10/15/08

Another Racket

Have never received a bill that looked like this with all kinds of other shit tacked on except for a phone bill and that's been years ago now. What gets me is the 15 bucks for reading the goddamn meter.

I'll read those meters for for five bucks a crack all day long and save everyone $10 a month and laugh all the way to the bank. I call this a screwing.

DATE OF SERVICE METER READING
FROM TO PREVIOUS PRESENT
10/01/08 10/10/08 4069 4097


CURRENT GAS CHARGE TOTAL
26.38
FACILITY CHARGE 2.70
RES LDC COST @ .15012/CCF 3.38
UPSTREAM COST @ .09620/CCF 2.17
COMMODITY COST @ .83030/CCF 18.71
DEFERRED GAS COST @ -.06010/CCF -1.35
FRANCHISE FEE @ .03000 0.77



SERVICE CHARGE TOTAL
15.00
METER READ FEE 15.00



TAX TOTAL
1.87
CITY TAX @ .04500 0.68
CITY TAX @ .04500 1.19



CURRENT CHARGES
43.25
TOTAL AMOUNT DUE
43.25






















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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 16, 2008 12:06 PM

    Fifteen bucks is certainly excessive - what day of the month is the meter normally read? Could this be a charge for reading the meter on a non-scheduled day?
    If they charge that much every month, the city has a money machine for damn sure!

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  2. One FlyOctober 16, 2008 12:30 PM

    Not sure. Service started on the firsr for me so I guess they read on the 10th according to this.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 17, 2008 12:50 PM

    My utility only reads every other month. On the off month they make a scientific wild-assed guess, usually on the high side. One time they were so far off, I received a credit for the actual reading.

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  4. One FlyOctober 17, 2008 3:50 PM

    They do actually read this. I think it may be a bit chilly and expensive. Ready to put in a pellet stove at any time.

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