BGE Incorrectly Estimating Bills
Stephen Janis formerly of the Baltimore Examiner and currently Investigative Voice is a great reporter. He knows how to dig into the big issues.
Stephen reports the story of a local Hopkins student where BGE decided to estimate a portion of his bill. “My average use for the month was 36 kilowatt hours per day, but for the six days they estimated at the beginning of the billing period I was supposedly using 106 kilowatts hours per day.”
When Stephen contacted the PSC, they told him they were woefully understaffed to deal with the complaints. Wasn’t this an O’Malley promise to fix the PSC?
The biggest problem I have with all of this, is that BGE doesn’t tell you if any portion of your bill was estimated. This bill is supposed to represent consumption.
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I love how all this stuff gets hidden from consumers – we’re constantly getting hosed, aren’t we? And the PSC answer is that they aren’t going to fix the problem, its that they are too understaffed to handle the complaints? UGH! WHO is protecting us?
Off topic, I’m disappointed that comments are closed on the Fishing entry! I totally want to see Lyss’s BIG FISH! haha! You go girl!