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I Have A Family Of Four
Yes, it's true. I'm sorry that I've been hiding this terrible secret from all of you for the last year, but today I figured I should share the truth with everyone.
Con Ed discovered a little while ago that I've been paying for the electricity of the Mexicans that live in the apartment forward of me since I moved in. This was apparently an oversight on the part of my landlord, mainly a mistake that his electrician made some time ago. He's got four separate meters; one for me, one for the hall lights, one for the business, and one for his upstairs home - so he thought since he's getting three bills, everything was okay. The forward apartment is supposed to be hooked up to the store meter... instead, it's hooked up to mine. Whoops.
I knew I was paying too much for electricity. I'm tremendously excited by the prospect of only paying for my own electricity usage! I bet I'm only using about 30 bucks of electricity a month. Maybe LESS. How awesome would that be? My 2008 budget would have an extra $500 in it. Also, Con Ed is going to give my landlord an estimate for how much money I paid extra last year... probably something like $500 itself, maybe more. I'll probably be able to take that right off the top of next month's rent.
Con Ed discovered a little while ago that I've been paying for the electricity of the Mexicans that live in the apartment forward of me since I moved in. This was apparently an oversight on the part of my landlord, mainly a mistake that his electrician made some time ago. He's got four separate meters; one for me, one for the hall lights, one for the business, and one for his upstairs home - so he thought since he's getting three bills, everything was okay. The forward apartment is supposed to be hooked up to the store meter... instead, it's hooked up to mine. Whoops.
I knew I was paying too much for electricity. I'm tremendously excited by the prospect of only paying for my own electricity usage! I bet I'm only using about 30 bucks of electricity a month. Maybe LESS. How awesome would that be? My 2008 budget would have an extra $500 in it. Also, Con Ed is going to give my landlord an estimate for how much money I paid extra last year... probably something like $500 itself, maybe more. I'll probably be able to take that right off the top of next month's rent.
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Funny thing is, I never would have really suspected anything if they hadn't started using a space heater in November. I thought my bill was too high considering my conservation, but I had no idea it was more than 50% higher than it should be.