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Since April 14, some citizens in Sichuan and Chongqing have reported that they have only replaced the gas meter, but the cost is long.
There are more than 20 complaints in Chengdu and more than 7,000 complaints in Chongqing.
17,290 yuan in 20 days! Just replace the gas meter for a month, how did the arrears reach nearly 20,000 yuan?
A month's worth of gas meters
Gas is a necessity for daily life, gas can be used, but no gas is absolutely unavoidable, boiling water, cooking and bathing, living firewood, rice, oil and salt is inseparable from gas.
In order to calculate clearly, the family installed this gas meter, and according to the square of the house and the calculation of monthly consumption, each household will have a clear bill every month.
With the development of the times, gas meters have become more intelligent, payment methods are much more convenient, and even self-service machines for automatic gas payment have appeared.
In short, with the development of society, the gas meter is also evolving, but there are many new problems brought by this new meter.
"Just changed for a month, 20 days, 17,290 yuan!"
"Who is not me, I will directly deduct more than 6,000 yuan!"
"The gas in the whole district has been stopped, and the gas meter in my house is still running, and the gas bill has increased more than five times. ”
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Owners everywhere lamented that the meter that was replaced this month, why did it "eat money" so much?
Chongqing Gas's financial data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2023, Chongqing Gas's operating revenue increased by 23.59% year-on-year, and operating profit increased by 1,127% year-on-year.
That is, according to the conversion, the operating profit of Chongqing Gas increased by more than 11 times and the net profit increased by more than 8 times after the meter change.
At the same time, by April 12, 2024 alone, the number of complaints about gas has reached 7,362.
This is true in Chongqing, and the same is true in Sichuan.
Especially the owner of a community in Chengdu who showed 17,290 yuan in 20 days, how could he not figure out how he could pay the fee on time every month, and how could he leave nearly 20,000 yuan in arrears.
The staff in charge of installing the gas meter in the community said that it should be the outstanding money owed by the owner from the old gas meter.
Because the new watch is now charged first and then inflated, that is, how much gas you use will be deducted, and the cost of reaching more than 10,000 yuan in 20 days should be the money owed by the owner from the old watch.
But what is the specific, the cost of more than 10,000 yuan in these 20 days is not clear.
There is no way, call the gas company to inquire, how to say that this is more than 10,000 expenses, and to the owner's surprise, it is caused by the omission of the gas company staff!
For the owner, the reason why there are more than 10,000 gas fees is the accumulation of leakage of gas over the years.
The amount of gas owed by this owner alone was 586 cubic meters of gas and 5,035 cubic meters of gas, and the omission reached 5,025 cubic meters of gas.
Even from November 2018 to July 2023, there were a lot of missed copies, plus this February, the amount of missing copies was 5025 square meters.
The omission of gas, the accumulated arrears of gas costs, plus the use of this February, this gas also appeared in arrears of nearly 20,000 yuan for 20 days.
Missing the gas meter, or even accumulating for many years, even if it is the negligence of the staff, but the money is how much should be paid, just because the experience brought by the leaked water meter is greatly reduced.
So since the owner is missing the gas meter, is it the same for the others?
Gas meter pricing
After the gas meter was actually replaced, a large number of owners said that the price of gas had doubled
On April 14, a property owner in Nanchong, Sichuan Province said that in the past, it was paid once every two months, and it was about 190 yuan at a time, but now it is 200 yuan each time, and it is not even used for 35 days.
The same is true for a property owner in Neijiang, who believes that since the new gas meter, the natural gas has basically doubled compared to the same period last year.
Owners in Mianyang also said that their new gas meters have caused their monthly costs to be 2-3 times higher.
The Sichuan and Chongqing governments finally set up an investigation team to investigate the problems raised by the public, such as the increase in the cost of gas meters and the doubts of the owners.
In Chongqing alone, more than 7,000 complaints have been accepted, and all parts of Sichuan have been questioned because of the "fast" cost of gas meters.
The two governments have begun to conduct an inventory of the gas group, and the results are still under investigation, and the gas meter "runs fast" and "can run fast without being at home", and local citizens will also be asked to conduct a questionnaire to better and reasonably re-customize the gas meter cost.
Nearly 20,000 yuan in 20 days, more than 500 gas consumption will be generated when not at home for two months, the gas is stopped, the electricity meter is still turning, how can the owner not have doubts, this is so much more cost and experience than the same period, who will bear it?
Resources:
中听 | 川渝燃气“换表增费”，民生账岂能糊涂算？——东方今报
Netizens in many places in Chongqing reported that the gas bill rose abnormally after the replacement of the meter at home, and the local official response - surging news
Chongqing Gas's operating profit increased by 11 times in the fourth quarter, and the investigation team was stationed in the investigation for three years-Financial Magazine