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OMG ! I am sick to my stomach reading this we just moved into our new home a lil over 2 month now and my first months bill was 632.00 and I almost cried because our rental home we only payed 200 to 300 /bi monthly well this months bill came and we are hit with a 1,200.00 bill !!! me and my husband are ready to have a heart attach ... and for some reason this house has to meters !! on our other meter .. 1 month was 37.00 and this month is 50.00 so we have now paid nearly 2,000 for just 2 months !! I just called them to complain after reading this site and they tell me the meter on this house is not efficient for us and that we need to change it to the bimonthly one and it will not penalize us for using electric during the day like the one that is here now !! I can`t believe they will not reimburse us for anything ! this has got to be illigal if anyone knows anything or where I can go to ask for help please e`mail me @ mamma_nee@yahoo.com
This is ridiculous.... I am sorry to hear your issue. Can you please keep us posted on how did you resolve the issue.... will be very helpful for 1st time buyers.
Lipa used to give you postage-paid envelopes. They stopped doing that and now I have to use my own stamps.
If you have Teachers Federal Credit Union, you can use the Free bill payer to pay LIPA. They didn't offer that option for a long time, but started to before they took away the stamps. I haven't used stamps or wrote a check in so long, I'm not sure I remember how those things work! LOL!
Latest bill was almost $400, about a 30% increase above my usual, but I have a large house and some window ACs. It's still too much and I think I'm gonna unscrew the bulbs in the sensor lighting outside. I never turn my porch light anymore.
Your bank should have free online bill payments and LIPA payments transmit electronically so you can save on stamps that way.
Wow, I thought my bill was bad last month at $268. I have a 1200sq ft one story house and one window a/c. All electric. Did the CFL thing, unplug all appliances not in use, cook using a crock pot or the outside grill when I can, turning off all unneeded lights, etc. I did run the window a/c for a few days nonstop -kept at 77 during the day so the room was semi dry at least when I got home, and 72 when I first got home, then back up to 74-75 overnight. This bill was over $100 more than last month.
I've never had a bill over $170 in the past and this months was $220..and that's after having replaced an old air conditioner with a newer higher efficiency unit.
As for the OP I haven't read the whole thread, but have you physically gone down to a LIPA office? I'd make my presence felt, it's too easy for them to dismiss you on the phone.
most recent bill was $540...yikes! which includes the july heat waves and corresponding A/C usage. i need to really do something about window unit ACs.......
almost $200 more than last year at this time.
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we just moved into our new home a lil over 2 month now and my first months bill was 632.00 and I almost cried because our rental home we only payed 200 to 300 /bi monthly well this months bill came and we are hit with a 1,200.00 bill !!! me and my husband are ready to have a heart attach ... and for some reason this house has to meters !! on our other meter .. 1 month was 37.00 and this month is 50.00 so we have now paid nearly 2,000 for just 2 months !! I just called them to complain after reading this site and they tell me the meter on this house is not efficient for us and that we need to change it to the bimonthly one and it will not penalize us for using electric during the day like the one that is here now !! I can`t believe they will not reimburse us for anything ! this has got to be illigal 
