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0 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A Queens woman who rationed her air conditioning and scrubbed dishes by hand for years to tame a stubbornly high electric bill has finally learned why the number never dropped.
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number → ration → bill
Con Edison had been charging her for the unit upstairs.
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Edison → charge → unit
Her account had been swapped with that of the apartment one floor up, a mix-up first reported by Fox 5 NY.
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account → swap → Fox
“For 10 years, I was afraid to use my air conditioning,” Nicole Niceforo told the station.
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Niceforo → use → station
The utility has since owned up to the blunder in writing and cut her refund checks topping $6,000.
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utility → own → 6,000
The money covers only the most recent six years, leaving close to four years of overpayments, plus interest, still on the table.
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money → cover → table
Niceforo smelled trouble early.
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Niceforo → smell → trouble
Back in September 2016, she emailed Con Ed asking for a technician to check her meter, and the utility punted her to the building’s managers instead.
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utility → email → managers
She came away feeling she had nowhere to turn, and the bills kept rolling in month after month.
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bills → come → month
It took more than nine years and another push for a test before the swap was finally exposed.
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swap → take → test
Niceforo described an endless loop of phone calls and mounting exasperation, and said she felt both furious and vindicated once the truth came out.
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truth → describe → calls
Don’t count on Albany to make her whole.
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her → count → Albany
The state Department of Public Service passed on ordering Con Ed to pay more, siding with the utility’s position that billing fixes stop at six years, and said it has no record of a formal complaint from her in 2016.
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it → pass → 2016
State lawmakers have described a six-year refund period as a long-standing utility industry norm that the Public Service Commission follows.
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Commission → describe → that
In other words, the clock was ticking on Niceforo’s money long before anyone figured out what went wrong.
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what → tick → money
In a statement, Con Ed said it works with customers who believe their bills don’t reflect their actual usage, and it stood firm on the six-year cap.
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it → say → cap
Crossed meters are a known headache in multi-unit buildings, and Niceforo is hardly the first customer to get burned.
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Niceforo → know → buildings
In a separate case, a homeowner overpaid roughly $11,000 across seven years after their meter was mixed up with a neighbor’s, even after shelling out for upgrades meant to cut their power use.
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meter → overpay → use
Con Ed itself has a rap sheet of head-scratching bills in the borough.
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Ed → have → borough
The utility once apologized to a Queens man who was billed $38 million, an amount later knocked down to the $74 he actually owed.
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he → apologize → 74
Another New Yorker said she kept receiving bills addressed simply to the utility pole outside her home, starting with one for $5,000.
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she → say → 5,000
The stakes are only getting higher as power costs climb.
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costs → get → ?
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and union members have rallied against Con Ed’s proposed rate increases, part of a broader pushback from local officials over affordability.
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Richards → rally → affordability
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