403. STATEMENT OF PRACTICABILITY

403 STATEMENT OF PRACTICABILITY 403.1 The 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. 403.2 The 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).