Utilities

Information about utilities and services that the space uses.

Waste Management

Waste Management empties the dumpster Tuesday afternoons and some other day late in the week (citation needed.) We are billed for waste management <on some frequency.> Do not overfill the dumpster. If the lid won't close, Waste Management won't pick it up. Leaving bags of trash inside the back door works well; someone (hopefully you) will put them in the dumpster when it's empty.

There is no recycling pickup. Waste Management supposedly sorts the trash. There is no room for recycling bins in the alley, due to parking spots.

If you accidentally leave metal out near the dumpster, scrap faeries will take it -- so be careful. Items like CRTs may be broken for just the metal bits, so don't leave them out there.

ComEd

Account Number: 5412411007 Phone Number: 1-800-588-9477

Splitting the Bill

We split the bill with the landlord using some sort of formula that is stored in a spreadsheet in a google drive folder. The formula should be made public.

Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amuz936ed_AzdG5tUmt2cXdQLXB2UVA5alpRYTdzNmc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

The formula is as follows: determine difference in ps1's meter (meter for sub-circuit of the building) in kwh since last bill. Determine ratio of kwh used by PS1 out of total Kwh used. Use this ratio to determine total new charges that should be allocatd to ps1. Compute new charges owed by landlord by subtracting ps1's new charges from total new charges.

Determine if either ps1 or the landlord has credits/underpayments from previous months. If so, alter the amounts owed by landlord and ps1 accordingly. Schedule payment online for ps1's portion of the bill. Email the landlord the amount they should pay and the amount ps1 is paying. Show math to landlord while doing this.

Historically a lot of mistakes have been made in paying the electric bill both by ps1 and by the landlord, so keeping a detailed record of figurings is important to make it simpler to fix confused mistakes later.

Gas

We get gas through People's Gas. Bill is on <date>.