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St. Mark’s Square in Venice is known as an expensive place. But when this bill arrived, jeweler Gianmaria Tiozzo couldn’t believe his eyes: he had to pay more than 260,000 euros (248,700 francs) for electricity! His energy supplier billed him for the consumption of one million kilowatt hours in just two months. Particularly absurd: his store is only fifteen square meters in size.
The previous electricity bills were high compared to previous years, but amounted to 1,300 euros (1,243 francs), Tiozzo tells the “Correriere del Veneto”. With the switch to the free electricity market in Italy, he changed energy supplier. Then the shock.
“Do not pay under any circumstances”
Tiozzo is not thinking about paying this astronomically high bill: “An amount that I have to pay no later than March 12 and that I absolutely do not want to pay.” It’s a huge and surreal amount of energy. “The lighting is sober and I don’t use any special tools, except for a small boiler that is only on in winter,” says Tiozzo.
He has already contacted the electricity supplier and asked for the bill to be reversed. The crazy figures were justified by “estimated consumption”. Water and electricity bill errors are not uncommon in Italy. An 88-year-old even ended up in the hospital in December because an excessive bill made her so upset. Instead of 65 euros (62 francs), her water supplier demanded more than 15,000 euros (14,300 francs). Her bank had already transferred half the amount because the elderly person had issued a direct debit authorization. The water company apologized to the family and refunded the amount. (sam)
Source: Blick
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