Our landlord sucks and he's a fucking moron. We didn't pay a deposit when we moved in then he came back two months later demanding $1450 because he happened to need cash for a downpayment on another house (we never paid him). All the bills were in his name, and our gas got shut off twice because he never bothered giving us the damn bills. Several other bills have been late because his dumb ass forgot to give them to us

About a month ago, I got home around 430 on a Friday and the electricity was shut off. I went up to Perdenales and asked to pay whatever it takes to get it turned back on. They said I couldn't do that because the bill wasn't in my name. They did say however (and so did my landlord) that they couldn't find the bill from December 1 to January 1. The landlord claimed he never got the bill and went to talk to them about it, and they couldn't find it either. They didn't have any activity for that month. I assume because the crackhead meter reader either forgot to read it or read it wrong. Either way, not mine or my landlord's fault. I had to get it put in my name to get it turned back on. I didn't want it in my name in the first place cause it'd be me paying the $125 turn on fee, plus I don't trust my roommates to pay on time. They quoted me 625 fucking dollars to get in my name and turned back on that afternoon. I had no choice but to pay. I specifically asked them what the hell the $625 was for and asked for an itemized receipt. The bitch wasn't exactly forthcoming with what the fee was for and wouldn't tell me. I was in a hurry and didn't push the issue with her. And when my landlord called and asked (he apparently had a landlord acct

Saturday I got my first bill. Nevermind the fucking bill was $469 (I assume they guessed and charged what they thought December's bill would be since they didn't have a record of it). But they finally gave me an itemized receipt of what the $625 was for. $50 application fee, whatever. $75 install fee, whatever. $500 meter tampering fee, WHAT THE FUCK? First off, I didn't tamper with the fucking meter, nor did my roommates. My landlord didn't tamper with it. In fact, I walked around the entire house find the meter to see if the lock was fucked with and I still can't find the meter.

I don't know a whole lot about electric companies and I don't trust them. First off, this "alleged" meter tampering took place when the bill was under my landlord's name. Shouldn't he be billed for this shit and not me? Second off, how do I go about getting this taken care of? It's basically going to come down to my word against theirs.' I'm going to demand they provide proof that I or someone else tampered with it. If it means me demanding that they come to my house, fine. But I for one will not give them another fucking penny until I'm refunded the $500 they stole from me. If it means they shut off my electricity next month, fine. I'm moving anyway. If they try to screw with my credit, fine, fuck them. But they won't see any more money from me.