Electric Bill

When I received the electric bill this month, I was a little confused.  My electric usage was as high as it was for June and July this year, when my air-conditioner ran mercilessly, and in triple digit weather, could not keep up.  In August, I had the air-conditioning and heating unit of 26 years replaced, and my electric usage in August was markedly lower.  In September, I expected it to be low, because we had a lot of cool, wet weather, and although sometimes the air-conditioner ran, not so much.

October was a warm month, but not warmer than August. And cool, sometimes.  Cool enough I sometimes run a space heater near my desk.  My past experience with the space heater is that it does not increase the electric bill nearly as much as the air-conditioner does. I had learned years ago, when I got a really unbelievably high electric bill ($500 in one month) that Lubbock Power and Light has a meter re-read service when bills are questionable.  When I got this bill, I went out to look at the meter, but it was high on the wall of my house, and the meter housing was difficult to see through.  So, I just called, expressed my concern and why it was a concern, and the agent agreed the best option was to have the meter re-read.   I received a letter from LP&L today, with an adjusted reading that saved me about $110.  That sounded more like it.  

Now, if I had used that much electricity, of course I would have paid for it. But I could not believe that I had.  I was right this time!  Yeah!