CON ED
Does anyone know what is involved in setting things up with Con Ed for the first time. We closed in July, and are finally ready to move in. But once we set up an account with Con Ed, are we going to be stuck with a gigantic bill to pay for all the months in…
Does anyone know what is involved in setting things up with Con Ed for the first time. We closed in July, and are finally ready to move in. But once we set up an account with Con Ed, are we going to be stuck with a gigantic bill to pay for all the months in between that the power has been on? Any recent experiences?
7:04 is crazy. Unless you’ve owned the house for 15 years, I can’t imagine that you will liable for 15 years of use.
Call ConEd and open your account since you’re inevitably going to have to do it anyway. If you own the house and the electricity is being used, you may have to pay for it (that seems to make sense, no?).
I’ve found ConEd to be reasonable. We had an extra meter in our house that was not on record… we told them about it about 6 months after we moved in. They came and took a look, read the meter and then started billing us at the next cycle. They did NOT charge us for the 15-20 years prior usage that hadn’t been paid by the previous owner. Nor did they ask about the 6 months we’d been there without reporting the presence of this meter.
Lots of bad advice here
You may be liable for unpaid past bills from as many as fifteen years ago, even for meters that have been revmoved many years ago
I had a situation like this that came to light ten years after I bought my house
You should hire an energy consultant to research this if you suspect it is a problem
Con Ed will not be helpful in this regard
Here’s a thought…Call Con Ed and ask them what is the common procedure. 1-800-75-coned.
Assuming you have a meter and this is just a matter of rolling over the account, Con Ed will want to see something showing when you took title, and will not hold you accountable for before then. The question is, if there was substantial unbilled usage predating closing, and/or no meter access for long periods of time, how do they pro rate the usage? If they were billing the old owner, and pre-closing amounts remain unpaid, they will continue to bill the owner. We found Con Ed was not unreasonable with us in this area. It is also possible the previous owner cancelled his/her account as of the closing date, which will make this cleaner.
Once you closed, you legal own the property and are responsible for an electric charges incurred during that time period. if it was empty than the bill should be minimal.
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When you closed on the property and it became yours legally,
You should have registered your account right away.
I think as soon as you register the account with con ed that is when your actual biill starts.
Why would a new account holder pay for a bill from a different accountholder?
You are not responsible for someone elses debt.
thats why you make sure the former landlord pay all the bills and put some money in escrow just in case a huge bill.