CARMEL — A Carmel enterprise proprietor acquired pretty the shock when she acquired a six-decide Duke Power invoice for the month of June.
The invoice, which was for service between March 7 and June 3, said thOn The agency owed $117,683.
Over the previous week, WRTV Investigates has heard from Greater than 100 Duke Power buyers saying their funds had huge will enhance this month.
Kathy Laigaard, co-proprietor at Carmel Counter tops, reached out to WRTV Investigates Kara Kenney for assist after receiving the $117,683 invoice.
“I used to be pretty floored,” said Laigaard. “It was not A great factor.”
Laigaard has spent 5 hours on the telephone with completely different Duke Power recurrentatives.
“I referred to as them as quickly as I acquired the invoice And that i said That might not right,” said Laigaard.
Carmel Counter tops is about 3,000 sq. ft, and their typical summer time energy invoice is about $200 to $300, said Laigaard.
Laigaard said she’s acquired no rationalization but as to how this occurred.
She said Duke Power shut off her energy for 5 days final Thursday.
“We couldn’t run our enterprise,” said Laigaard. “We had no lights. And by no means using a/c it was scorching.”
WRTV Investigates contacted Duke Power, and a spokesperson asconstructived us it was a mistake.
Carmel Counter tops does Unlikely owe $117,683.
Duke Power has righted their account.
“We want to see is it one factor that occurred with the meter, or one factor that occurred on the again finish with invoiceing procedures,” said McKenzie Barbknecht, a spokesperson for Duke Power.
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