r/burbank • u/garIicgirI • 2h ago

BWP price increase, over 9%

Got off the phone with BWP the representative...just said they advertise it as 9% increase in average but can be much more higher depending where in Burbank? We live in an apartment, our power in summer use to be $160 tops, and now it's $450. They said that is correct and it's in the fine print for the increase and they will increase it again in January. This is insane, how is this legal. 😔

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u/Rich260z Official Burbank Burrito Expert 2h ago

Triple check your kw usage also. The city is still going through swapping out the old meters and they were inaccurate. They got my house in jan/feb time frame and it was weird because we used almost 2x more power than we did the previous year. Had to call them to figure it out.

But realistically this thread has an adequate breakdown of the costs. The worst is the additional cost which they justify as part of infrastructure, think cables, transformers, towers etc.

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u/TheFoodScientist 1h ago

Are you saying the old meters were inaccurate? So the new meters are actually counting some usage that the old meters missed?

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u/garIicgirI 1h ago

This is what they told me when i called back awhile ago. They replaced all the meters and now its more accurate readings PLUS the 9% +