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Ken Wilson had been trying to conserve electricity in order to lower his utility bill, but it was still stubbornly high

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

PG&E says it won't change until next cycle? Because why? It's their fucking system. It's not like they don't have access to change things. It's not in their policy? They'd have to do a little extra work to figure it out?

Fuck PG&E

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Question they don't answer: is he going to get a refund, or nah?

[–] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Refund? No way, power company doesn't care you don't notice. Likely will be pushed along to court

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s PG&E, so they said that he’s still on the hook for this months billing cycle. Starting next month though, he’ll be billed correctly, hopefully.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I meant refund for last 15 years. I have a feeling PG&E will find a loophole.

[–] TheHarpyEagle@pawb.social 2 points 1 month ago

Honestly the probably don't even have to. In my experience, they tell you to fuck off because anyone who actually notices the price of the power bill isn't wealthy enough to sue.

[–] sonori@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

I know what you meant and what they should do, I was just repeating what they actually did so far.

[–] Lexam@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

When asked for comment the neighbor responded "Thank you?"

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

I have an energy monitor and Home Assistant


it's pretty neat, and I can verify that the energy usage is essentially the same on both. Helps to pinpoint electricity drains, as I can tell what breaker is using the juice (the smart plugs are also helpful here).

I went with the Emporia Vue2 which unfortunately requires some tinkering to get it to run local-only, but once I set that up it's been a dream. Too bad they don't offer it out of the box configured for local use...

[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

When we were renovating our apartment, we found one of the neighbors outlet connected to our fusebox. Originally it was a company owned building for employees to rent, so nobody gave a shit about how the utilities were connected.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Who was paying his bill? His neighbor? Article doesn't say.