LogFAQs > #975932636

My place has a power meter inside the property, so meter readers usually can't get inside if I'm not home. The company generates a basic estimate and bills me for that much, and since moving in last year I haven't paid a power bill for more than $200.

This time, my shifts were arranged in a way where I was home for someone to read my meter. Checked my email today - $576. Almost triple my usual rate.

"then stop using so much power numbnuts" - I don't. I have a wifi modem, a minifridge, a computer, a TV (which the computer is connected to) and a game console. I have a phone and a tablet, the former gets charged every day and the latter every few days. That's everything, aside from the flourescent lights, that uses electricity in my house.

My coworker lives in a house with two other people, and his provider billed them $1000 - which is already beyond the pale, he had to call up the power company and say he couldn't pay the bill on time.

I get that prices are going up, but what the fuck is up with them almost tripling my power bill? I conserve energy, to the point that I don't have a lot of things that generate electricity in the first place.