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Energy Usage vs Billing Accuracy
Over Charged? What caused doubled consumption in 2021
Energy Industry Rapidly Changing
Staying at home in lockdown through 2020–2021 may contribute to energy consumption in a home. But what if you were home just the same since before the pandemic and your reducing energy consumption every way possible and are still seeing your bill go up? Is that just the way it goes?
Advice Needed
On Friday of last week, I got my power bill in the mail. I must bring to your attention that I am being monopolized by this company as there are no other providers that service my location. They are not letting me sign a contract for a fixed rate because this company has a policy that requires all persons on the title of the property to sign off to make any changes to the account whatsoever.
We are in a global pandemic, and the other titleholder of the property is in another country, making it virtually impossible to change the unpredictably, nonetheless rising energy cost. I do all the tricks in the book. I shut off breakers. I have LED bulbs. I never leave anything plugged in. But I noticed that the bill looked different this month. One of the changes on the physical bill was the disclaimer about the fees they are charging. I nearly called…
