Mrs. Morale 5,121 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) My sister recieved her electricity bill 2 weeks ago since then there have been some discussions among her friends & family. So her electricity bill was 70% higher than normal. My sister works all day for Sunday - Saturday so she not home most of time. Her bill was $10,000; normally it's $3000 or so. Now, some people think it's fair because electricity companies had some losses over the pass few month. Others think it's not. Why do think it's unfair? Or fair? Edited November 5, 2020 by fullofjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seokii 3,424 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 I can't imagine electric companies are charging 70% more just to cover their losses? That alone seems exorbitant, but 3k to 10k is actually a 333% increase... Are you sure there's not another reason for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliriousness 2,008 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 $10k........ does your sister live in a football stadium i didn’t know electricity bills could be that high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowfluff 80 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 an ELECTRIC bill for $10k??? That feels like highway robbery what in the world?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felidae 2,742 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) Is it only her or everyone else too? I'd contact the company for explanation. There's no way customers have to pay for the loss lol. Same thing happened to me for 3 months hence significant usage difference, and turned out our ac is at fault, after rechecking the reading and usage each months and found no error. Edited November 5, 2020 by felidae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Morale 5,121 Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 47 minutes ago, seokii said: I can't imagine electric companies are charging 70% more just to cover their losses? That alone seems exorbitant, but 3k to 10k is actually a 333% increase... Are you sure there's not another reason for it? 29 minutes ago, marin karin said: $10k........ does your sister live in a football stadium i didn’t know electricity bills could be that high 13 minutes ago, jcqlnrdy said: an ELECTRIC bill for $10k??? That feels like highway robbery what in the world?? Sorry, I think should have put my country's currency. It's actually $26 - $75 in USD Just now, felidae said: Is it only her or everyone else too? I'd contact the company for explanation. There's no way customers have to pay for the loss lol. No, her friends have also gonna higher bill. She called them but they say they'll look at it but been 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meowfluff 80 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, fullofjoy said: Sorry, I think should have put my country's currency. It's actually $26 - $75 in USD No, her friends have also gonna higher bill. She called them but they say they'll look at it but been 2 weeks Oh my lord I'm dumb. Excuse my American ass for assuming you're also American LOOL. I think it's unfair if they didn't tell her they were going to increase it and if this is going to be a recurring thing for awhile. If it's a one time thing, she should be given the option to either pay that steep increase in one go, or pay a smaller increase monthly. If it's a recurring thing thing, she definitely needs to be told. I can understand why the company would want to markup the bills (although I can't say I agree with it), but this all depends on whether or not your sister was notified. Based on the fact that she called them and they still haven't gotten back to her and its been 2 weeks, I'm assuming the electric company didn't tell her, so to me this is extremely unfair. She should definitely pester them a bit more over the phone or go in person if possible? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sana Minatozaki 3,305 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 sounds like someone is stealing your sister's electricity or something , shady business anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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