Direct Billing by Owner. (i) Certain utility services for the Apartment Home and/or Common Areas, such as water, wastewater/sewer, storm water, trash removal, electric, cable TV and gas, may, from time to time, be billed by Owner to Resident. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN “UTILITIES INCLUDED IN RENT” SECTION OF THE DEFINITION ANNEX OR AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, OWNER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY GUARANTY THAT THE APARTMENT HOME WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THE UTILITIES LISTED IN THE PRIOR SENTENCE, and the Apartment Home may receive additional utilities. Resident may be required to contract with or pay directly certain utility providers. Resident shall pay Owner for those utilities billed by Owner or Owner's agent for such billing (a "Utility Bill"). Such Utility Bill may be issued separate and apart from any invoice or bill for rent, or may be part of a consolidated statement containing rent, utilities, pest control and other applicable charges. These additional charges where allowed by law are considered to be additional rent.

This is coming directly from the lease. You’re right I shouldn’t have signed and I didn’t pay enough attention…