utility stop

A cap on the utility expenses used to calculate a tenant's pro rata share of building operating expenses.It may be desired as a lease term by a small-space user who does not wish to assist in paying the power bills for a large user with seemingly excessive utility needs disproportionate to the space it is occupying.

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While the utility stops short of concluding in the documents that the venting had failed, the TEPCO source said the maneuver is deemed to have failed on both occasions.

Venting failed twice at Fukushima plant, possibly damaging reactor

Many consumers have access to a retailer for the first time; the utility stops its money drain and may turn a profit, and the chain creates incremental business and scores a publicity coup, he said.