...to go green was Friday's decision by the CPUC to allow commercial building owners charge their tenants for power used, rather than rolled into the base building operating expenses.  Owners will now be able to submeter and charge tenants for the exact amount of power they use.

Large tenants now have a much stronger incentive to utilize on-site photovoltaics as a tool to avoid peak demand charges, reduce their carbon footprint, and increase brand equity.   Inequity in cost allocation need not be tolerated by tenants any longer--Green tenants will no longer be subsidizing more energy intensive uses--and energy intensive users now have incentive to manage this cost exposure.  Landlords now have another way to reduce building operating expenses, and create value.

This rule only currently applies to properties served by PG&E, and the CPUC expressed the intent to expand this statewide.