Section 15-403. STATEMENT OF PRACTICABILITY

 

403.1The utility company shall prepare and submit to the Public Service Commission a Statement of Practicability for Individual Metering for any master-metered apartment house for which termination of service is sought and for which at least sixty percent (60%) of the tenants have indicated an interest in the individual metering option on their Preliminary Election Sheets.

 

403.2The Statement of Practicability shall contain the following information:

 

(a)The address of the apartment house;

 

(b)The name of the owner;

 

(c)The number of units;

 

(d)Whether the entire apartment house can be individually metered;

 

(e)Whether it is feasible to individually meter less than the entire apartment house;

 

(f)The total cost of individual metering for the apartment house, the proposed cost to each tenant of individual metering, and the basis for the determination of both of these costs;

 

(g)If individual metering is not possible, whether the apartment house can be sub-metered and, if so, how (e.g. by floor, by groups of units, etc.);

 

(h)The total cost of sub-metering and the proposed cost to each tenant; and

 

(i)Any special considerations pertaining to the apartment house and its service which may have a bearing on the utility's decision on practicability.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3329, 3334 (July 24, 1981).