[MisterBastahrd]

I know that, at least in the New Orleans area, Entergy effed up and undercharged people for a year, then decided it was a smart idea to reconcile their screwup by hitting people with a $600 bill last month for a home that usually uses about $300 in electricity.

[ChrisLomont]

Do you have a source other than hearsay about the doubling? I find nothing in their rates (or rates published by watchdogs) that indicates a double payment. I only see places like Fox News style "some people have claimed..." stories.

The only actual stories with solid data say the increase is due to natural gas prices, which have not nearly doubled, so it'd be surprising that the end product doubled. And stories showing how unusual high heat waves have caused people to use more energy, which naturally results in a higher bill.

Also, that's completely different than inflation caused, and I doubt the higher bills would last long if that double monthly bill is true.

Also, if people were undercharged, then they owe the money. Basically they got a better deal by paying less early.

[MisterBastahrd]

You can go to the New Orleans subreddit and find people who are complaining about their electric bills there. I never mentioned inflation because it's not really big on their list of complaints, and there's nothing about that group which would make me believe that they're lying.

[ChrisLomont]

I looked at some of those. I find plenty of cases where someone had a broken meter, was undercharged, then was charged to catch up. The electric company allows them to pay over time if needed in all cases.

I looked through New Orleans rates. They never doubled.

I find zero cases where the electric rates doubled, which is what the person here claimed.

As far as complaints, I can find people here complaining their rates doubled, when in fact they did not. Going to another place is not much different than here.

As far as I have found, no electric company doubled rates, contrary to lots of hearsay.