Power shut off over one cent.

Flint, Michigan, power company wins pissing contest, goes on a power trip against woman who wasn't playing.

It was just a penny, but to Consumers Energy it was enough to cut off power in a local home. Jacqueline Williams, 41, of Flint had an electricity bill of
$1,662.08 and paid all of it, except for one cent. That wasn't enough for the
power company, which blacked her out for seven hours Wednesday.

This has nothing to do with the point of the story, but HITH* does someone have a $1662.08 power bill? Is it for several months? If so, how did she manage to not get her power shut off after not paying, like, a hundred bucks?

By comparison, the meter reader read my electric meter today. I checked it afterward. This month, through concerted energy conservation, my two-person household used 210 kwh, which should be about a $14.70 bill.




* HITH - acronym for "How in the Hell?"