Living Off the Grid in the City Radio Show. Electric companies have overcharged, stolen, from customers in many occasions. Mostly they “claim” these are “mistakes” “errors” or “booboos”. Never do they claim many of these are actions taken in hopes that no one will notice, and always with the ability to claim “ignorance”. So, if you have been doing your part in trying to save energy and money; yet you’re not seeing your good results, your electric bill remains high. There are a few things you can do. First, ensure that you really are saving energy. For this, you need to take steps to save energy, real steps. Kill your air conditioning and water heating as much as you can. Those should affect over half of your energy use. Second, you need to keep track of your electric meter readings. These readings should occur daily, or as often as you can at the ...