I just got an ESB bill for €3'500. It turns out that they haven't read my meter for two and a half years. My bills were no smaller than my last house and were often bigger but this means that they were out by nearly 50%. It's not the money, I can afford it, I just find it astounding that they can't measure the amount of power you use without some guy coming out to your house and writing it down in a copy book. What does it cost to have all these people driving around the country? Why can't your meter have a dial-in function where an ESB computer can collect the data once a month using a phone line (or charge a little more for a cell phone dial in where no land line exists?
If, over a period of two and a half years, they couldn't get at the meter why didn't they write to me and let me know? Given that so many households in Ireland are not occupied during the day why can't they call out in the evening (even once a year)?
If, over a period of two and a half years, they couldn't get at the meter why didn't they write to me and let me know? Given that so many households in Ireland are not occupied during the day why can't they call out in the evening (even once a year)?