Cohousing-L Mailing List: Electricity metering

[Katie Henry (katie-henry]

If a solution is found that allows individual monitoring/charging without extra 
money going out to the power company, please share!
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My former community has a cluster of 11 units that are metered separately from 
the main community. There is a main meter for the 11 units that has an account 
with the power company. Each unit has a submeter that is read manually, then 
the usage is calculated and the share of the monthly bill is split between the 
11 units according to the meter reading. 
The HOA pays the electricity bill for the main meter and then bills the unit 
owners for their share of the bill. The owners pay their share in the monthly 
HOA dues. (It might actually be quarterly, but same concept.) 
This was all installed during construction, so I have no idea how difficult or 
expensive it would be to retrofit.
Katie Henry