Miss Mao said that not long ago, the landlord came to collect the electricity bill, and she realized that she had used 987 kWh of electricity in just over two months. The neighboring tenant also reported a similar situation.

Our landlord is the same person who converted one apartment into four single apartments, each with an electric meter installed. They charged 80 cents per kilowatt hour, which is higher than the normal standard. Miss Mao suspected that the electric meter had been tampered with and only turned on one light for testing. She found that the meter still ran very fast. The reporter contacted the landlord Ms. Chen by phone, and she insisted that the reading calculated by the electricity meter was normal.

　　Department: Unable to conduct on-site inspection for packaged electricity meters

Regarding the issue of landlords installing electricity meters in rental properties, the customer service of the power supply company stated that the power supply department is only responsible for meter reading to households in rental properties, and is only responsible for applying for the total electricity meter based on the red line, and is not responsible for installing sub meters. They only have the right to test the electricity meters installed by our company, and the electricity meters installed by the landlord need to apply for testing from the quality supervision department. Although the Metrology Institute of the Quality Supervision Bureau provides electricity meter testing services, it cannot conduct on-site inspections.

As for the issue raised by Miss Mao about the landlord charging high electricity prices, the customer service of the power supply company stated that they are not responsible for the problem of high electricity prices and suggest reporting it to the price department. Regarding this, the 12358 customer service of the Municipal Price Bureau stated that charging additional electricity fees for rental properties is a personal act and suggests that tenants negotiate with landlords.http://www.zbwf.net