Nev. Admin. Code § 704.985 - Determination of charge to tenants for utility service when landlord is billed by utility or alternative seller
1. In a mobile home
park where the landlord is billed by a water, gas or electric utility or an
alternative seller and in turn charges the tenants for the utility service
provided by the utility or alternative seller, and the park:
(a) Is equipped with individual meters for
each lot, the landlord shall, unless authorized by the Commission to use a
comparable method, determine the charge to each tenant for each billing cycle
in the following manner:
(1) The total bill
from the utility or alternative seller for the park, less any service charge
stated on the bill, must be divided by the commodity billing units stated on
the bill to determine the rate per unit of service for the billing cycle. The
rate per unit of service must be multiplied by the number of comparable units
used by each tenant based on a reading of the individual meter of the tenant.
The product is the total amount the landlord may charge each tenant for the use
of the utility service.
(2) Any
service charge stated on the bill from the utility or alternative seller must
be divided by the number of tenants who use the utility service to determine
the prorated share of each tenant for the service charge.
(3) The maximum amount of the charge to each
tenant for gas and electric service is the sum of:
(I) The charge for the use of the utility
service;
(II) The prorated share of
each tenant for any service charge stated on the bill from the utility or
alternative seller; and
(III) Any
additional service charge that the landlord assesses and collects pursuant to
subsection 5 of
NRS
704.940.
(4) The maximum amount of the charge to each
tenant for water service is the sum of:
(I)
The charge for the use of the utility service; and
(II) The prorated share of each tenant for
any service charge stated on the bill from the utility.
(b) Is not equipped with
individual meters for each lot, the landlord shall determine the charge to each
tenant for each billing cycle by subtracting from the total amount of the bill
from the utility or alternative seller for the park the cost, to the extent it
can be determined, of the utility service provided to the common areas of the
park and prorating the remainder of the bill equally among the tenants of the
park. If the landlord assesses and collects a service charge for electric or
gas service pursuant to subsection 5 of
NRS
704.940, the service charge may be added to
the prorated share of each tenant to determine the total charge to each tenant
for the utility service.
2. As used in this section, "commodity
billing unit" means the unit used to measure the quantity of utility service
provided by a utility or an alternative seller to the landlord of a mobile home
park and by the landlord to his or her tenants. The unit for:
(a) Electric service is
kilowatt-hour.
(b) Gas service is
therm.
(c) Water service is gallon
or cubic feet.
Notes
NRS 703.025, 704.210, 704.940
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