I just saw my parents’ bills and I was flabbergasted at the $8.40 they owed for a month of electricity! I mean, we don’t use a lot of electricity (we don’t have an air conditioner/ heater) but isn’t that still too low? We live in Los Angeles, btw.
They surely are on "Level Pay" of such average billing and December"s bill is low because they have used less electricity in the past 11 months than expected.
If they were on a regular billing system and went away for a month or more the Minimum bill (for having service connected) would be more than $8.
Take another look at their bill and verify this is the case.
So to answer your question I would say Not at all common.
Happy Holidays.
How common are $8 dollar electricity bills?
We have a bill addressed to us that’s not for us… HELP!?
We are having a small problem with our previous electric and gas supplier.
On the 22nd of August we moved into a rented property together. One of the first things we did upon moving was take the gas and electric meter readings and pass them to the previous gas and electric supplier used by the last tenants. (Let’s called them supplier X) Upon moving we arranged to change suppliers, however there is a period of waiting required between changes where supplier X will still bill us.
Supplier X have sent us bills for 22-31st of August and the 1-30th of September for gas and electric – both of these bills were in our names and both have been paid – the company acknowledges the payment of these bills in full.
However there is another bill due for the dates 1-21st of August which is simply addressed to ‘new occupier’. As our tenancy didn’t begin until the 22nd, I contacted the company and they said to ignore all correspondence regarding this bill. However we are still getting demands to pay this bill in the name of ‘new occupier’. We have contacted the company again, explained we are the new occupiers and that no one currently residing in the property is liable for the bill between the 1-21st of August. The company agreed we, the current tenants were not liable but said that they could not stop sending out letters addressed to ‘new occupier’ demanding payment.
We are now getting a little worried as we do not know who or where the previous tenants are, and eventually we may receive correspondence suggesting bailiffs could pay us a visit.
Would continually demanding payment to ‘new occupier’ (us) count as harassment, as we do not owe the money for this bill? Can someone please advise us on the best course of action to avoid getting these letters demanding payment and to rid ourselves of the dreaded supplier X?
Many thanks!
Make copies of whatever documentation you have that proves you only began occupying the place on August 22nd, and take it in person to the X gas and electric company. Firmly request to have this issue settled on the spot by someone who has the authority to do so.
Possibly the problem is that no one was occupying the property before the 22nd, but the utilities were still on. That’s a problem for the landlord.
how do i find out who supplied my electricity in 1992?
i moved to this address in 1992, i had prepayment meters for gas and electric. i have since changed suppliers and have been paid any credit on the gas i was owed however its been a slow process with the electric getting monies owed. i have to admit i forgot about it again till now and need to start chasing it up again. i am in the uk
It would have been the local electricity distributor (eg Manweb, Norweb etc), as the industry was not open to competition in 1992.
