What does RUBS stand for?

Ratio Utility Billing System

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Peppertree uses a ratio utility billing system (RUBS) to bill residents for water and sewer as well as natural gas costs.

Home Properties announces aquisition, stock update

BY RACHEL ARNOLD In 2005, a handful of state legislatures debated issues involving submetering and ratio utility billing systems (RUBS) with regard to water billing.

Beyond billing residents for utilities: growth in technology and the ...

More common is a system known as RUBS ratio utility billing system a formula typically based on square footage and number of occupants.

City Council passes bill empowering tenants Seattle will regulate ...

The most radical proposal comes from Councilwoman Judy Nicastro, who wants to ban something known as RUBS ratio utility billing system the method most commonly used by third-party billing companies to estimate bills.

Utility-billing rules gain momentum in Seattle 3rd-party operations ...

Arizona Multihousing Association amended this bill to require property owners to specify in the lease agreement how they allocate utility costs, and prohibits submetering or implementation of a ratio utility billing system (RUBS) program.

Submetering: What You Don't Know Can Cost You

She was particularly critical of a billing practice known as "RUBS" ratio utility billing systems whereby companies use a unit's square footage and number of occupants to figure costs.

3rd-party utility billings stir complaints

5 million multiunit rental properties are now being billed for water by landlords either through submetering or an allocation formula called the Ratio Utility Billing System, Trietler said.

A new drain on rent budgets Landlords installing meters; more tenants ...