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Registration of Submetered or Allocated Utility Service

NOTE: Please DO NOT include any personal or protected information on this form, for example, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, etc.

Registration Number

If you have a registration number, enter it below. (Note: This number is the same as your "S-number." If you do not have one or do not know yours, you may leave this field blank.)

Registration Number:

Property Owner

Enter the name and contact information of the property owner. DO NOT enter the name of the owner's contract manager, management company, or billing company.
Name: Mailing Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Telephone Number:

Email:

Property Management Company

Enter the contact information of the management company that handles the billing and/or the commission complaints for the property. If the property owner's contact information is the same as the property manager, please confirm by re-entering the information.
Name: Mailing Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Telephone Number:

Email:

Property Where Utility Service Is Provided

Name, Address, and Type of Property where Utility Service is Provided. Note that the address entered below must be the physical or street address of the property.
Name: Physical Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Telephone Number:

Email:

Property Type:

Description of "Multiple-Use Facility":

An apartment house is only elgible for submetering or allocation if certain criteria are met; please consult this reference to determine elgibility.

A condominium is only elgible for submetering or allocation if certain criteria are met; please consult this reference to determine elgibility.

I meet the legal definition of condominium manager and the property to be submetered or allocated meets the legal definition of condominium.
If you meet the criteria, please complete and submit the affidavit to continue.

Near the end of this form, there is an Upload Documents section where you can upload this document.

Information on Utility Service

Tenants are billed for?

Submetered or Allocated?

Name of utility providing water/wastewater:

Changing from Submetered to Allocated?

If you are changing from Submetered to Allocated, you must request this change from the PUC.

The request to change from submetered to allocated billing should be in letter format addressing:
Public Utility Commission of Texas, Chris Burch, Director, Consumer Protection Division

You may refer to the following instructions for additional information.

Near the end of this form, there is an Upload Documents section where you can upload this document.

Method Used to Allocate Utility Charges

Check the box or boxes below that describe the allocation method used to bill tenants.

1. Occupancy Method: The number of occupants in the tenant's dwelling unit is divided by the total number of occupants in all dwelling units at the beginning of the month for which the bills are being rendered.

2. Ratio Occupancy Method: The number of occupants in the tenant’s dwelling unit is adjusted as shown in the table below. This adjusted value is divided by the total of these values for all dwelling units occupied at the beginning of the retail public utility’s billing period.

Number of Occupants	Number of Occupants for Billing Purposes
1	1.0
2	1.6
3	2.2
> 3	2.2 + 0.4 for each additional occupant

3. Estimated Occupancy Method: The estimated occupancy for each unit is based on the number of bedrooms as shown in the table below. The estimated occupancy in the tenant’s dwelling unit is divided by the total estimated occupancy in all dwelling units regardless of the actual number of occupants or occupied units.

Number of Bedrooms	Number of Occupants for Billing Purposes
0 (Efficiency)	1
1	1.6
2	2.8
3	4.0
> 3	4.0 + 1.2 for each additional bedroom

For #4 below: if you check off with the % you will need to choose #1, #2, or # 3 from above as the remainder of no more than 50%. 4. Occupancy and size of rental unit percent (in which no more than 50%) of the utility bill for consumption is allocated using the occupancy method checked above. The remainder is allocated according to either:

the size of the tenant’s dwelling unit divided by the total size of all dwelling units, OR
the size of the space rented by the tenant of a manufactured home divided by the size of all rental spaces.

5. For the items in #5, check the applicable box below: Submetered hot water: The individually submetered hot water used in the tenant’s dwelling unit is divided by all submetered hot water used in all dwelling units. Submetered cold water is used to allocate charges for hot water provided through a central system: The individually submetered cold water used in the tenant’s dwelling unit is divided by all submetered cold water used in all dwelling units.

6. As outlined in the condominium contract.

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6. Size of manufactured home rental space: The size of the area rented by the tenant divided by the total area of all the size of rental spaces.

6. Size of the rented space in a multi-use facility: The square footage of the space rented by the tenant divided by the total square footage of all rental spaces.

Method Used to Offset Charges for Common Areas

Not applicable, because there are NEITHER common areas NOR an installed irrigation system.

All common areas and the irrigation system(s) are metered or submetered: We deduct the actual utility charges for water and wastewater to these areas then allocate the remaining charges among our tenants.

This property has an installed irrigation system that is NOT separately metered or submetered: We deduct at least 25 percent of the utility’s total charges for water and wastewater consumption, then allocate the remaining charges among our tenants.

This property has an installed irrigation system(s) that is/are separately metered or submetered: We deduct the actual utility charges associated with the irrigation system(s), then deduct at least 5 percent of the utility’s total charges for water and wastewater consumption, then allocate the remaining charges among our tenants.

This property does NOT have an installed irrigation system: We deduct at least 5 percent of the retail public utility’s total charges for water and wastewater consumption, and then allocate the remaining charges among our tenants.

Upload Documents

Please upload all documents related to the registration using the bulk uploader below.

Based on your selections you must upload, at a minimum, document(s):

Submetered to Allocated Change Letter and Supporting Document(s)

Condominium Contract

Condominium Affidavit

Please only upload the documents in the list above, plus any supporting documents.

Maximum Total File Size 200 MB.

Supported File Types .PDF, .DOC, .DOCX, .TXT, .JPG.

Filing Party

Is this registration being filed by the Property Owner or the Property Manager? The confirmation email will go to whichever one is selected.

Filing Party:

Confidential If this registration contains confidential information, you may check the checkbox below and it will be filed confidentially.