The electric and gas meters are shared, and I would like to sub-meter the property. 

Fortunately the triplex I have is separately metered, but it wouldn't hurt to know what that is...

Is it separately metered?  

I suppose we just do business differently and our compassion meters are on different charts.  

Any (good) investor looking to purchase a multifamily building will be looking for individual meters, if not found the property is worth less.Common boilers and cooling systems are extremely easy to submeter, they have something called a BTU meter, it reads the BTUs delivered just like a gas meter.

If you only get $30 - $50 more per month, and the water bill is higher than that, you're not ahead, especially once you figure in maintenance.John, is there any way you could separately meter the water?

I responded because I didn't want my meter locked out until a full check was done as it was an apartment building. 

I was initially nervous to bring one in and pay for the extra electricity to run loads because our meter was running about $5 in energy a day!

Specifically, the utility commission "... allow a lessor of a residential building or complex that has individually metered units for electric service in the lessor's name to charge for the actual costs of providing electric service to each tenant when the lessor has a separate lease for each bedroom..."

They are self locking knobs.I also had a box make for packages to be placed in the rear of the building.I gave the electric company a “dummy” key that will only work on a common door- no others, to get in to meters in one building.