Landlord Can't End Electrical Inclusion Based on Old Rewiring Work

Landlord asked for permission to discontinue inclusion of electricity in tenants' rents. The DRA ruled against landlord. Landlord appealed and lost. To obtain approval of conversion from electrical inclusion to individual metering and tenant payment for electricity, landlord must rewire the building. In this case, landlord had completed rewiring work in 1979, 19 years before he filed his application in 1998. The DHCR's policy is that landlords must provide tenants with newly replaced wiring as part of the process for ending rent inclusion of electric costs.

2109 Broadway: DHCR Adm. Rev. Dckt. No. OC410075RO (3/30/06) [3-pg. doc.]