IDAPA 31.26.01.100
Master-Metering And Individual Metering In Mobile Home Parks (Rule 100)
01. Master Metering Prohibited. Master-metering, whether or not in conjunction with sub-metering of electric service by the park operator, is prohibited for any mobile home park connected for service by the utility after July 1, 1980. After that date, tenants (excluding transients) of mobile home parks must be individually metered and billed by the electric utility. (7-1-24) 02. Exception for Sub-Metered Parks. Any mobile home park connected for service on or before July 1, 1980 whose spaces for non-transient tenants are been fully sub-metered for electricity by the park owners need not be individually metered by the electric utility supplying the park. A mobile home park sub-metered by the park operator must charge each of their tenants the same rate for electric service that a residential customer of the utility serving the park would charge the tenant if the tenant were directly metered and billed by the utility. Upon request, the utility will provide written instruction on how to calculate bills for sub-metered tenants in conformance with the utility's applicable rate schedule. (7-1-24) 101. MASTER-METERING AND INDIVIDUAL METERING IN MULTI-OCCUPANT RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS (RULE 101). Non-transient tenants living in multi-occupant residential buildings connected for electric service after July 1, 1980, containing an electric space heating, water heating, or air-conditioning (space cooling) unit that is not centrally controlled and for which the dwelling unit’s tenants individually control electric usage will be individually metered and billed by the electric utility. (7-1-24) 102. MASTER-METERING AND INDIVIDUAL METERING IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND SHOPPING CENTERS (RULE 102). Commercial buildings and shopping centers connected for electric service after July 1, 1980, may not be master metered if the units for non-transient tenants contain an electric space heating, water heating, or air-conditioning (space cooling) unit that is not centrally controlled and for which the unit’s tenants individually control electric usage. Any non-transient tenants in otherwise master-metered buildings will be individually metered and billed by the utility if the tenant’s electric load is significantly greater than that of other tenants in the building or shopping center or exceeds the individual metering threshold found in the utility’s tariffs. (7-1-24) 103. -- 999. (RESERVED)