He was looking for ways to reduce his bills: a man realizes that he had been paying his neighbor's electricity for 18 years

An American who thought his bills were too high tried to lower their cost… in vain. MAXPPP – Richard Villalon

An American who thought his electricity bills were too high finally realized that he was also paying his neighbor's. 

A few months ago, an American wanted to reduce the cost of his bills that he thought were too high. 

He first tried to reduce his consumption, in particular by buying a device that controls the amount of watts consumed by his devices.

He then completely turned off the circuit breaker and surprise! His meter continued to run despite everything. 

The Californian then alerted his electricity company, whose agent came to verify that this was indeed the case. 

Since then, he has been credited with $600

Cnews reports that in a press release to ABC, "the company indicated that the Californian had been paying the electricity bill for the apartment next to his for at least fifteen years, three years after he moved in”. She also acknowledged her mistake and said she was “determined to rectify the situation with the customer”. 

According to the company, this had been going on since 2006, when the neighbor moved in, but for the aggrieved customer it had been going on for even longer, 18 years. 

His meter has since been repaired and the customer has been credited $600. 

The company has asked all its customers to verify that the meter number on their bill matches the same number as the one from their home.