{"id":35214,"date":"2018-04-18T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T21:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crpud.net\/?page_id=35214"},"modified":"2020-03-04T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T21:19:41","slug":"high-bill-concerns-for-commercial-customers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/customer-service\/high-bill-concerns\/high-bill-concerns-for-commercial-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"High Bill Concerns for Commercial Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"documentFirstHeading\"><\/h1>\n<div id=\"content-core\">\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35932 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/77292e79-ff27-40c1-9963-e3094ea68b9c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/>A sudden increase in your electric bill may indicate a repair problem with an appliance, heating system, or water heater. Although it seems strange, vacant buildings can require more energy to heat than occupied ones.<\/p>\n<h2>Meter Testing<\/h2>\n<p>Although most of the PUD&#8217;s meters are read using automated equipment, a high bill may also indicate an inaccurate meter reading. You may request a meter test for a $155 fee. If the test confirms a problem with the meter, your meter test fee will be refunded.<\/p>\n<h2>Free Commercial Energy Use Analysis<\/h2>\n<p>Understanding where your energy dollars go is the first step toward controlling energy costs. If your bill is consistently high, we will provide a free energy use analysis for your facility.<\/p>\n<p>We partner with Efficiency Services Group (ESG) to provide this service. Please call ESG at\u00a0<strong>(888) 883-9879<\/strong> or <a href=\"mailto:rebates@esgroupllc.com\">email ESG<\/a> to schedule your free energy analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sudden increase in your electric bill may indicate a repair problem with an appliance, heating system, or water heater. Although it seems strange, vacant buildings can require more energy to heat than occupied ones. Meter Testing Although most of the PUD&#8217;s meters are read using automated equipment, a high bill may also indicate an [&hellip;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35207,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35214\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crpud.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}