Water bills

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

My building got the new water meters about 7 months ago, and (as expected) the next bill showed high usage to "true up" since we'd had estimated readings for the 2 years prior. However, this past bill (100% on the new water meters) shows usage higher than the previous bill (which was the "true up") for all units in the building (for me, it's more than 3 times what my usage was on the estimated bills). Does anybody else have this? Is this normal?

Comments

[siderea]

Not what you asked, but this sounds all kinds of fishy. I believe the law in MA specifies that a utility may not have estimated readings for more than 6 months, and that no "true up" can be for more than 5 months usage. Call the Department of Public Utilities, Consumer Division to ask. 1 877-886-5066 or 617-737-2836.

(Fenice?? Do I know you from Carolingia? Are you back in the area? I didn't know you had an LJ.)

[ron_newman]

Does that apply to municipal water systems, as opposed to privately-owned utility companies?

[fenicedautun.livejournal.com]

Yup, I moved back to the area a few years ago.

[fredrickegerman.livejournal.com]

Reassuring to know I'm only the second-to-last one on the block to get the memo. :-)