Hinkfuss says requiring individual meters for apartment units, as in the building above, drives up costs for affordable housing developments.
Housing Initiatives is looking to build a new 16-unit residential development on Roth Street in north Madison. But the local nonprofit is butting heads with Madison Gas and Electric over securing a key cost-saving measure — a unified electric meter.
“I’m still shocked, and I don’t feel like I’ve got a good explanation for why this is,” says Brad Hinkfuss, executive director of Housing Initiatives, which provides affordable, supportive housing for people with mental health challenges. He says MGE alerted him on April 14 that his written request for a single meter had been denied…