When we moved from Florida to Georgia we experienced a change in the way that appliances in our home ran. In Florida we were a part of Tampa Bay, a city that served us with electricity for our entire home and water that drained into the sewer system below the ground. Upon purchasing our first home in peachy Georgia we discovered a nasty thing called a septic tank.
Our first experience with this lovely septic tank was to have it over flow into our home and yard because it was full and broken. Several thousand dollars later it was concluded that we truly despised that thing!
We have had much the same experience with our move to Texas from Georgia, but in the area of electricity. We found that unlike Florida and Georgia, Texas offered a plethora of choices for electric service. It was like choosing from 31 flavors of ice cream!
They all seemed good, but which one is really the one for you. After much research it "seemed" as if many of the companies offered similar rates. We finally just basically picked one from a few that looked good. Our first few bills in our new home seemed to be about what we had budgeted for. Some of our appliances were not electric, but were run on natural gas, so really our big cost would be air conditioning and heating the home. After several months in our home we received two bills for the same month and gave them a call.
Their story was that they had made a mistake in billing, but that mistake was based on their interpretation on how much power we were using. So, both bills were ours or they turn off our power. We need power and despite our best efforts to argue, we had to pay.
Our bill continued to go up each month thereafter to the point that a once $300 bill was now over $600. They blamed this rise on the summer heat; however, they were also raising the cost per kilowatt hour! We had gone from 9 cents to 16 cents per kilowatt! Phone call after phone call took place to their business with absolutely no success in lowering our bill. Finally, we paid a $200 fine to get out of our contract.
Luckily, our next home is part of an electricity co-op, so we will see how that goes. And, we won't have the extra bill for the natural gas.
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