When tenants sign their own electricity subscriptions for charging, the property owner can lose control. Here's how to minimize risks and maintain consistent governance.
When tenants want to sign their own electricity subscriptions for electric car charging, you as a property owner face practical challenges. Here are the most common problems and how to deal with them.
Technical Complexity: Separate electricity subscriptions require individual electricity meters, separate connections and coordination with the power grid company. The installation cost per charging point can then be high.
Lost load balancing: When each charging point has its own subscription, the ability to control the load over the property's common electrical system disappears. Risk of overloading of the main hedge of the property.
Administrative burden: You have to coordinate with multiple energy suppliers, manage different billing cycles and resolve technical issues with different actors.
What happens in case of departure?: Who is responsible for the electricity meter and the contract when the tenant moves?
Instead, offer individual Measurement and Debit (IMD) with shared electricity subscription:
Explain to tenants that common solution often becomes:
When tenants understand that they get the same cost control without the hassle, they often opt for the common solution.
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