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6. Was that bill for actual or estimated usage?

Sun Dec 14, 2014, 09:15 AM

Dec 2014

The electric companies in PA only read the meters every other month, at best. The rest of the time the bills are sometimes over estimated. One acquaintance got a $1,800 monthly bill for a home where everyone was either at work or school during the day.

We got wise to this practice two years ago after receiving an estimated bill for over $200 and started reading our meter and phoning in the reading.

IMO, over estimating could result in a nice chunk of change for the electric company each month.

I pity the seniors who cannot get outside to read their meters.

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