North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 04 - COMMERCE › Chapter 11 - UTILITIES COMMISSION › Chapter 18 - PROVISION OF WATER AND SEWER SERVICE BY LESSORS › Section 11 R18-08 - HOT WATER CAPTURE, COLD WATER ALLOCATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a)
				Pursuant to
				G.S.
				62-110(g)(1a), if the leased
				premises are contiguous dwelling units built prior to 1989, and the provider
				determines that, due to the plumbing configuration of the building, measurement
				of the lessee's total water usage is impractical or is not economical, the
				provider may estimate each lessee's total water usage based upon the hot water
				usage of each lessee as a percentage of all of the lessees' hot water
				usage.
(b) The provider must file
				the appropriate application (Application for Certificate of Authority to Charge
				for Water and/or Sewer Service Utilizing the Hot Water Capture, Cold Water
				Allocation Method and for Approval of Rates for Apartment Complexes and
				Manufactured Home Parks) and receive Commission authorization prior to
				commencing utilization of the hot water capture, cold water allocation method
				of estimating water usage.
(c) The
				provider shall not include in a lessee's bill the cost of water and sewer
				service used in common areas or water loss due to leaks in the provider's water
				mains. A provider shall not bill or attempt to collect for excess water usage
				resulting from a plumbing malfunction or other condition that is not known to
				the lessee or that has been reported to the provider. The provider may choose
				to satisfy the common area water usage exclusion utilizing one of the following
				methods (the default method is method 1.):
(1)
				The provider shall reduce the total water amount of water purchased by
				20%;
(2) Where all common areas are
				separately metered, the provider shall subtract the actual common area usage
				from the total amount of water purchased. The provider shall provide the
				Commission and the Public Staff with a quarterly report (filed 45 days after
				the end of each quarter) documenting the common area metered usage, the total
				amount of water purchased, and the computation of the lessees' bills;
(3) Where no common areas are separately
				metered, the provider shall subtract 15% from the total amount of water
				purchased where there is an installed landscape irrigation system and subtract
				5% from the total amount of water purchased for each swimming pool or laundry
				room. The provider shall provide the Commission and the Public Staff with a
				quarterly report (filed 45 days after the end of each quarter) documenting the
				common area allocated usage, the total amount of water purchased, and the
				computation of the lessees' bills; and
(4) Where some common areas are separately
				metered and some are not metered, the provider shall subtract the actual common
				area usage from the total amount of water purchased and shall subtract 15% from
				the total amount of water purchased where there is an unmetered installed
				landscape irrigation system and subtract 5% from the total amount of water
				purchased for each unmetered swimming pool or laundry room. The provider shall
				provide the Commission and the Public Staff with a quarterly report (filed 45
				days after the end of each quarter) documenting the common area metered usage,
				common area allocated usage, the total amount of water purchased, and the
				computation of the lessees' bills.