THE LFG SPLIT UTILITY PANEL

New York Split the Bill. We Built the Panel That Splits the Power.

New York makes landlords pay for heat and tenants pay for AC. In an all-electric building, both run through one heat pump—so the bill comes with no way to tell them apart. The Split Utility Panel separates it automatically, at the unit.

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The Laws Changed. Your Meter Didn't.

New York law makes the landlord responsible for heat from October 1 to May 31. Now the Cool Homes for All Act—New York City's new cooling law—puts landlords on the hook for summer too: they must provide the AC that tenants pay to run from June 15 to September 15. Tenants can begin requesting cooling on March 1, 2028, and the landlord has just 60 days to install. Full enforcement starts in 2030—and non-compliance is a class C immediately hazardous violation, carrying civil penalties up to $1,250 a day. On top of that, new buildings must go all-electric: Local Law 154 and the NYS All-Electric Buildings Act are ending gas boilers.

The catch is in the wiring: both run through the same heat pump, on the same meter, and the electricity doesn't come labeled. There's no built-in way to tell landlord heat from tenant cooling. Owners are left to absorb the whole cost—or piece together a workaround like submetering, thermal metering, or seasonal switching—each with its own cost, labor, and complications.

Sources: Heat season — NYC HPD, Heat & Hot Water | Penalty — NYC HPD, Penalties & Fees

THE SOLUTION

The Panel Decides Who Pays—Automatically.

The LFG Split Utility Panel is a factory-built, UL 508A listed control panel that separates landlord-paid heat from tenant-paid cooling at the unit. Heat season, power routes to the landlord's meter. Cooling season, to the tenant's. Spec it in at design and it's solved on day one—bolt it on later and you're paying for a retrofit. Set at install. Automatic every season after.

Why It Holds Up

UL 508A Listed Factory-built and certified, not a field-improvised fix.

Lower Installed Cost Undercuts submetering on price, and cuts field labor and install time on site.

No Ongoing Metering Bills Set once at install. No monthly per-unit metering, reading, or billing admin.

Standardized One panel, every unit, every project across the portfolio.

Tenant Control Tenants shut off heat they're not using. Less waste.

Auto Switchover Seasonal routing is automatic. No staff moving power.

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Built for New York. Proven at Scale.

The Split Utility Panel is designed and manufactured entirely in-house for New York's all-electric multifamily market. At Willets Point, we took it from prototype to approval in under a month and scaled production to deliver 800 units across a five-month phased rollout—aligned with the construction schedule. The same panel standardizes across any NY project, unit by unit.

Backed by Power Design

Backed by a billion-dollar, multi-trade contractor with 25+ years of nationwide experience. One team, from submittal to install.

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Whether new construction, electrification retrofit, or affordable housing—see how the panel fits and what it saves.