Trying to switch my apartment building to a green energy plan was a nightmare

I live in a 12 unit building in Portland and thought getting us on a renewable energy plan would be simple. Our local provider, Green Future Power, had a sign up deal. The problem was our building's old shared meter setup. The provider needed signed forms from every single tenant and the building owner. It took me three weeks just to track everyone down and explain it. Then the owner's management company lost the paperwork twice. From my first email to finally flipping the switch, the whole thing took almost four months. I thought it would be a two week project, tops. Has anyone else dealt with a shared meter situation and found a smoother way to do this?

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elliot_king5d ago

Sounds about right. Trying to get a group of people to agree on lunch is hard enough, let alone signing legal forms. The management company losing the paperwork is the perfect final boss. Classic. Makes you miss the days of just flipping a single switch yourself.

avery8125d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, the only way we got our HOA to finally replace the pool pump was by having one person collect all the signatures in person. We made copies of everything before handing it over, too (the management company "lost" our first two requests). It's a pain, but it works.