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Hi Jeremy, My ADU is of similar size as yours. Can you share some details about the brand you installed. Did you install it yourself or got a HVAC technician to do the same?

I am in the process of buildig a small ADU. I need HVAC (specifically heating ) as per code. The options that keep coming up all involve mini splits, which seem to cost close to $10K where I leave )material and labor). Are there other cheaper options that meet inspection requirements for ADU HVAC?

Thanks,

BV

@Dan H. I wont mind getting the adu separately metered if it were not for the cost and the time delay involved in doing so. I could also add a non PGE meter for measuring the tenan't power line.

Hi,

I am planning to build an attached ADU.

Contacted PGE for upgrading my main panel, they are asking me to have separate main panel meters because the ADU has a separate address.. They keep pointing me to their rules at: https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/tariffbook/ELEC_RULES...

PGE rulebook doesn't mention anything about ADUs.

CALegislation: Section 65852.2 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.x...

"(A) For an accessory dwelling unit described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), a local agency, special district, or water corporation shall not require the applicant to install a new or separate utility connection directly between the accessory dwelling unit and the utility or impose a related connection fee or capacity charge, unless the accessory dwelling unit was constructed with a new single-family dwelling. home."

So, it  appear that the utility PGE is trying to force something not required by legislation. I prefer not to have multi metered main panel, for a variety of reasons (with the cost being the bigget factor), I should not be forced to have one for the attached ADU I am planning.

Would like to know if I have any recourse to this separate meter-panel requirement from PGE.

Thanks,

An

I am having a similar back an forth with PGE. They are asking me to have separate meters for an attached ADU. They keep pointing me to their rules at: https://www.pge.com/tariffs/assets/pdf/tariffbook/ELEC_RULES...

PGE rule doesn't mention anything about ADUs.

Ca Legislation: Section 65852.2 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.x...

"(A) For an accessory dwelling unit described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), a local agency, special district, or water corporation shall not require the applicant to install a new or separate utility connection directly between the accessory dwelling unit and the utility or impose a related connection fee or capacity charge, unless the accessory dwelling unit was constructed with a new single-family dwelling. home."

So, it does appear that the utility PGE is trying to force something not required by legislation. I prefer not to have multi metered main panel, for a variety of reasons, I shoud not be forced to have one for the attached ADU I am planning.

Would like to know if I have any recourse.

Thanks,

AN

I am trying to understand the rules of JADU a bit better. It says somewhere that JADU has to be within the structure of an existing house. Does it mean that I cannot build a JADU connected to me house that is outside the existing house structure? Say - can I build a JADU in my frontyard after taking care of set back rules?

Ani