robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) (10/24/84)
References: Sender: Reply-To: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton Keywords: Our gas meter bill for last month was four times larger than any previous bill in ten years. It is not an estimated bill, and the meter reading on the bill for the end of the billing period is correct. We have the following gas appliances: - oven and stove - clothes drier - hot water heater The hot water heater heats only tap water used in the two bathrooms and kitchen. We do not have a swimming pool or sauna, or anything like that. Our gas meter has not been changed or fixed in many years. The gas company is coming next week to try to figure out what happened. WHAT DID HAPPEN? Do I have a chance to avoid paying the extra $120 on the bill? We have run our oven, stove, drier, and water heater since receiving the bill. It would take hundreds of hours of continuous use to run up a bill like this. I don't think we did anything negligent to cause the high bill. On the other hand, I can't imagine what caused the meter to run. I am a private homeowner, so I think there is no chance that someone tapped into my gas supply. We haven't smelled gas, either, and we haven't been on vacation. I will be glad to summarize private responses to the net. - Toby Robison (not Robinson!) allegra!eosp1!robison or: decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison or (emergency): princeton!eosp1!robison