Plan to Attend Citizens' Public Hearing on Potomac Edison Issues

5/14/2013

POTOMAC EDISON ELECTRIC BILLING PROBLEMS?

Outrageously high bills?

Month after month of estimated bills?

Poor customer service and too many excuses?

We’ve had enough!

Join us for a citizens’ public hearing on May 22, 2013, at Wright Denny Intermediate School in Charles Town where we will gather information, share experiences, and provide feedback to the West Virginia Public Service Commission, your elected representatives, and representatives from the electric company. Let your voice be heard!

Where:
Wright Denny Intermediate School
209 W. Congress St.
Charles Town, WV

When:
7 p.m. Wednesday, May 22nd (doors open at 6:30)

What:
Public input calling for investigation of Potomac Edison business practices and information about additional increases to Potomac Edison bills caused by the company’s proposed generation purchase.

Sponsored by:
Jefferson County NAACP
West Virginia Chapter of Sierra Club
The Coalition for Reliable Power

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please bring a copy of your most recent Potomac Edison bill. We will be distributing a questionnaire to gather information on common problems residents are facing. If you plan to make public comment, please bring a copy of your comments to submit to the PSC.

For more information contact:

George Rutherford, Jefferson County NAACP

Warren Stewart, Jefferson County NAACP

Daniel Chiotos, WV Chapter, Sierra Club

Keryn Newman, Coalition for Reliable Power

Download a copy of this flier to post or distribute! Spread the word!

17 Comments

Pam

5/14/2013 02:39:27 am

Representatives from the electric company??? What line of bull are they going to feed us? I got my bill yesterday, it's estimated (of course), says it will be estimated again next month. And their estimate is very much lower than what my meter reads so I'm going to have to do their job and send my reading in otherwise I'm going to get socked with a big bill.

stephanie link

5/15/2013 02:32:02 pm

I have got a bill the last 4 month 4 hundred dollars I don't know how my bill could be that whe in the winter monts I used a kero heater to heat my house because I knew they sock me with a big bill I called them and they told me they set me up on a payment plan I ask to have someone come check my meter that I know I should not have a bill that high the lady told me no. she said you can read the numbers off to me so I did she said no that right how can it be right when they never read my meter? back when we were getting bills every other month we were only paying 135 now we pay double that how is that ?

stephanie

11/16/2014 11:05:40 pm

I got a bill for 277 this month and they never came to read my meter so I call them ask how I could get a high bill I still use my kero heater she told me to read my meter to her then telss me my bill should be higher really then come check your meter I just had all my stuff tested in this house outlets hot water heater and so on she said we don't do that that the older the meter is the slower its spins well I have the older meter but im still getting high bills no one here through the day so tell me how she couldn't answer me when back in the summer my bill was 135 to 155 all summer long and I ran 4 ac units so im not getting it I really hope something changes with them I cant afford these high bills I do my best to keep stuff off so I don't get a high bill and I get one happens all winter long we new another company to come so we can campair with them how can people on a fixed income afford this I cant it puts me behind in paying my other bills someone needs to help us

stephanie

11/16/2014 11:05:48 pm

stephanie

11/16/2014 11:05:55 pm

Keryn

5/14/2013 03:27:38 am

They have been invited to our "open house." I have no idea what they will have to say for themselves. I only hope it's set to muzak, like my 29 minute wait to get my questions answered.

I guess it's not true that all the problems have been solved.

Meter Fairy

5/14/2013 07:01:27 am

If all Potomac Edison's failures to read meters are caused by bad weather and unforeseen emergencies, how does Potomac Edison already know that they will be having an emergency the next time they're supposed to read Pam's meter?

The hard part of lying is that one little lie requires shoring up with additional support lies until so many lies have been told that the liar loses track of the plot. Ain't that right, Potomac Edison?

Jen

5/14/2013 12:56:01 pm

Is this for Jefferson County residents only?

Keryn

5/14/2013 01:02:51 pm

Nope... this is for all Potomac Edison (or Mon Power) customers, no matter where they live! The meeting is open to the public.

Lia

5/14/2013 03:07:14 pm

My fiancé sent this new to me via email after I went nuts over our $547.00 bill for the month! I seriously doubt 2 people who work full time an a two year old are using such an extreme usage of power!! I reside in Berkeley Co. (Inwood). Is this for Jefferson Co. residence only? Are Berkeley Co. residence welcome to attend? If I'm aloud to attend, I would love to come and give a piece of my mind!! Thanks to all!! Take care!

Keryn

5/14/2013 03:47:06 pm

We have invited legislators and commissioners from all three eastern panhandle counties (Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan) and welcome citizen participation from all areas of West Virginia, so please come and add your voice!

Jo Nettleingham

5/15/2013 08:26:39 am

lisa jacobs link

5/15/2013 09:44:56 am

we only own the potmac edison 157.00 i told them i will pay them on 2 week when we got our payroll but they said that will be k on may 7 they shut them off so please don t promise wat u can not keep

Sharon Watson

5/15/2013 10:56:59 am

Supposing all their explanations are valid, there is one question that I have not seen addressed. If they over estimate a bill for a month or two and the consumer pays that gives them a surplus of money on services not yet rendered. May be only a few dollars (or more) for each customer, but mulitiplied by tens of thousands of users, isn't this free money to manipulate that they don't have to pay interest on? Also, once they charged me a late fee on an estimated bill. I refused to pay and they did adjust the bill, but how many pay that with no questions asked. I can't make the meeting or I would ask in person but I hope these issues are addressed.

Orion Rue link

5/15/2013 03:34:59 pm

It is absolutely Highway Robbery....Criminal...Live like misers only to have a higher Bill...No, damn excuse for it....They did the same thing last yr. only I am thinking it was the March Bill. They got The Power? Right? So how long R we going to let them steal from us all? :( The less we use, the less it cost them. You think they R going for the ones of us that scrape & scrounge for a savings? So they have won in both directions....? So it seems........

Crystal

5/16/2013 06:45:40 am

I got my bill today and I was 516.00 for the month which was an "actual" reading. Last month the bill was 168.00 for an "estimate". There is only myself and my 14 yr old son living in my house..Both of us go to school and I work full time. How the Hell do we use 89664 hrs of electricity a month? I did my own math and we only use 884 hrs a month!! Hugh difference!!!! I called Potomic Edison and the representative cut me off mid-sentence to tell me that my bill had been estimated the past 3 months and now I have to pay the difference. Yea right! More like they are making up for what they lost last summer when everyone was without power.

Valerie Rinker

5/17/2013 05:59:16 am

Received $509, $660, $699 for Jan, Feb and March at a place that we are only at 2 days a week! Thermostat either set at 56 or lately turned off completely! Checked the meter while everything inside was turned off and it was spinning 100mph! ???????????????

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