PG&E - Can we ignore it?

[Kenji4861]

I am about to move in with an old buddy from high school.

I told him I'll transfer my PG&E account to the new address and he told me that he knows someone that just didn't tell PG&E about his new address and as of today (6 months after he moved in) not a bill or anything from them.

Doesn't PG&E monitor usage? In other words.. can someone really get away with this?

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Kenji4861
I am about to move in with an old buddy from high school.

I told him I'll transfer my PG&E account to the new address and he told me that he knows someone that just didn't tell PG&E about his new address and as of today (6 months after he moved in) not a bill or anything from them.

Doesn't PG&E monitor usage? In other words.. can someone really get away with this?

I don't know but I saw a movie about them once.

 

[Eli]

They'll find out eventually.

And I bet if they do, they'll charge you for all the electricity you've used since the last meter reading on record.

 

[Jack Ryan]

It is possible to "get away" with it, but if they found out, you would be charged for the usage (reading on meter - last known reading on meter).

I work for a power company, and my brother had a similar situation. He ended up owing around $900, which they had him pay in installments.

 

[CPA]

let me guess, this is in California. Makes you wonder why PG&E is screaming about losing so much money. They can't even bill properly.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: CPA
let me guess, this is in California. Makes you wonder why PG&E is screaming about losing so much money. They can't even bill properly.

They do. They have Meter Readers that come by monthly.