- Date
- 2009-09-15
- Kind
- Service issue
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/great-lakes-energy
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- utilitieseconomytechnology
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In September 2009, a Beaver Island customer reported that Great Lakes Energy budget-plan calculations may have counted a separate electric-heat meter twice. The report cited unusually large plan increases and a utility contact who allegedly acknowledged a possible software problem.
Evidence limits
This is a single customer report preserved in a forum post. It does not establish the scope of the problem, the utility’s final diagnosis, or whether any bills were corrected.
Sources
- A customer compared bills and reported budget-plan increases of more than 25 percent and 45 percent for two households, then said a Great Lakes Energy marketing representative acknowledged a possible software problem. The post does not preserve a utility correction, affected-account count, billing records, or final resolution.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001911
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Customer reports possible Great Lakes Energy heat-meter double count in budget plans, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-energy-budget-plan-meter-error-report-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Great Lakes Energy Budget Plan With A Electric Heat Meter,” September 15, 2009..
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