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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2026
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Where I'm at in rural chudland Canada, the energy mix is almost entirely hydro and wind and there's a single natural gas plant that runs at less than 10% of capacity and is mostly a "just-in-case" thing.
Buildings built before about 2005 are wired, heated, and/or plumbed in a way that's impossible to separate by apartment so landlords either just divide it up evenly between apartments or just cover the cost. Mine has boiler radiant heating and water costs built into rent, but I pay about $50 for power in the summer to run A/C and we have an electric car and e-bike. It's like maybe $20 in the winter.
It may be the case that OP's building is similar and they can't actually discern who's using what amount of power.