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The electric company and I are fighting right now. My electric bill jumped thirty dollars over last years bill. There is a problem on their part as their is nothing wrong with the AC or the hot water heater. They say it's my fault and not theirs and I say just the opposite

I had the same problem a couple of years ago. However, I am an anal compulsive record keeper and had electric bills saved from the past 5 years. I was able to plot out on a spreadsheet, all the electrical bills and usage from 3 separate accounts including the one in question. I explained there was nothing that had changed in my electrical usage or behavior at home during that time and that their current bill was 1000% higher than any of the others. I showed them the graphs. They said they would "look into it". I explained to them that they could look into it if they wanted but that regardless of whatever explanation they came up with this bill would not be paid because I had proof they were wrong. They called me back two weeks later to explain they had placed new meters on all their accounts and had taken the final reading from someone else's old meter for my account. I thanked them for the explanation and paid them what I thought the bill should be.