On September 11, 2009 I spoke with Spark Energy with regards to having Con Edison come out to test my meter.I have lived at my present resident for fifteen years and never got a summary from my landlord or Con Edision for testing my apartment meter. The New York Public Service Commission for energy states that Con Edison must test each of its provider's apartment building meter once every five years. I never received a summary of this action. When I asked Con Edison Representative when was the last time Con Edison tested my apartment meter, he did not know. I asked him to check the computer and he said that there is nothing in the computer that indicated that my building meter was ever checked since 1959.

My first problem occurred on or around June of 2008 with a very large Con Edison increase on my bill. I was so upset with my Con Edison bill which jumped from $76 a month to $176. I thought this to be a mistake. I thought that this was an estimated reading and not an actual reading. Con Edison came out and checked my meter and told me that they had investigated and it was an actual reading. I had to paid $645.97 for June, July and August of 2008. This year (2009) my kilowatt per hours have gone from 222 kilowatts in June to 715 kilowatts in July and 820 kilowatts in August. The weather in New York City hasn't beenvery hot this summer.

I live in a studio apartment with seven (7) sockets. I have one energy safer AC and a floor fan throughout my entire apartment. There are two lamps with three ceiling lights, one refrigerator, one toaster and microwave oven that I rarely use. Con Edison wants my building Manager to do a self test. I must disconnect everything in my apartment to have my building manager run this test. my question to this is if the building manager is bootlegging electricity to defray expense for the landlord why would they tell me the truth on the reliability of the test results? If I disconnect everything in my apartment and the meter does still read why would building management tell me the truth, if the building managers are the bootlegger? I would like Con Edison to do an impromptu New York State required test on my meter to let me know what is truly happening. Thank you!

Nadirah Ahmed
2186 Fifth Avenue Apt. 2L
New York, New York 10037