mark_wpduet
Well-known member
I'll try to make this short, which I'm not usually good at.
In the April billing cycle of my power bill (at a time of year where we didn't use much heat/AC, we got our electric bill and it was like 179 dollars (which is HIGH) for that time of year. They do NOT estimate in my area either. Each reading is an actual reading.
Next billing cycle, my bill is 50 dollars!!! (for 32 days mind you) and the AC was used a lot that month (I keep it on 73)
So I just receive my billing cycle from June 18th to July 15th. July 15th was the actual read date. On the bill the July 15 read date showed the kilowatt hours on my meter to be 84564. Yesterday, when I received my bill (three days later) I go out to the meter with a pencil/paper, and write down my kilowatt hours and they are 83767
I called to verify if it is estimated and she said no. I asked if they used a device to point or if they go straight to the meter and read it. She said it depends on your meter. I think they point because I have never seen them read my meter in almost seven years. I wonder, when they are pointing, if they are hitting a close by house and not mine?
I don't know why they are always reading my meter wrong. I guess they have to ultimately make up for it since the meter itself will ultimately be correct....But it's a pain because the past year I've been getting some very high bills one month and low bills another month and I'm thinking something is wrong
Has anyone else had anything like this happen?
In the April billing cycle of my power bill (at a time of year where we didn't use much heat/AC, we got our electric bill and it was like 179 dollars (which is HIGH) for that time of year. They do NOT estimate in my area either. Each reading is an actual reading.
Next billing cycle, my bill is 50 dollars!!! (for 32 days mind you) and the AC was used a lot that month (I keep it on 73)
So I just receive my billing cycle from June 18th to July 15th. July 15th was the actual read date. On the bill the July 15 read date showed the kilowatt hours on my meter to be 84564. Yesterday, when I received my bill (three days later) I go out to the meter with a pencil/paper, and write down my kilowatt hours and they are 83767
I called to verify if it is estimated and she said no. I asked if they used a device to point or if they go straight to the meter and read it. She said it depends on your meter. I think they point because I have never seen them read my meter in almost seven years. I wonder, when they are pointing, if they are hitting a close by house and not mine?
I don't know why they are always reading my meter wrong. I guess they have to ultimately make up for it since the meter itself will ultimately be correct....But it's a pain because the past year I've been getting some very high bills one month and low bills another month and I'm thinking something is wrong
Has anyone else had anything like this happen?