWSXGhqTK1aF0c/edit?usp=sharing.
("Partly" because the "how to" section is still just half-finished.)

~ Ken

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:27 AM Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <
cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:

> > On Mar 10, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Ken Winter <ken [at] sunward.org> wrote:
> >
> > I'd strongly urge you to build in a system where each unit pays for its
> > actual, measured usage of water, electricity, and gas.-- At Sunward
> > Cohousing, after 20 years of "we all pay for everything", we have
> > retrofitted submeters into our water billing system.
>
> A caution: we decided to have one meter for all and to split evenly
> because it lowered costs for the whole community. The utility companies
> have a minimum charge for service to each household. Since we have a large
> number of one person units, they would all be paying the minimum but
> probably more than they would pay if they had individual meters from the
> utilities.
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> So our water and gas are one community bill. Electricity is metered
> because it also includes heating and cooling, and may vary wider in usage.
>
> Question: What did installing submeters cost? How difficult was it?
>
> Sharon
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> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org
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