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Split it 3 ways like you agreed to do when you signed the lease...
If you can afford to be paying rent on an empty apartment while living elsewhere and without subletting, you’d probably be able to afford splitting it 3 ways. Or you could just stick to current arrangement you have and increase it proportionally if you’re feeling nice.
Our electricity company has a minimum monthly fee. What we did was I paid half of that when I was away, roommate paid the remainder.
3 ways - you guys chose to live together and chose you weren’t going to live there during the pandemic - not fair to your roommate there alone
Rising Star
Yeah it should be a 3 way split even if you’re choosing to not live there. I thought that was common curtesy
3 way split.
Put yourself in your roommate’s shoes who is still living there and then ask yourself. There’s your answer. Unless your roommate kicked you out for Covid then you should all be splitting the bills equally as I assume you did pre-Covid.
Enthusiast
Consider doing fourths. The one roomie pays half and you two each pay 1/4.
Deal should stay the same despite increased cost of warmer weather.
My home costs have gone up since Covid & WFH / no school for kids. My electric bill doubled and my food bill is through the roof.