Complaint Review: Texas Power

I live in a condo with 894 square feet, no hot water heating costs, and minimal usage of any other electrical equipment. Average use of a dryer and a TV... that's it. The point is, I haven't changed anything and my bill from Texas Power went from $196.44 in May, 2008 to $546.00 in June, 2008. My KWH useage went from 1349 in May to 2870 in June. The rate jumped to 0.185. I checked my KWH usage from last year...same company... same residence, and my June usage was 1609. As a school teacher, I have a tight budget already, but I had no warning of this horrible increase. Plus, the increase in KWH hours doesn't compute. They said they will check my meter, but it will cost me $24.00 if they don't find a problem.

Now, I'm a logical person, so I called some other people. My sister has a 4,000 square foot house with 3 A/C units. The ceilings are 20 feet high and her last bill was in the $300's. Now, does that compute? Something is wrong.

I have one small condo (894 square feet) and one unit. Bill= $546.00 ($575.00 if it is a day late)
She has one huge house (4,000 square feet) and 3 units., Bill= Between $300 and $400.

I'm being gouged and something is definintely wrong. All I got was phrases like "well, you may not realize how much electricity you used this last month." I could have cooled the White House for that amount. I checked the meter and the last 4 days show 350 KWH used. Do the math.

350 divided by 4 = 87 KWH approx a day. 87 KWH x 30 days = 2510 x .185= $464.35 without taxes.... see a pattern.

Something is not right. May 2008 (196.44).....June 2008 (547.87)

Peggy
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.