* The 2021 charge (estimated average operating cost) per air conditioner of $325.96 per annum
($27.16 per month) increased to reflect a 17.17% increase in the price of electricity for electrical
inclusion buildings. See Rent Guidelines Board 2022 Price Index of Operating Costs, Report to the
Board, New York City Rent Guidelines Board, Page 20, April 14, 2022.
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For RENT STABILIZED APARTMENTS, this electrical inclusion charge shall take effect
on October 1, 2022 and will thereafter be annually adjusted upward or downward depending upon
whether the "Price Index of Operating Costs for Rent Stabilized Apartment Houses in New York City",
prepared by the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (or such research company as the Rent
Guidelines Board may choose), shows an increase or decrease in the cost of electricity for electrical
inclusion buildings.
For air conditioners in rent stabilized accommodations in electrical inclusion buildings
previously installed between October 1, 1985 and September 30, 2022, the allowable charge per
annum is hereby increased to $381.93 per air conditioner ($31.83 per month), effective October 1,
2022.
If an owner collected a rent increase for the electricity consumed by an air conditioner installed
in a rent stabilized apartment before October 1, 1985, that rent increase remains in effect and is not
affected by this annual adjustment, because that rent increase is already part of the rent and subject to
guidelines increases applicable to rent stabilized leases.
BUILDING OWNER PROVIDED NEW AIR CONDITIONER