Vacant apartment high electricity bill!

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Vacant apartment high electricity bill!

Peter Morgan
Rental Property Investor · West Des Moines, IA · Member since 2018 · 447 posts · 64 votes

Hello,

My apartment has been vacant last couple of months.The first vacant the electric utility bill came around $150 and I noticed that the central AC furnace was on so I turned it off immediately but to my shock the second vacant month the bill came around $250.

Barring a refrigerator nothing is on in the apartment, my apartment utility bill is

lower than that where the appliances including central ac run frequently. Any thoughts on what could be causing this spike in utility bill?appreciate your inputs.

Thanks

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Chris Davidson
Real Estate Agent · Boise, ID · Member since 2016 · 1k+ posts · 888 votes
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@Peter Morgan Flip the breakers off and see if the meter is still moving. Without knowing the apartment and its wiring hard to trouble shoot. The things that draw power are water heaters, and appliance. Make sure a neighbor is stealing the power either but going to have to spend time there and looking at the meter to see where the power is going. 

Best Of Luck Mate!

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  • Colleen F.Pro Member
    Investor · Narragansett, RI · Member since 2013 · 8k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    @Michael Plante is that what they claim as an actual?  did you get a new reading?  Was this in error? That is insane!

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  • Theresa HarrisPro Member
    Member since 2019 · 15k+ posts · 11k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Michael Plante:
    Originally posted by @Peter Morgan:

    Hello,

    My apartment has been vacant last couple of months.The first vacant the electric utility bill came around $150 and I noticed that the central AC furnace was on so I turned it off immediately but to my shock the second vacant month the bill came around $250.

    Barring a refrigerator nothing is on in the apartment, my apartment utility bill is

    lower than that where the appliances including central ac run frequently. Any thoughts on what could be causing this spike in utility bill?appreciate your inputs.

    Thanks

     $250?!?!?

    how about this bill for 4 days.  Vacant house 

     Clearly someone messed up with that reading.  Even looking at the numbers (8463-8482) vs kwh used (99981), someone messed up big time. 

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  • Michael Plante
    Deland, FL · Member since 2017 · 2k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    Originally posted by @Colleen F.:

    @Michael Plante is that what they claim as an actual?  did you get a new reading?  Was this in error? That is insane!

     Lol

    I called they said they have no idea what happened and corrected it  

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