(ii) In the event that there is an existing written agreement between
the owner and the shared meter customer, and where applicable, a third
party, for the apportionment of charges for service measured by a shared
meter prior to October twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred ninety-one, such
agreement will remain in effect, as an alternative to eliminating the
shared meter condition or establishing an account in the owner's name,
until any lease or rental agreement for the rental of the dwelling
expires, provided, however, that the shared meter customer or third
party may request the commission or its designee to review the existing
written agreement if such shared meter customer or third party believes
the terms are unfair or unreasonable. If the commission or its designee
finds that the terms of the existing written agreement are unfair or
unreasonable, the commission or its designee shall void such agreement
and assist the interested parties in negotiating and executing a
mutually acceptable written agreement.
(c) (i) In the event that a mutually acceptable written agreement is
negotiated and executed, the owner shall provide a copy of the agreement
to the utility, the shared meter customer, and where applicable, a third
party.
(ii) If the interested parties are unable to negotiate a mutually
acceptable written agreement, the commission or its designee, upon a
complaint by a customer or owner, shall order a remedy, consistent with
the relief provided in this section, as it deems proper. The commission
or its designee shall have the authority to apportion estimated charges
for service measured by a shared meter among the owner, shared meter
customer and any third party.
3. The provisions of this section: (a) may not be waived by an owner,
tenant, or utility; and