CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – As winter weather persists in the Tar Heel state, neighbors in Charlotte are complaining about what they say are sudden increases in their monthly Piedmont Natural Gas bills.
“My jaw dropped and I was just kind of in shock,” said Kelly McWeenie, whose recent bill went from $300 to $600 even as her family tried to conserve energy. “We really hadn’t been using any more heat than normal. We had held off on turning the heat on when we could.”
Tony Franco is another customer who has noticed an increase lately…