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I don't understand, are you saying you want water usage and billing to be public knowledge?

• dtparr 11y ago
  In some parts of the country, utility usage is effectively public knowledge (I'm guessing granularity varies a good bit though). Before we bought our first home, our agent advised us to call the local electric company to ask for past usage to know what to expect in utilities. They were happy to provide an average bill just off the property address.
  • talmand 11y ago
    As I asked the other comment, is this a public utility or private company? Did they provide details of the customer beyond usage and address?
    • dtparr 11y ago
      My experience was with NYSEG[0], which is a private company as I understand it. I've heard similar reports from others in other parts of the country but can't answer specifics about them. They did not provide customer information like names/phones, it was simply input address, receive usage. Of course, with property tax records and such, we already knew who owned the place. [0] - http://nyseg.com/ http://nyseg.com/
• JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  Where I live (and I won't say), I can access a web page that tells me my utility usage as well as that of my neighbors. So, yeah, that's what I'm saying.
  • talmand 11y ago
    Is this a privately held company or one of those public utilities that is community based? Sorry, I don't recall the correct term. I can see in those instances it would public knowledge because if I recall correctly, every customer is a shareholder of a sort, or something like that.