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adequate records regarding submetering and make such records
available for inspection by the occupant of the [dwelling]
unit during reasonable business hours.

[(d)] (E) Any rule, regulation, or standard
promulgated by the Commission pursuant to this section shall
be deemed to have been entered or adopted under Article 78,
and for purposes of enforcement, utility companies are
subject to enforcement pursuant to § 62 and § 101 of this
article. All submetering equipment shall be subject to the
same rules, regulations, and standards established by the
Public Service Commission for accuracy, testing, and record
keeping of meters installed by electric utilities and shall
be subject to the meter requirements of § 51 and § 52 of
this article.

[(e)] (F) In implementing this section, an apartment
house, OFFICE BUILDING, OR SHOPPING CENTER may not be
considered a public service company engaged in the business
of distributing or reselling electricity, and the apartment
house, OFFICE BUILDING, OR SHOPPING CENTER shall be limited
in all respects to using metering equipment for the fair
allocation of the costs of electric service among the
occupants using the apartment house, OFFICE BUILDING, OR
SHOPPING CENTER in accordance with subsection [(c)] (D)
above.

[(f)] (G) Any complaint by an occupant of a dwelling
unit, COMMERCIAL RENTAL UNIT, OR STORE against an owner,
operator, or manager arising out of this section may be
handled in the county or municipal corporation where the
apartment house, OFFICE BUILDING, OR SHOPPING CENTER is
located by the county's or municipal corporation's
landlord-tenant commission, if one exists; if not, then by
the consumer protection agency of the county or municipal
corporation, if one exists; if not, then by the Consumer
Protection Division of the Attorney General's office; OR, BY
ANY OTHER AGENCY OR OFFICE DESIGNATED FOR TENANTS'
COMPLAINTS.

(H) NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED
TO AFFECT THE RIGHT OF AN OWNER, OPERATOR OR MANAGER OF AN
APARTMENT HOUSE, OFFICE BUILDING, OR SHOPPING CENTER
OTHERWISE TO REDISTRIBUTE ELECTRICITY TO ITS TENANTS OR
OCCUPANTS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 14, 1979.

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