Mom got another Gas bill and this time for $80K!!! what to do?

[Anonymous]

Okay, Washington Gas has been billing my poor mom's restaurant last month $20K due to wrong reading.
It took them more than a month to resolve this last time and now they got a bill for $80K this month!!!

She losses sleep over it and gets really stressed out due to already slow business...urg! I feel like calling channel 9 NEWS to report this so they don't do that to other people.

Any suggestions on what to do and fast?

Anyone else in Germantown MD is having this issue???

[Anonymous]

You SHOULD call the news! Why not?

[Anonymous]

Ditto - you should call them (the media).

[Anonymous]

call fox 5--they're much more dogged in their reporting of local stories like this and their viewership numbers are better.

http://www.myfoxdc.com/subindex/about_us/contact_us

[zumbamama]

maybe report PEPCO too, after reading that other thread. What's going on with the utility companies?

[Anonymous]

did she pay her previous bills? is it a mistake?

[Anonymous]

Her account may be credited the following billing period.

Also, Fox 5 just did a story very similar except it was BG&E (I think). The family had an $800 bill for a 1200 sq. ft house and the thermostat at 67 degrees.

The utility company claimed the increase was because the billing periods are now longer and that they themselves are paying more for the fuel...which they pass on to the customer. The family is still disputing the huge utility bill.