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Dredly t1_j8zay8y wrote

I have to admit... this is kind of amusing.

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MetEd STILL estimates bills ALL the time, It wasn't at all unusual for me to get 3 - 4 estimated bills in a row in 2018 and then get a refund because they had overcharged so much...

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This is 100% legal, they are 100% ALLOWED to estimate your bill, the only reason this is even a thing is it happened in a really cold month. All these calls and claims that it is illegal are incorrect.

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Special-Ingenuity615 t1_j91kxll wrote

Estimates are one thing.. this shitcannery from ppl is on a completely different level. Never once in the last 10 years of being in the same house have I had an electric bill higher than 350$ (I understand rates rising yada yada yada) and that was 3 years ago when there were 7 people living in the house . Now there's 2. Opened this months bill, and they're quoting me at 675$. Possibly understandable if I would run a prevy balance from month to month. But I don't. Never have. House is dark sunday-thursday nights after midnight. Noones home after 0630. So the only thing running is the 2 freezers and the fridge/freezer until 1900 (7pm) when I get home. House is heated by wood stove and propane as backup if we go somewhere for multiple days at a time. Get screwed, that price isnt getting paid

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Dredly t1_j924meq wrote

just curious... did you lock in your electric rate like 6 months ago when everyone was telling everybody to do so? cause the price went up like 35% for residential customers...

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the price went from like < 8 to 12+ this year alone

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aggressive_napkin_ OP t1_j91c8vj wrote

I'm fine with an estimate and then a real one to balance them out, not a percent fee on the inflated one, which I see from above I'll have to check further back, as it was not on a previous bill.

Edit, just went 6 bills back and no service improvement charge on them!

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