[N/A] Utility Meter Wacky Numbers

[ARFlyer]

As some of you may already know I took over ownership of a unused family property back in 2017. Since then I’ve been dealing with a possible issue with my utility company. My billed kWh has a x40 multiplier that is used to estimate my usage. According to my billing over the last year my usage has been anywhere from 2000 kWh to 5000 kWh a month for a single story home. It took me a year of calling my utility to finally get connected to their Engineering Department.

Their initial comment was that my meter is a commercial only high usage meter. However, it is also installed on residential buildings with an extremely above average electrical usage. I explained that the house has had a few renters and that I’m now using the property as my main residence. I also explained that the documentation I found online for the meter stated that it was only authorized for a x10 multiplier. They agreed to “look” into the issue and will get back with me in a few days with their decision.

So what say y’all? Does this sound reasonable or have I been getting ripped off for almost two years?

 

[weilke]

One of your renters ran a pot grow operation.





(This may be a problem between how the meter is set up on site and how it is set up in their accounting system)

 

[ARFlyer]

One of your renters ran a pot grow operation.





(This may be a problem between how the meter is set up on site and how it is set up in their accounting system)

Yeah the grow lights use a lot of power!

In reality one of the renters did a lot of shop work in the garage.

There is a small sticker with a faded penciled 40 next to the screen. Hopefully it’s their error and I’ll get a massive refund! One can hope.

 

[weilke]

There is a small sticker with a faded penciled 40 next to the screen. Hopefully it’s their error and I’ll get a massive refund! One can hope.

Refund, from the Power company, lol.


That being said, we had a gentleman in MD who bought a house about 15 years ago. It was in a suburban subdivision and he dutifully paid his water and sewer bill to the Washington suburban sanitary commission, the local mega utility. One day, he has sewage backing up into his basement. So he gets a plumber to snake the main drain. Rathe than the drain going to the street, plumber finds an intact but overfilled septic system in the backyard. Turns out, for some reason the house was never hooked to the public sewer. After some back and forth, WSSC cut him a check for all the sewer fees he had paid during his ownership of the home. Turns out this was barely enough to cover the expense to now do the hookup and abate the old septic tanks.