Claimant says: "I run a small Baber Shop in Atlantic Ctiy., my average electric bill for the past since I have been at this address was in the neighborhood of $ 300.00., there were adjoining vacant shops to mine., Up until last May 2010 when a restaurant opened at 3019 Atlantic Ave., My shop is at 3017., there was not a problem, and I paid my bills regularly.,.,When they started remodeling the next location my electric bill skyrocketed, I got an electrician to check the lines, and he said they were (the neighbor) on my meter., I had c” ...Show more »

Claimant says: "I run a small Baber Shop in Atlantic Ctiy., my average electric bill for the past since I have been at this address was in the neighborhood of $ 300.00., there were adjoining vacant shops to mine., Up until last May 2010 when a restaurant opened at 3019 Atlantic Ave., My shop is at 3017., there was not a problem, and I paid my bills regularly.,.,When they started remodeling the next location my electric bill skyrocketed, I got an electrician to check the lines, and he said they were (the neighbor) on my meter., I had called AC electric and we have gone back and forth since.. I receive no bills from August til Jan of this year and callled repeatedly concerning this., then I received a bill of over $ 4,000.00 dollars with a notice to disconect., I paid $ 1,000.00 on Friday of last week and thought we could straighten this out...They gave me a new meter number., and insist that this is my bill....I HAVE NEVER let my bill go unpaid until this past Sept., of 2010.. and its always had been in the same range...I believe that I had paid for the adjoining property in error as the electrician stated last year., Accepting the fact that no bill had been sent for 5 months I could understand a balance of 1,200. to 1,500 dollars and the $ 1,000.00 paid last week should have brought me into current or very near... I spoke to the AC electric representatives and when I questioned that the same shop had gone from $200.00 to $ 300.00 a month in electric it seemed impossible.,. She stated that I could have a RUNAWAY APPLIANCE., ..... WHAT..KIND OF APPLIANCE.. WE HAVE HAND HAIR DRYERS AND A SMALL REFRIG... PLEASE HELP., this can cost us jobs and families hardships Thank You My shop has not changed in size nor any equipment since initialing opening.*” ...Show less »