NWI INGO General Post - Part 8

[t_star]

Didn't get burned? Then why all that whining about no one going down your shirt to help retrieve it?

I was a damsel in distress! Everyone was laughing at me!! (Ok, I was laughing too, but still!)
Really, though, that was my first down the shirt brass, and all I ever heard was how horrible it was. I'm glad I didn't get burned, but I don't want to try it again.

 

[Andy219]

Quick question, if my nipsco bill states my next meter reading date is February 28-March 4th or so, why would a "meter services" truck be out front and a guy knocking on my door, just long enough to wake me up. And by the time I get to the door, I am in time to watch him pull away.

granted I know my gates can't be opened right now to get to the meters, as the snow has them closed shut. Ugh, I was actually sleeping so well today, first time in 2 days. Now I have to try and go back to bed.

 

[Snapdragon]

They're changing out the gas meters. You'll get a call if they could not get to yours.

 

[danmdevries]

They're changing out the gas meters. You'll get a call if they could not get to yours.

This.

Though I still have my old gas meter.

They only switched out the electric meter.

 

[Andy219]

I wish I would've known, I'd have shoveld the snow at the gates, I thought I had another week or two before nipsco was going to come by.

 

[MTN]

Quick question, if my nipsco bill states my next meter reading date is February 28-March 4th or so, why would a "meter services" truck be out front and a guy knocking on my door, just long enough to wake me up. And by the time I get to the door, I am in time to watch him pull away.

granted I know my gates can't be opened right now to get to the meters, as the snow has them closed shut. Ugh, I was actually sleeping so well today, first time in 2 days. Now I have to try and go back to bed.

They are changing meters so they can read them automatically. They will replace your whole electric meter. And the gas meter they just replace the dials on the meter.

 

[MTN]

They will replace gas meter if it's a old model.

 

[danmdevries]

They will replace gas meter if it's a old model.

Was hoping they'd swap mine out, but they didn't even look at it.

I doubt mine's been changed out since the house was built in '47

 

[Andy219]

I wish they would've told me or notified me. I would've shoveled the gates to the fences. Now I'm awake and can't fall asleep, I was sleeping good too. First time in 2 days I was actually going to get more then 4 hours of sleep.

 

[MTN]

If it was a small pickup truck that said meter services. They are a contractor for Nipsco, that is changing meters out for them.

 

[Andy219]

That's what it was. I just happened to drag out of bed and get to the door as he pulled away.

 

[MTN]

They are probably working in that area. I'm sure they will be back someday.

 

[bradmedic04]

Fyi, the smart meters they install add an additional method of tiered billing. In traditional tiered billing, you're charged higher amounts per unit as you pass specific usage thresholds. 'Smart' meters allow them to not only charge traditional tiered usage amounts, but also additional upcharges within each tier based on usage during peak times. The result is an inevitably higher Bill, despite what your utility might tell you, because the lowest amount they'll still charge you is equivalent to what the old 'tier' per-unit charge would have been anyway. It can only go up.

Don't be too excited when they replace your old meter. Just one more method of separating you from your hard-earned money.

 

[bradmedic04]

Full disclosure: complex billing setups like this are the primary reason my job exists.

 

[Andy219]

I don't care if they ever change mine out. I just mean, I don't like to be woken up, because I have a hard time falling back to sleep. If I'd have known they weep here coming, I'd have cleared the gates, then they wouldn't need to knock and wake me up.

 

[bradmedic04]

You should be setting traps.

 

[Andy219]

My door mat on the front porch that says "GO AWAY" in big bold letters isn't readable right now with the snow. But normally the big yellow flag on my from porch with the rattle snake, keeps most people at bay.

man I was sleeping so good...

 

[Wild Deuce]

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[actaeon277]

Comprehensive Indiana Gun Law course Feb. 22nd