So, the illegitimate Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that predatory submetering companies are, by legal definition, public utilities.
April 22, 2026 at 2:14 PM
So, the illegitimate Ohio Supreme Court just ruled that predatory submetering companies are, by legal definition, public utilities.
Tenants face many difficulties with submetering. ... They may see charges that are much higher than what they would pay if they were billed directly by the utility. They are ineligible for assistance programs managed by public utility companies. They may even face eviction.
From Rachel Wenning.
From Rachel Wenning.
Local Politics: Columbus City Council may help tenants by banning utility submetering – Matter News
Much of what is now labelled ‘submetering’ actually falls under the practice of reselling utilities, with a third-party company dividing a bill among all of the units in a building based on a formula,...
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May 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Tenants face many difficulties with submetering. ... They may see charges that are much higher than what they would pay if they were billed directly by the utility. They are ineligible for assistance programs managed by public utility companies. They may even face eviction.
From Rachel Wenning.
From Rachel Wenning.
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set the terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. Those companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then selling it to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Tenants at apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills, despite their efforts to conserve. “We don’t even use the microwave,” one resident said. It barely makes any difference.” citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Manhattan Renters Say Submetered Utilities Force Them to Pay for Buildings' Inefficiencies - City Limits
Tenants at five apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills.
citylimits.org
September 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Tenants at apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills, despite their efforts to conserve. “We don’t even use the microwave,” one resident said. It barely makes any difference.” citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set the terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. Those companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then selling it to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Ohio Democrats urge Gov. DeWine to veto submetering bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Yep, I worked in submetering for multi family/private subdivision & it’s incredibly predatory
High interest loans for the system plus monthly service bills, all get passed to the residents
residents pay 4x or more what the meter & installation costs were
And most mgt companies don’t know
High interest loans for the system plus monthly service bills, all get passed to the residents
residents pay 4x or more what the meter & installation costs were
And most mgt companies don’t know
November 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Yep, I worked in submetering for multi family/private subdivision & it’s incredibly predatory
High interest loans for the system plus monthly service bills, all get passed to the residents
residents pay 4x or more what the meter & installation costs were
And most mgt companies don’t know
High interest loans for the system plus monthly service bills, all get passed to the residents
residents pay 4x or more what the meter & installation costs were
And most mgt companies don’t know
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set the terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. Those companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then selling it to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 27, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set the terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. Those companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then selling it to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 26, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
An extremely anti-consumer business model just got nuked by the Ohio Supreme Court:
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
Ohio ruling expands utility protections for tenants using submetering
The Ohio Supreme Court dealt a blow to submetering companies by ruling that the middlemen should be regulated like utilities.
www.dispatch.com
April 22, 2026 at 5:26 PM
An extremely anti-consumer business model just got nuked by the Ohio Supreme Court:
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
Renters in British Columbia are paying inflated utility charges and illegal fees hidden behind opaque billing practices by private submetering companies. These firms may be helping landlords pass hidden costs onto tenants during an affordability crisis.
British Columbia’s utility wild west
A BC Utilities Commission inquiry into Enerpro has unleashed hundreds of tenant complaints alleging inflated utility bills and opaque charges hidden behind private submetering systems. As Eric Wilkins...
canadiandimension.com
June 23, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Renters in British Columbia are paying inflated utility charges and illegal fees hidden behind opaque billing practices by private submetering companies. These firms may be helping landlords pass hidden costs onto tenants during an affordability crisis.
Both new barriers are symptoms from the same problem: a German system incapable of smart, digital solutions: instead of allowing submetering / device-level measurements, and flexible export limits (like dynamic operating envelopes), V2G could operate cost-efficient and effective as a system tool.
September 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Both new barriers are symptoms from the same problem: a German system incapable of smart, digital solutions: instead of allowing submetering / device-level measurements, and flexible export limits (like dynamic operating envelopes), V2G could operate cost-efficient and effective as a system tool.
Submetering and charging what they are using is perfectly acceptable to me. It is the extra fees and mandatory valet trash and all that. Some places act like ticketmaster.
November 21, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Submetering and charging what they are using is perfectly acceptable to me. It is the extra fees and mandatory valet trash and all that. Some places act like ticketmaster.
Super jealous of Connecticut's RUBS law. Text from @nclc4consumers.bsky.social .
March 10, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Super jealous of Connecticut's RUBS law. Text from @nclc4consumers.bsky.social .
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
May 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Ohio Democrats urge Gov. DeWine to veto submetering bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Renters in British Columbia are paying inflated utility charges and illegal fees hidden behind opaque billing practices by private submetering companies. These firms may be helping landlords pass hidden costs onto tenants during an affordability crisis. Eric Wilkinson reports.
British Columbia’s utility wild west
A BC Utilities Commission inquiry into Enerpro has unleashed hundreds of tenant complaints alleging inflated utility bills and opaque charges hidden behind private submetering systems. As Eric Wilkins...
canadiandimension.com
May 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Renters in British Columbia are paying inflated utility charges and illegal fees hidden behind opaque billing practices by private submetering companies. These firms may be helping landlords pass hidden costs onto tenants during an affordability crisis. Eric Wilkinson reports.
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Ohio Democrats urge Gov. DeWine to veto submetering bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
"As the tenants at these L&M properties learned, simply retrofitting older buildings with submeters does not necessarily give renters the ability to meaningfully reduce their bills."
Great story, written by a former student who reported on this topic relentlessly.
citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Great story, written by a former student who reported on this topic relentlessly.
citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Manhattan Renters Say Submetered Utilities Force Them to Pay for Buildings' Inefficiencies - City Limits
Tenants at five apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills.
citylimits.org
September 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
"As the tenants at these L&M properties learned, simply retrofitting older buildings with submeters does not necessarily give renters the ability to meaningfully reduce their bills."
Great story, written by a former student who reported on this topic relentlessly.
citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Great story, written by a former student who reported on this topic relentlessly.
citylimits.org/manhattan-re...
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
Gov. DeWine vetoes Ohio submetering legislation • Ohio Capital Journal
Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set the terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. Those companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then selling it to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Gov. DeWine vetoed a measure Wednesday that would’ve set terms for utility submetering companies in Ohio. The companies purchase electricity in bulk at a lower rate and then sell it to a multi-unit complex like apartments at a higher residential rate ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/26/g...
The best precedent I’m aware of is PG&E’s EV submetering pilot, because it creates a path to accept meter data from 3rd party devices. Not exactly what’s needed here, but the right direction.
www.pge.com/en/clean-ene...
www.pge.com/en/clean-ene...
Electric Vehicle Submetering Program
Learn about the Electric Vehicle Submetering Pilot Program.
www.pge.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The best precedent I’m aware of is PG&E’s EV submetering pilot, because it creates a path to accept meter data from 3rd party devices. Not exactly what’s needed here, but the right direction.
www.pge.com/en/clean-ene...
www.pge.com/en/clean-ene...
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
Ohio Democrats urge Gov. DeWine to veto submetering bill • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. Mike DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
June 18, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Ohio Democrats are making a final plea to Gov. DeWine to veto a bill setting the ground rules for submetering companies in the state. The measure includes several provisions meant to rein in the utility resellers, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/o...
He claims he’ll cut our electric bills. The plan: drilling and fracking, and building more data centers. None of this will help our bills, but it will definitely benefit the electric company executives donating to his campaign.
tiffinohio.net/posts/submet...
tiffinohio.net/posts/submet...
Submetering boss gave Ramaswamy $25K as bill easing rules for his industry advanced
DeWine vetoed the bill weeks later, calling the submetering model fundamentally flawed and citing tenants barred from choosing suppliers or income-based aid.
tiffinohio.net
July 21, 2026 at 10:16 PM
He claims he’ll cut our electric bills. The plan: drilling and fracking, and building more data centers. None of this will help our bills, but it will definitely benefit the electric company executives donating to his campaign.
tiffinohio.net/posts/submet...
tiffinohio.net/posts/submet...
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
May 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio Supreme Court has waded into a dispute over submetering — dealing a blow to the third-party companies managing electricity service and billing at some apartment complexes.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
May 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Ohio Supreme Court reverses PUCO decision, finds utility resellers are utilities under state law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/01/o...