Electric Companies Passing it on

**joey791** · 09-22-2005, 08:04 PM

Well got my electric bill in today, I was without electricity for 5 days, my electric bill is more this month than last month, and overall the time period was slightly cooler, my parents have the same issue.

**jrbenny** · 09-22-2005, 08:09 PM

They estimated or there's a computer mistake. Call 'em. Read your meter, too. You might find the reading on the bill is still higher than the meter. Happened to my in-laws last winter. $225 bill...computer glitch or entry error...got nearly $100 off the next bill.

**joey791** · 09-22-2005, 08:19 PM

According to my meter its right but according to the reading Ive used 600KWh in 8 days, Im not running a power plant here, will have to contact them I guess.

**amickracing** · 09-22-2005, 09:21 PM

I've had somewhat similar problems here before, but for me it just depended on when they read the meter. Sometimes it was just short of a month, others it was just over a month.

**gruvn** · 09-22-2005, 09:31 PM

Yeah watch out for those meter readers, the electric companies like to play a cat and mouse game of adding the final days of summer on to your bill beforee the fall rates kick in, last year I ended up with 40 days on my august bill , and sure enough the rates wemt to fall in sept and I got a 21 day ball.