Epic Build, The 750 monster

[kien]

yikes! Forget the Hawaiian ban, these smart meters are going to be the death of this hobby

[lastlight]

Please tell me you don't mean $870 in ONE MONTH?

[Delphinus]

I'm sort of confused how that's even possible unless rates change. I mean, usage is usage .. no? Although with that said, I find the utility companies always find a way to get you at first. For example I just signed up for a lower rate and to compensate for that they billed me at almost twice the normal billing period so I still had to fork over a sizable chunk of cash. That said the next bill should be pretty nice! Hope so for you too. I just don't see how that they could even try to get away with such an increase unless they claim your usage has gone up (or your rates). Good luck!

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Please tell me you don't mean $870 in ONE MONTH?

That's for my normal billing cycle (2 months)

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I'm sort of confused how that's even possible unless rates change. I mean, usage is usage .. no? Although with that said, I find the utility companies always find a way to get you at first. For example I just signed up for a lower rate and to compensate for that they billed me at almost twice the normal billing period so I still had to fork over a sizable chunk of cash. That said the next bill should be pretty nice! Hope so for you too. I just don't see how that they could even try to get away with such an increase unless they claim your usage has gone up (or your rates). Good luck!

I don't understand it either, when they switched from the analog to digital (before the smart meter) my next bill was more than double and nothing had changed in the house, I even bought one of those plug in meters that you plug your stuff into to calculate usage, spent months tracking just about everything in the house looking for something that was sucking more power than it was supposed too and spent a fortune switching all my light bulbs to power compacts and LED, I wouldn't be so concerned if I was spending time in the shop or something, but I haven't done anything in the shop since October. Hopefully it's a glitch with the meter ( or meter reader) and it balances out with the next bill.

[cuz]

I wouldn't wait for the next bill, personally I'd be on the phone asap!!

[Mrfish55]

Originally Posted by cuz

I wouldn't wait for the next bill, personally I'd be on the phone asap!!

Spent an hour on the phone this afternoon, they claim everything looks normal, I will check the numbers on the meter to compare against the bill tomorrow.

[Coleus]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Just got my first bill with the new Hydro smart meter, $870.00

Good lord, that is for a fowlr, imagine what cost would be for a full reef. I hope it is a mistake by them

[Mrfish55]

My guess is the heaters, even with the tank and sump covered I still need to heat 900 gallons (on this tank alone) and then there is another 500 gal between the other two.

[outacontrol]

Is the new meters billing by the hour now? Different rates for different times of the day?