I have never, not once in 15 years, had one applicant for the jobs we posted on career link.

Only took them a couple of weeks. Pretty fast for PUC. /s

Ugh, I used LESS gas this year than the same time last year, but had to pay $100 MORE. I nearly choked when I saw my $400 bill

It is PPL's job to bill correctly. Every. Time.

I wish I could have autopay off, but as someone with disabilities it's the main way that I ensure that all my bills are paid on time because my memory is severely impacted and I'd end up with a ton of late fees if I didn't 😞

It's effectively what PPL did to me and a whole bunch of other people (from what I can tell) because it's only an 'estimate' and it will supposedly be corrected and we'll be credited for the future bills. They somehow glitched their estimates up badly. On top of that Natural gas rates have skyrocketed. So I'm getting hit with my biggest ever electric bill on a winter month (and with no AC usage) and then my highest ever (by far) natural gas bill in a mild winter month. Poof, there goes my whole paycheck. Pretty shocking

imho, utilities should not be able to grab an interest free loan from customers, which is how overcharges are typically handled. Given the recent inflation and price increases on nearly everything, there is a growing population that simply cannot afford to be forced to pay in advance. Not disconnecting or surcharging customers helps ease the burden, but seriously? Too many industry folks within PUC, imho.

I'm gonna just start estimating my payments.

You literally described my scenario (but I don't live in the woods). Despite all that scrambling to scrimp, we still got hit with 1450 kwh - about $300 for a 2 bedroom apartment (we've only been using the one bedroom).

NJ here. My utility bill shot WAY up, and my "this is what you used compared to last year" statement showed that my household used LESS than this time last year. I was averaging about $125 to $175 a month with a 1,700-sq-ft house, and 3 adults using water, gas, and electricity. MOST of my lighting elements are LED, and we have gas heat and hot water. Our gas and electric bill this month?? $325.00 This all seems like greedflation to me. PS...we keep our heat down to 64 to 65 during the day, and we allow ourselves the luxury of 67 degrees at night, only if its very cold out. Spoiler: It hasn't been that cold at night at all. We also all use heated blankets. This and the cost of groceries, and gas for our cars is killing the finances and dreams of most working families.

UGI pretty much has a lock on natural gas in this area. No competition to temper the prices.

This is me and Verizon five minutes ago after finally convinced the idiot I shouldn't have to pay for equipment I've returned.

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It’s annoying, but it’s more the point about not giving customers back money if they overcharge you. I’m the one who paid and caught the mistake, but I don’t know how it’s legal for them to say “We’ll just hold on to that and apply it to your future bills.”

PPL once took $20.000 instead of $200 ( and no we didn't have it, hence the shocker when trying to use our debit card ).

PPL is wayyyy outta hand. Disclaimer being we live in the woods and lose power every time there's a storm and high wind- crews %100 amazing getting out here ). Our last 3 bills TWICE what we usually pay.

First time we scrambled- almost no use of the dryer, very careful with the stove, we have a coal stove for heat, a few rooms we have electric heat and simply did not turn it on, ever, all our lights are LED but we were still careful about turning off lights. Tons of things, we spent a month being really careful.

Next bill? $45 bucks more. PPL is officially outta control.

UGI

who is your natural gas provider?

Agreed, I don’t auto pay either. But in this case I tried calling and was on hold for an hour before I gave up. So I guess y option is waste time calling or just don’t pay until they figure their shit out

wtf is this title? There's nothing in the article about them taking 3 month advance automatic payment here.

This is just the same issue that was posted last week but with a highly editorialized title...

What do you mean? This is clearly a cash grab to float debt or something. Call your state reps and demand an investigation

Utilities don’t shut off because of a one month late payment. They’ll assess a minor late fee (or in this case, won’t, because they said that’s suspended for now) and life goes on.

Conrad Weiser Homestead is not far from city limits, just a bit west on 422.

I hope some c-suite execs at 9th and Hamilton are shitting a brick over this screw-up.

But at that level they probably think that it's just a joke

actually, you should have gotten a refund, it may have taken a while.

If you moved over to a new place and new electrical, maybe you can go to the PA treasury place and find that they still owe you a check?

I thought something was up when my electrical bill went to $30 to $70… to $340.