Utility bills and tenants
Owners and Landlords - Utility bills
When your property is vacant, it is your responsibility to ensure that BC Hydro and Fortis payments are assumed under your name. In order to do this, it must be the property owner, and not Select as your representative. The notes below are here to help:
BC Hydro
If your tenants pay BC Hydro directly for electricity service, you can enter into a Rental Premise Agreement to manage a BC Hydro account for the vacant periods between tenants. This helps avoid delays in electrical service for any new tenants. Get started by filling out the application online.
Fortis:
No way to reinstate an account online if a tenant moves out. Owner(s) must call and transfer the account over to their name.
Water and sewer bills
For water and sewer, the municipalities invoice these utilities: some are including in your annual property taxes, others are invoiced directly to the property.
If the property is split into separate units, e.g. a main floor suite and a basement suite, and billed to the property as a whole, then those bills can be split proportionately between the units.
If you have any questions, please speak with your property manager.