Ha. I lived in Ontario back when they had a Provincial Hydro company, the bill was fine. For some reason the government sold it to a private company and that company bought the “debt” that the Ontario Hydro had. The private company added a debt retirement fee to our bills. Which was a huge portion of our bill.
To me if you are a private company and you buy a failing business you’d roll fees into the electrical rate to gather money from those using it the most, not just a fee onto anybody, even the smallest user.
Our Water bill was just as stupid, you got charged for amount used, then a sewer reprocessing fee on the same amount. So double billing. I argued if I water my grass or fill a pool then that water doesn’t reach the sewer for reprocessing.
Those two bills were the final straws in me deciding to move to BC. I was already considering the move and weighing options, but saving about $200 a month on utilities was a tipping factor.
It might be worth calling your water department about of it’s still an issue. I didn’t know it was a thing until a neighbor told me. Not that I water my lawn (it’s mostly drought resistant local flora)
Ha. I lived in Ontario back when they had a Provincial Hydro company, the bill was fine. For some reason the government sold it to a private company and that company bought the “debt” that the Ontario Hydro had. The private company added a debt retirement fee to our bills. Which was a huge portion of our bill.
To me if you are a private company and you buy a failing business you’d roll fees into the electrical rate to gather money from those using it the most, not just a fee onto anybody, even the smallest user.
Our Water bill was just as stupid, you got charged for amount used, then a sewer reprocessing fee on the same amount. So double billing. I argued if I water my grass or fill a pool then that water doesn’t reach the sewer for reprocessing.
Those two bills were the final straws in me deciding to move to BC. I was already considering the move and weighing options, but saving about $200 a month on utilities was a tipping factor.
Here you can get a second meter installed for irrigation so you don’t have to pay for the sewage portion.
Nice
It might be worth calling your water department about of it’s still an issue. I didn’t know it was a thing until a neighbor told me. Not that I water my lawn (it’s mostly drought resistant local flora)
Hell I only water my 6 or so raised beds all summer long and I had the water dept come out and effluent meter on my outlet because that’s bs
Didn’t you know the local data centers need that water? Don’t be selfish. (/s)