I am 100% completely fed up with my electric company. I moved into a 2 bedroom, 2 bath (one bathroom and one bedroom and barely even used) in September of ‘08 and the previous owner had a different electric company than what I’ve had anywhere else. The bill every month here is ridiculous, we try our best to conserve energy. We don’t even have a dishwasher, we run 3-4 loads of laundry using cold water one day every other week and I line dry most of them when I can. We cut off lights when we don’t need them, we don’t run the ac or heat when we can help it…we try everything we can think of and our power bill has still been over $250 each month. I get paid once a month and they are unwilling/unable to work with me on the due date and are very quick to cut the power off if I don’t tell them each month that I will pay it on the 5th.
Is there any way to go back to my old company? Or am I just stuck with this one? I don’t know if this is the only company that provides power to the area I’m in, I’ve always been under the impression that you have one power company in any one area and that’s the one you HAVE to use, is this true? I’m just at my wits end with this company.
It depends on where you live. Here in Texas, they deregulated several years ago so we can pick from over a dozen electrical providers. In other more heavily regulated areas you will be stuck with just one provider.
The first thing you should do is look at your bills and see if they are high because of high rates per kw-hr or because of high usage. If the rate is reasonable, there may be an issue with your meter.