A group of residents of an Equity Residential building in Los Angeles have had $25K returned to them by their landlord after they went on a monthslong utility fee strike over a utility billing system.  
The system at the heart of their utility fee strike is the ratio utility billing system, or RUBS. It is used to charge tenants in buildings where all units are on shared meters. It pools all utility expenses together and charges tenants for a share of the total cost, as opposed to their exact portion, which is indeterminable because of the metering. 
According to a release from residents…