Commercial tenants in California get powerful incentive to reduce use of electricity
| September 7, 2007 |  View for printing |
California energy regulators decided Thursday to let commercial building owners charge their tenants for the amount of electricity each uses, a seemingly small change that could save the state a lot of power.
Until now, owners of a large office building or other commercial property had to pay the utility bill for the entire facility and then recoup the money through rents. Individual tenants didn't pay for the amount of electricity they used, month by month.
David R. Baker, Chronicle Staff Writer
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