Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Electricity and water, paying the whole bill

[Susan Adams (sadams430]

I believe, that some communities have found that there is a reduction in
cost if the electric company only has to read one meter, and send one bill.

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Elizabeth Magill <pastorlizm [at] gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Our water is one whole bill, and we don't figure individual household
> usage.
>
> I'm confused as to why you would WANT one single bill if you are going to
> charge based on usage.
>
> We have a challenge right now that electric to the carports is not
> individually metered. WHen that was for lights the amount was
> insignificant, but now that we have electric cars we wish it was metered.
>
> -Liz
> (The Rev.) Elizabeth M. Magill
> www.worcesterfellowship.org
> www.mosaic-commons.org
> 508-450-0431
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 1, 2015, at 5:14 PM, Susan Adams <sadams430 [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> >
> > We are close to being ready to build Jubilee Coho.  We will be doing
> > EVERYTHING at once, site development, common house and all homes.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is our understanding that some coho communities have found a way to
> use
> > only one meter for electricity and one for water, rather than having a
> > meter for every home.  (Or in other words, to pay only one bill for
> each.)
> >
> >
> >
> > If this is your M.O., how do you measure the usage by each household?
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to provide wifi for the entire site?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for helping us out once again!
> >
> >
> >
> > Susan
> >
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