Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iuiumwa wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:38 PM

Reply to comment by stork38 in Adams Vows to Flip 100 Fossil Fuel-Burning Schools to All-Electric by 2030 by LittleWind_

Residents of public housing projects do not have individual electric or gas meters , that cost is included in their rent. Their expensive would be only to buy an electric heater not the cost to run it. There’s no incentive to turn off that heater.

redditticktock t1_iuiwatx wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:49 PM

Is this true? They must all be running Bitcoin mining machines then!

stork38 t1_iuj1cs0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:22 PM

How does section 8 and other low income housing work?

Sea_Sand_3622 t1_iuj2299 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:27 PM

In general, if the house is owned and run by a private company, that landlord will definitely want the apartment to have an individual electric meter , which means the tenant , who could have Section 8/ low income benefits, is responsible for the electric bill, it is not included in the rent. The con Ed bill is in their name, they probably can get help paying that bill from some government program but they’ll get no help from the landlord ;)

I believe all NYHA buildings specifically built for NYHA do not have individual meters . It costs extra to put in the meters.