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Committee explores bill to require residential rates for shared well and septic electric meters in condo associations
Summary
The Science, Technology and Energy subcommittee reviewed proposals to require residential (domestic) billing for shared well and septic electric meters that serve only residential condominium units, after testimony from association attorneys and a utility billing analyst.
The Science, Technology and Energy Committee subcommittee met after the March 3 main session to examine several bills and a draft amendment aimed at a narrow but recurring problem: condominium associations that receive a single electric bill for shared residential pumps (wells, septic lift pumps) are often billed at a general or commercial rate even when the equipment serves only residential units.
Attorneys and association representatives said the result can be higher delivery charges and demand charges that are allocated across all association members, including units that do not use the shared system, and they urged targeted relief. Eric Sweatt (billing analyst) provided a comparison showing sample bills where delivery charges under a general rate produced a total delivery charge of…
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