I can’t pay an electric bill for a place I didn’t live at. How can I prove it?

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I can’t pay an electric bill for a place I didn’t live at. How can I prove it?

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I moved to where I live now. The last place the electricity wasn’t in my name. The place before, I moved out of (in my name) 3 months before when my electric company says I owe an outstanding $400+ bill. I sent them documents like rent reciepts for the place I lived before where I live now. I sent faxes of my auto insurance new address for the place before where I live now. They tell me change of driver’s liscence address is not proof of where I lived. Yet, if you get stopped by the police while driving they allways want a) proof of insurence and b) a current valid driver’s liscense. Well, my electric company tells me this is not proof enough, and I owe over $400. They sent me a final notice of electricity cut off where I live now. I use only $13 a month worth of electricity. I can’t pay no $400! How do I prove where I did or didn’t live?.

Basicly they have to prove that it was you.

Mix up happen all the time.

The sad part is that you have to prove them wrong.

If you have never lived at the address that they are saying you owe for, send a registered letter stating that you have never lived at that address.

I keep reading what you wrote & now I think I have it.

You move out of the 2nd to last place & didn’t ask them to turn the power off. Then the person who move in didn’t have it put in their name. If you can find out who moved in after you, you may have a chance to get off the hook. Slim chance but about all you have.

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8 comments for “I can’t pay an electric bill for a place I didn’t live at. How can I prove it?”

JESS

Couldn’t you get a letter from your landlord??? If you didn’t live there, then you lived somewhere and they could possibly help you straighten it out.
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October 1st, 2009 at 7:06 am

snowangels731

Show proof of where u lived by past lease or utility bills from the place u lived at time the bill occured
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October 1st, 2009 at 7:28 am

badbill1941

Your rental contract and rent receipts should do. The main point is, the next time you move out of a place, call the utilities company’s and stop service.
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October 1st, 2009 at 8:05 am

Floyd B

Basicly they have to prove that it was you.

Mix up happen all the time.

The sad part is that you have to prove them wrong.

If you have never lived at the address that they are saying you owe for, send a registered letter stating that you have never lived at that address.

I keep reading what you wrote & now I think I have it.

October 1st, 2009 at 8:16 am

Anpadh

You are going at this the wrong way. You don’t need to prove where you did or did not live. All you have to prove is that you did not use the electricity. I don’t know if you sold the place before you moved out or if you were renting it. If you sold the place, then it does not matter if you were living in the house or on the moon. Whoever bought it pays for the electricity. If you were renting it and you had a contract, the date the contract ended is the date you stopped being responsible for the electric bills. Now, if you were renting, and did not have a contract, and did not inform the electric company that you had moved out, you MAY still be OK, as you can always claim that you had told the landlord you were moving out and so he should pay the bill after you moved out. If you owned the place and it wasn’t sold until 3 months after you moved out, well, there is not much, really, you can do. You owned the place, you left the electric connection on, you pay.
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October 1st, 2009 at 8:33 am

Brad

You need to take a more agressive stance. I don’t know where you live, but many places have legal aid for low income people. Also, your state attorney generals office … go online at a library if you have no connection. It’s winter, most states require electric companies to offer you a form if you can’t pay your electric bill while it’s cold out. Your getting jerked around … call around. I think you can find some help by calling county and city officials and asking questions.
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:00 am

mjk

Show them that you are new owner and sent a letter to them
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:42 am

jerry

have the bill stamped paid if you somewhere to pay or get a copy of you cancelled check
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October 1st, 2009 at 9:55 am

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