Edison rant

[RStar]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Which is impossible, right?

I actually have to check my water meter/bills. See, with the rains, mud has covered it and you can't see it. My son asked 'Didn't we used to have something right there?' I need to check if it was cleared as I did receive a water bill the other day.

They should come into your home and show you where those came from. Don't they offer that, where they come in and tell you how you can conserve? When they do this, they will see you conserve everywhere and so how can that many kwhs be used?

I wish you luck with this and they will have to make arrangements with you. This may be good timing for you, perhaps you can get onto a program that will help you have lower payments year long. Do they offer that up there? I know here they do.

Please keep us informed as to what happens.

Chris, how to pot farms not get picked up?

Thanks, MouseWife! Yes, they have the "Level Pay Plan" here where they take the average of your history, and spread that over 11 months. On the 12th month you make up the difference. This works great for folks who have central air and heating, so their usage gets real high during parts of the year. But that's not what happends to me so much. And now I don't think I have a good workable history because we don't know how long they have been estimating, but I think it's been at least 15 months minimum.

And no, this is not a good time for me. It's the worst time, as I am out of work due to surgery. And on top of it, I just found out today that my medical insurance is going up $200/month! I'm now paying the same amount for medical insurance that most people pay for rent on a 1 bedroom apt!

And the pot farms usually get picked up eventually because usage increases more than what they bill the area for. So they know a general location, but narrowing it down to a structure is harder. They have to look for where someone is tapping into wires before the meters. I have heard on the news that this is how they have found some of them.