Re: (OT) Please advise on electricity
- From: "Irulan" <lrulan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 11:07:50 -0400
Pat, I would certainly call the utilites first thing Monday and let them
know that you are contesting the accuracy of the bill. If all you get is a
customer service rep and can't get anywhere with that person, ask for a
supervisor.
We will be purring and praying that everything turns out ok.
Lily & her mama
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Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time
"Pat" <pdavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I just got the first electric bill for this house, and I am positively
stunned at the amount. They say I used 1,433 KWH electric in one month.
How is that possible? I have a small fridge, the water heater was off for
the first week and set on 110 F. the rest of the time. Aside from those
big consumers of power, all I've used has been lights, the computer (shut
down every night), occasional TV (19" screen if that matters) and once a
week vacuuming for maybe ten minutes.
My neighbors who heat with electricity and use an electric clothes dryer
almost daily in addition to a 32" TV, larger water heater, electric stove
(I use gas) and much larger fridge, plus a stand alone freezer, had an
electric bill two-thirds lower than mine for the same month!
Could the new meter loop be defective? Is there such a thing as a "leak"
of electricity in a house?
The reading on the water bill was also insane. It says I used 3,690
gallons in one month, and that is simply not possible!!! I spent ten
years living in the desert and having to haul every drop from a well 7
miles away on an unmaintained dirt road, and from that I really learned to
conserve water. To this day it is painful for me to have to flush a
toilet. At the farm I would leave my bathwater in the tub and dip it out
for flushing. Here I just flush twice a day. Remember, I live alone. And I
take "military" showers. I think I've washed maybe six loads of laundry
here so far and that's for TWO months, and there is no dishwasher, I fill
the sink.
No way on earth have I used 123 gallons/day on average. No way!!! I'd be
very surprised to see proof that I had used half that amount.
Maybe they didn't actually read the water meter, and just made a guess?
Could they have done the same with the electric meter? The people who
lived here before were constantly using electric heaters, which I have
never done.... This is totally maddening.... I will just not be able to
afford to live here if these bills are correct.
.
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