http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill en-US Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:31:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763967 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:20:37 +0000 BobMarvin 763967@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"Have you had any luck with them actually doing anything?"</p> <p>Yes, with Con Edison, although it was a number of years ago. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763956 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:23 +0000 newguy88 763956@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>BobMarvin <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763949">said</a>:</cite><br /> "they refuse to adjust it but claim that if I pay it they'll adjust next months bill to correct the error".</p> <p>A phone call to the Public Service Commission might remedy that. </p></blockquote> <p>Have you had any luck with them actually doing anything? </p> <p>Cause I'm really angry with Con Ed. This is their second major screw up in 6 months. When I first moved in they enrolled me in Ebill and it took me two whole weeks to get them to fix their many screw ups related to this. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763949 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:26:56 +0000 BobMarvin 763949@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>"they refuse to adjust it but claim that if I pay it they'll adjust next months bill to correct the error".</p> <p>A phone call to the Public Service Commission might remedy that. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763925 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:08:49 +0000 newguy88 763925@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I'm guessing so. Probably why their not living here any more. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763923 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:13:20 +0000 whynot_31 763923@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>New guy-<br /> Did the tenant before you have grow lights that were not LED, and no Winnebago? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763920 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:15:04 +0000 newguy88 763920@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>So I haven't switched energy providers. And yes its an estimate. Con Ed is calming that since I've been in my place for less then a year. Their also using the previous tenants usage to estimate the bill. They refuse to adjust it but claim that if I pay it they'll adjust next months bill to correct the error. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763811 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:45:27 +0000 whynot_31 763811@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I think they are working on commission, but -yes- the point is still valid. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763810 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:43:27 +0000 ehgee 763810@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Any company that has enough of a marketing budget to blanket the streets with representatives probably has a pretty high overhead. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763796 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:08:07 +0000 BobMarvin 763796@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>And here I thought Green Mountain Energy might be an exception to ESCOs as scam.</p> <p>I guess I should have been more suspicious of a company with a Vermont-sounding name that's based in Texas. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763781 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:06:03 +0000 notsayin 763781@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>newguy, is it possible you (or roommate) signed up with Green Mountain Energy or one of the other "green" electricity providers in the past few months? Check your ConEd bill to see who's the supplier and what their rate per kwh is.</p> <p>A few months back I overheard a coworker screaming at ConEd about how her 1 br "couldn't possibly have jumped to $300/month" - only to find out it was Green Mountain's outrageous supply cost. A few days later my wife opened our bill and was like "omg, it's $300!" - and lo and behold - we'd signed up for Green Mountain a couple months earlier.</p> <p>There's a list of all available NYS electricity suppliers online - some of them are significantly less expensive even than ConEd's rates. Note that some are fixed and some are variable. Put your zip in here and shop away:<br /> <a href="http://www.newyorkpowertochoose.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorkpowertochoose.com/</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763779 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:48:49 +0000 Cool The Kid 763779@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>eastbloc <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763771">said</a>:</cite><br /> Grow lights consume a lot of power. </p></blockquote> <p>Not if you go LED. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763778 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:47:08 +0000 ehgee 763778@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Is the bill for an "estimated reading" or a real reading? When I first moved in, I was billed for some very high, and entirely fictional, estimated readings for a couple months until I called ConEd. It turned out they had been taking meter readings, they just didn't bill for them, for some reason. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763773 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:19:09 +0000 newguy88 763773@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>eastbloc <a href="http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763771">said</a>:</cite><br /> Grow lights consume a lot of power. </p></blockquote> <p>eastbloc thats what the Winnebago is for. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763771 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:57:14 +0000 eastbloc 763771@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Grow lights consume a lot of power. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-763770 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:52:21 +0000 newguy88 763770@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Sorry to revive a dead thread but I just got an insane bill from CONED. Apparently in my studio I used over a 1,000 Kwh or almost $300 dollars worth of juice!!! My normal bill is around $75. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-737729 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:37:14 +0000 Chekhovian 737729@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Turn off your AC's, people. It really knocks a lot off the ConEd bill. In 70-degree weather (most nights), fans do just as much as a typical window unit. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-737674 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:09:37 +0000 tateinbk 737674@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>It might actually help prove there is a leech, if two different tenants both had ridiculously high costs. If the last tenant had low costs the blame might be on what equipment you as the new tenant is running. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-737669 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:05:32 +0000 cremate 737669@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Also if the service was screwed up or there was a leech while the last tenant was there, you wouldn't see any discrepancies. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-737664 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:46:08 +0000 tateinbk 737664@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>ConEd should probably also be able to tell you how much energy the last tenant generally used which can be helpful in filling out the picture even further. Although, since you can't be sure the last tenant didn't run multiple computers, grow lights, and a walk-in fridge it may not tell you as much as I first thought it would. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/crown-heights-and-prospect-lefferts-gardens/outrageous-con-edison-bill#post-737650 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:07:00 +0000 cremate 737650@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Cool thanks. Im in a similar boat as the OP. </p>