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xarir

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Well this sucks. Just got the latest bill which covers the period of 14 June to 16 August. For this particular 9-week period, I was at home for about 4 weeks . When I wasn't home, everything was off with the exception of the fridge, the vcr clock and the microwave clock.

And yet, my bill is more or less exactly the same as what it's been the past few months! I'm away for more than 50% of the billing period and the total charge doesn't budge!

Sigh. On the plus side I guess this means I'm saving (not using) as much electricity as is humanly possible.
 
Thanks for the use of your place! Leave me a key next time; it's pita having to pick the lock everytime I come and go. :D

I see I'm not the only one that has a problem with Hydro's billing. I get billed more in the winter than in the summer and I know for a fact that I burn more in the summer months.

When and if I ever get a chance to take an extended vaction (1 month) I plan to un plug the fridge. I'm certain when I get back my bill won't reflect it.

Class action suit anyone???
 
Venus_mgr said:
I guarantee your bill was "ESTIMATED" call the company and ask.
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I second this... call them, I'm pretty sure they did not take an actual reading this time out...
 
Interesting. I never considered the possibility of an estimated reading. I hope they don't always do that - I shudder to think of the error probability that would creep in on each estimate.

I'll give Toronto Hydro a call on Monday then report back here.
 
Take a look at your last year's bills—you did keep them didn't you?—to find out which month's your meter's read and which months they estimate. Since the meter's running all the time, in the end you pay only what the meter shows you used. The estimates between readings just keep the bills from getting too high for some folks to handle.
 
xarir said:
Interesting. I never considered the possibility of an estimated reading. I hope they don't always do that - I shudder to think of the error probability that would creep in on each estimate.

I'll give Toronto Hydro a call on Monday then report back here.
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most hydro suppliers in the GTA only estimate readings.

They generally do one reading per year, unless someone moves. which means when they do a reading, you could get a "correection" bill which means a credit, or a large bill
 
Papi Chulo said:
most hydro suppliers in the GTA only estimate readings.

They generally do one reading per year, unless someone moves. which means when they do a reading, you could get a "correection" bill which means a credit, or a large bill
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It is my understanding that they read the meter every 2 billing cycles, which for hydro, is every 4 months.

So, if you paid too much this time round, you will pay less next time round.

It all comes out in the wash so to speak.
 
Yeah, I always thought they averaged it out over the year...meaning if you use x amount in the winter and x times 2 in the summer, all your bills should be relatively equal. In my building however I am invoiced for the exact amount shown, until someone mixes up my meter with my neighbour's and I get a $400.00 charge in one month....
 
Not sure if anyone else has received a hydro rebate, but about a year or so ago I was browsing the web and came across some information about Toronto hydro over billing for some reason or another and being required to rebate customers.

I called them up shortly there after and asked about this rebate and was told that they were waiting for further instructions from the government or something like that before they sent the rebates out.

I asked specifically to be notified when the information was available, and the person put me in some kind of database to be notified.

Well, just a week or two ago I received a rebate cheque for over $300.

Now, at the time I had two hydro bills, one business and one residential (the business one being in the $500 a month range) so I'm not sure if the rebate was for one or both, and if only one, which one, but it might be worth the while of everyone who is with Toronto Hydro to give them a call or check their web site to see if you are eligible for a rebate.
 
Check the actual bill you have , if it is an estimate rather than a meter reading it will say so on the bill.
 
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