ryeish wrote:

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On a funnier note our workplace decided to have our utilities audited.
Gas, electricity and water were tested. Our water meter was way off
and we ended up getting billed for $30,000.00 for 2 years of
underbilling. Now we have a new meter in and the water bills are way
up and the person who suggested that we get audited is in hot water.


With $30,000 at stake, how did the utility prove that the old meter had
been reading low for two years? A Johnny Cochran type would likeky have
argued that the old meter might have gone bad two days before they
checked it, and the "increased usage" after a new meter was installed
was just due to changes in the nature of what the business was doing
that required water.

Did they find something wrong with the meter which was unquestionably
there "since birth" like an incorrect gear set installed at the factory?

Just wondering,

Jeff


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Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"If you can smile when things are going wrong, you've thought of someone
to blame it on."