Ohio Man Floored by Gas Bill for $8,095

[TexasStooge]

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Lewis Miller joked with his son as he opened his gas bill that the amount likely would give him a heart attack. Then, he saw that The Energy Cooperative of Newark had billed him $8,095 for the first nine days of service on his new account for his apartment.

"I thought I was just going to lay down and die," Miller said. He then had an anxious weekend because he received the bill Friday and couldn't get a hold of the gas company until Monday.

When Miller reached the Energy Cooperative, the error was corrected.

Brian Byrd, a spokesman for the utility, said the company apologized to Miller for its mistake.

"These things are very rare, but they can happen," Byrd said.

The company suspects that a contractor mixed up or misread the numbers while taking a reading of Miller's meter. The information is downloaded into a computer that checks for billing errors by looking at what a customer was charged in the past. Since Miller's account was new, there was nothing to compare it to, Byrd said.
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Information from: Times Recorder

[Miss Mary]

Well, it is expensive to live in Ohio......LOL

Just kidding....what a shock! I would have about died too! We've been keeping our thermostat on 65 all winter!

The poor man...wondering if his bill was actually $80.98? Since he lives in an apt. Someone might have forgotten that decimal point, which is very, very important!!!

Mary

[CajunMama]

And i thought my $161 bill this past month was high!