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Originally Posted by Chamo
Well so much for saving money. As I had the new meter put in in my electric bill jumped each month over $40 so far
I would love to know how that happens. Apparently They are just gonna charge us a lot more. There is no way that my bill should jump $40 in one month and I did no changes.
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What were the usage numbers on your bills for the last two months? What were the number of days in the billing cycles? What were the rates for the energy charges? Does the metering reading on your bill match the reading on the meter itself?
Temperatures have been increasing so usage might increase. If you happened to adjust your thermostat down then usage might increase.
SECO *might* have adjusted the date your meter was read when they installed the new meter. This might have caused fewer days to be counted for the last bill or more days for this bill. If this bill contains more days than the last bill then the amount charged will increase.
I haven't heard of a rate increase but I haven't received my bill for this month yet. *IF* the rate increased then that would cause the bill to increase.
There was one month when SECO read my meter wrong and my bill was too high; the next month it balanced out. With the AMI meters the readings should be more accurate but it's easy enough to go outside and read it yourself.
If all the above check out then the only way for this meter to result in a higher bill is if your old meter was counting slow or this meter is counting fast. Both of those are very, very unlikely.