ADU/Granny unit utilities metering

[Simon Stahl]

I am thinking about converting my garage to a studio to rent it out. The one thing I am wondering about is how I can sub-meter PG&E and the water. I can pay for the tenants utilities as long as I am still living in the main house, but the plan is that I move out of there at some point and rent it out as well. In this case I certainly don't want to pay for any utilities anymore. How do you all handle that?

Btw: I was told that to meter it completely separate, it had to be handled as a different address and that this is not worth doing.