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March 13, 2011

BGE underbills me by $38

I thought my latest BGE bill looked too low -- $128.84 including gas and electric for a cold, windy, miserable month. Turns out BGE didn't charge me for the 430 kwh of electricity I burned in February. I paid $20 for BGE to deliver the juice and for all the electricity nuisance charges. But for the power itself, says the fine print on the bill, "Current electric supplier charges not available for this billing period."

I don't mind! But I bet Castlebridge Energy, my supplier, wants the money. $38.49 at my price of 8.95 cents per kwh.

Posted by Jay Hancock at 1:36 PM | | Comments (2)
Categories: BGE/electricity
        

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I signed a 2-year contract with WGES at the same time you signed your 3-yr. I just got my renewal notice from WGES & they are offering 8.9 cents/kwh. for one year. I've got you beat as of May 1.

What you experienced with your latest BGE bill happened with the January bill for those BGE customers who use Dominion as their electric supplier. I called BGE and their customer service rep claimed BGE had not gotten the necessary information from Dominion. I called Dominion and their customer service rep said they had sent the information to BGE before the bill date. My cynical side suspects that there might be a pattern here and that BGE is perfectly happy when competitors receive their money late. Perhaps you should check into it.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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