I think my electricity bill is wrong but the company says it's not what should I do?

Question

My electric bill was nearly four times higher than what it should be, and the electric company says it is high but they wont change the bill for me or try to see why my bill was so high. I need suggestions on what to do.

Answer 1

That happened to me. i called again and requested that they come and preform a test on the actual meter. after that i called an electrician and he not only checked my breaker box but also the appliances in my home. my fridge and freezer were each about 20 years old and they were starting to quit so they started using more electricity.

yoiu could check your appliance for dust on fans, like washer and dryer, fridge, oven if electric, and dishwasher.

if everything is okay i would talk to someone higher up in the food chain at the electric company and just stay on them to make sure THEIR equiptment is working properly.

Answer 2

You need to pull out your bills prior to the last one, go back about 4 months. Check to see if the previous bills were an ESTIMATE and not an actual reading. When they do a meter man reading, he gets the actual numbers on your unit on the house, and they catch up with what the difference was between the estimates and the current reading.

So it' is possible that you are being charged accurately, they might have had you estimated low in the previous months.

Answer 3

sorry but utility companies have monopolies and they don't negotiate. if you can't pay i suggest you ask them for a payment plan to stretch the payments out and make it easier on your pocket. you can start doing regular readings of your meter and see if they differ with what the electric company says. then you might have some grounds to negotiate price with them. if you rent you might want to express concern to your apartment management -- someone could be leeching off of you or the wires could be messed up somewhere. but that isn't the electric companies problem.

Answer 4

Contact the government agency that deals with this type of thing. Probably either the state public utilities commission or the franchise authority of the municipal government. Depends on the state.