Electric meter mix-up forces York restaurant to close

YORK, Pa. — What began as a celebration turned into a shutdown for a downtown York restaurant after a surprising energy bill revealed a two-year-old mistake. Mesa Moreira, a popular Portuguese restaurant, has permanently closed its doors following a billing error that left the owners with tens of thousands of dollars in unexpected debt.

“They came and shut off the power last Thursday,” said Christie Moreira, who co-owns the restaurant with her husband, Steven Moreira.

What she didn’t realize at the time was that the electric bills they’d been diligently paying every month weren’t even theirs…

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