Monday, January 12, 2015

Is your Electric Meter correct?

Recent History
Several months ago one unit owner discovered that they were paying someone else's bill.
It appears that the meters were mislabeled. You might say the wires were crossed. This had been on-going since inception.  It was only discovered when Delmarva Power shut-off the electricity to one unit and the other unit went dark.  It took several hours for an electrician to figure out the cross over.

Questions:  
Are any other meters linked to the wrong units?
Are you paying for your electricity?

You can check yourself.
The last page on your paper bill should have a daily usage chart. Check the bars on the days that you were in your unit verses days that you were away.  If it coincides then you are probably OK.

If you are a techy type you can go to the Delmarva website.
  •  If you haven't been there, you will have to register to create a login.  It will take a little time but, you can access account information also.
  • Go to the Delmarva web site and look at your daily usage. It should follow your occupancy pattern.  If you are a weekender, it should be easy to see higher consumption on Saturdays and Sundays.  Full time residents can look for vacation or travel days.
  • https://webapps3.delmarva.com/login/delmarva/
  • Select "Energy Use and Bill Data"; Select "My Usage"; then select "Daily Energy Use"
You will see a chart that looks like this:

Note 12/13 and 12/14.  We were traveling those days and our bill reflects that.  It appears that the meter readings match our occupancy (Only the refrigerator was running.)

If you like, you can scroll back to the summer months to look at your air-conditioning loading.

Remember that this is not heating.  Our heat is Natural Gas.

Send your comments to mc900@comcast.net

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