Code of Massachusetts Regulations
220 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 220 CMR 29.00 - Billing Procedures For Residential Rental Property Owners Cited For Violation Of The State Sanitary Code 105 Cmr 410.354 Or 105 Cmr 410.254
Section 29.08 - Determination of Minimal Use Violation(s)
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Minimal Use Violation(s). A Code violation(s) that individually or in the aggregate includes interior and/or exterior common area illumination (excluding exterior flood light(s)), smoke, fire and/or security alarm(s), door bell(s), cooking range, and common area electrical outlets. If any one or all of these energy users are cited by the Certifying Agency as wrongfully connected to the meter serving the dwelling unit of the tenant customer, provided the Certifying Agency has not also cited the wrongful connection of heating, air conditioning, hot water heating, electrical pump(s), clothes dryer, refrigerator or freezer on the meter serving the dwelling unit, the utility company shall bill the property owner $10.00 per month for the retroactive time period determined pursuant to 220 CMR 29.07(1).
(2) Dispute. A tenant customer may dispute the utility company's classification of a Code citation as a minimal use violation(s) by contacting the Consumer Division of the Department pursuant to 220 CMR 25.02(4)(b) and 220 CMR 29.09(1) within 60 days of the date of the utility company's written notice issued pursuant to 220 CMR 29.06(2).