Electric Submetering: A Game Changer for California Utilities
In California’s rapidly evolving real estate landscape, utility management services is undergoing a quiet revolution. For years, multi-family residential complexes and commercial office buildings across the state have relied on a traditional, blunt instrument: the single master meter. Under a master-metered model, electricity enters a building at bulk rates from the local utility provider. Landlords and property managers are then forced to bill tenants using flat fees or imprecise square-footage formulas. The result? Occupants pay a bundled monthly fee without any clear visibility into their actual consumption, and property owners bear the financial risk of inefficient energy use. That is where electric submetering comes in as a true game changer. What is Electric Submetering? Electric submetering is the precise measurement of electrical consumption after the primary utility master meter. By installing submeters - also known as power meters, electrical meters, or ...