You mean force the landlords to pay for the utilities?  Doing that means the tenants then blast the heat with the windows and doors wide open: they have no incentive to be economical with their energy usage.  All it takes is one bad tenant like that with $2000&#x2F;month utility bills and the landlord has to declare bankruptcy.<p>Why not just have some kind of regulation requiring rental dwellings to meet certain energy efficiency standards?  And combine this with some programs to help landlords upgrade, perhaps with low-interest loans or something.