6. Refunded and cancelled utility charges. (a) No owner may bill a
shared meter customer or otherwise recover from such customer any
portion of the cancelled charges or charges refunded to such customer
and shall not bill such customer for any portion or percentage of any
future shared meter bills in the owner's name; provided, however, that
this section shall not preclude an owner from increasing future rents by
a specific sum to the extent otherwise permitted by law.
(b) A shared meter customer who receives a refund from a utility
pursuant to this section shall return a proportional share of that
refund to each person who had paid that shared meter customer for
utility service associated with the payment so refunded. The utility
shall be held harmless from the claim of any person for a share of any
payment so refunded.
7. Remedies. Where the owner or shared meter customer demonstrates the
existence of third party involvement, the owner or shared meter customer
shall be entitled respectively to recover the charges billed by the
utility to the owner's account, or to the shared meter customer's
account, pursuant to this section in a civil action against the third
party in a court of competent jurisdiction.
8. Minimal service. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to
the contrary, the commission shall determine an appropriate quantity of
service on a shared meter that is utilized outside of the shared meter
customer's dwelling which is to be considered minimal in commission
rules and regulations.