Pissed off
Got my first electricity bill today. It wasn't actually that big, but it pissed me off. It's for only 6 days, June 29-July 5, and it says I used 30 kWH during that time! I wasn't living here yet, there was nothing turned on here, how could I possibly use 30 kWH of power! That's like leaving four 60W light bulbs on 24H/day for the whole time, or using the stove and other appliances a bunch (my fridge wasn't even on during that time).
I think where it comes from it that somewhere it says meter readings are occasionally taken, and when they're not taken, a number is made up based on previous usage history. Maybe it's just me, but I'm very offended that someone is permitted to make up numbers and charge me accordingly, especially with the justification that the number was made up based on actions of someone else who I've never even met!
Oh well, maybe it'll partially work out on future bills if their actual readings are suddenly much lower than their made up numbers.
posted by ninjashowdown @ 8:19 p.m.
2 Comments:
I would call and complain.
Also, is it possible that the previous owner was using that power?
I think maybe they read on june 6 and july 6 and linearly interpolated what the measurement might have been on june 29, even though the usage rate was obviously not constant.
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