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**BigMeatballDave** · GBM 8-12-15

Texas woman hit with $1.3 million-plus electric bill

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...165517099.html

We all dread opening an electric bill, especially when air-conditioning drives up costs and maxes out a family budget.
But Kristin Harriger's recent electric bill was beyond shocking. Rather than a bill for $100 or so that the single mom from Abilene, Texas, was expecting, she was billed for $1,381,783.92, according to the Business Insider.
"I opened it. I read it. Then just went, 'Oh, my gosh. That's a lot of money," Harriger told the Abilene Reporter News.
She thought it was a joke at first, and even shared photos of the bill with her friends.
After contacting her utility company, Potentia Energy, she discovered it wasn't a joke, but a computing error. Rather than charging her the normal 9 cents per-kilowatt-hour rate, the utility charged her $1,000 per kilowatt hour.
The $1,000 per-kilowatt-hour rate is far above the best offer available to her. The Public Utility Commission of Texas website PowerToChoose.org shows that Abilene residents can get 8.2 to 12.1 cents per kilowatt hour, notes the Abilene newspaper.
"I'm glad I didn't have autopayments," Harriger told the Business Insider.
The utility company acknowledged the mistake and has told Harriger that a corrected bill would be sent to her.
In the meantime, she has set aside $150 to pay the bill when it comes.
"I work on a budget," she told the Business Insider. "I'm a single mom with an autistic child who tries to make ends meet. … I get my bills and I pay them."
Just not ones for over $1.3 million.

**Rain Man** · 06-21-2012, 06:25 PM

I like the fact that the author really seems to think that she thought it was a joke. Those crazy folks in the Potentia Energy billing office!

boogblaster · 06-21-2012, 06:31 PM

sft .....

Okie_Apparition · 06-21-2012, 09:39 PM

Her husband probably dug up an electrical line with his modified lawnmower

Bump · 06-21-2012, 09:43 PM

at least the company promptly corrected it instead of bullshitting them.

mikey23545 · 06-21-2012, 10:36 PM

Damn it Johnny, how many times have I told you to turn the light out when you leave a room?

**CrazyPhuD** · 06-21-2012, 11:22 PM

Grow lamps use a shitton of power!

Pasta Little Brioni · 06-22-2012, 05:21 PM

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....and that's why you pay your electric bill on time.

06-21-2012, 06:22 PM
BigMeatballDave GBM 8-12-15 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Dayton, Oh. Casino cash: $10052154	And you thought YOUR electric bill was high... Texas woman hit with $1.3 million-plus electric bill http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...165517099.html We all dread opening an electric bill, especially when air-conditioning drives up costs and maxes out a family budget. But Kristin Harriger's recent electric bill was beyond shocking. Rather than a bill for $100 or so that the single mom from Abilene, Texas, was expecting, she was billed for $1,381,783.92, according to the Business Insider. "I opened it. I read it. Then just went, 'Oh, my gosh. That's a lot of money," Harriger told the Abilene Reporter News. She thought it was a joke at first, and even shared photos of the bill with her friends. After contacting her utility company, Potentia Energy, she discovered it wasn't a joke, but a computing error. Rather than charging her the normal 9 cents per-kilowatt-hour rate, the utility charged her $1,000 per kilowatt hour. The $1,000 per-kilowatt-hour rate is far above the best offer available to her. The Public Utility Commission of Texas website PowerToChoose.org shows that Abilene residents can get 8.2 to 12.1 cents per kilowatt hour, notes the Abilene newspaper. "I'm glad I didn't have autopayments," Harriger told the Business Insider. The utility company acknowledged the mistake and has told Harriger that a corrected bill would be sent to her. In the meantime, she has set aside $150 to pay the bill when it comes. "I work on a budget," she told the Business Insider. "I'm a single mom with an autistic child who tries to make ends meet. … I get my bills and I pay them." Just not ones for over $1.3 million.
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06-21-2012, 06:25 PM	#2
Rain Man NFL's #1 Ermines Fan Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $3038491 VARSITY	I like the fact that the author really seems to think that she thought it was a joke. Those crazy folks in the Potentia Energy billing office! __________________ I'm putting random letters here as a celebration of free speech: xigrakgrah misorojeq rkemeseit.
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06-21-2012, 06:31 PM	#3
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06-21-2012, 09:39 PM	#4
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06-21-2012, 09:43 PM	#5
Bump YOU take YOUR seat Join Date: Nov 2007 Casino cash: $1955105	at least the company promptly corrected it instead of bullshitting them. __________________
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06-21-2012, 10:36 PM	#6
mikey23545 MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $10015321	Damn it Johnny, how many times have I told you to turn the light out when you leave a room?
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06-22-2012, 05:21 PM	#8
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