peach

Oh yeah, getting your lights turned on is one of your biggest expenses, getting power to equipment is also a big deal.

suncitypembroke

Once you give them $$$ you will not get it back as fast as you gave it .....

uts-sj

The power company we use will waive the deposit if you sign up for auto-drafts on your monthly bill.

uv2021

I think it was the demand charges.They occur based on a billing cycles highest demand.Say the total kw demand was 100 kw and it was 10 $ a kw.They will bill that peak demand charge for each billing cycle.Weather it be 8 days or 30 days.This is how they charge for delivery of electricity on accounts with more than ,say 50kw(in my case).

So that is 1,000 for delivery,per billing cycle.

Look at your bill.The demand charges are listed separately.

ljtan

A small possibly is once you changed the meter it was changed to a smart meter
which could have much higher billing rates. But If this is your first commercial
account with the power company it's just the way it's done. I wouldn't lose any sleep
over it.

Steve Underhill

This is unusual but it points out that when purchasing an existing salon the terms of purchase include that all security deposits transfer to the new owner and are not applied to final payment. Another reason to get assistance when evaluating purchasing an existing salon. With proper assistance you will save money on the purchase price and also not experience surprises like this.

There are so many things that are not typically addressed when buying a salon. Did you include in the purchase that the roof and HVAC be inspected by a company of your choice at the sellers or landlords expense? Did you make stipulation as to responsibility for roof and old HVAC equipment? If not they may be an issue later.

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eurobronze

Well I disputed it and after escalating the complaint past the Utilities Manager (who had the gall to tell me she was the final authority on the matter), she acknowledged the outrageous billing. Part of her email:

"...However I do understand your frustration about the high bill for 8 days of service. I believe that your demand would have been close to the same for a 30 day period as it was for the 8 days billed. I will take your case up with my Director to see if we can adjust the demand charge for the bill in question to reflect 10 kW rather than the 116.98 Kw."

So she brought the matter to the Director of Public Works and the next day I received this email:

"Ms. Holy,

I discussed the circumstances of your account with the Director of Public Works/Utilities and we have come to the understanding that though the demand was used the small number of days of the first bill did warrant an adjust to the account of $1,778.61 leaving a balance of $370.84 to be paid for the billing period ending 06/20/2014. The due date on this bill was 08/07/2014, I will hold it from receiving a penalty and extend the due date to Monday, August 11th.

Feel free to contact me should you have any further questions.

Thank you"

Ha! After telling me over and over that it was a justified billing and that the billing stood they agreed it was so "justified" that they would adjust it down by almost $1,800. Just goes to show that you should never take no for an answer!

Also--Steve, the previous owner's account was so old that I was told there was never a deposit required for it when the account was originally opened so there was nothing to transfer to me.

Lesson learned. Thanks for the advice, all!

Robert K

Well done!

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suncitypembroke

If some how the meter get crack ,the power company will come out and replace. Also you can put a Kilowatt meter install on the breaker to measure the kilowatts used.