We just rent to people “utilities included”. Even though the house is two units and two lines of service, it’s not wired with everything that supports one unit on one service, so this is what MA requires. While this does mean incentives aren’t quite aligned it hasn’t been a problem: electricity costs are pretty low compared to rents here: we pay ~$190/month in electricity and collect ~$3.2k/month in rent (source).
We just rent to people “utilities included”. Even though the house is two units and two lines of service, it’s not wired with everything that supports one unit on one service, so this is what MA requires. While this does mean incentives aren’t quite aligned it hasn’t been a problem: electricity costs are pretty low compared to rents here: we pay ~$190/month in electricity and collect ~$3.2k/month in rent (source).