Monthly bills are something everyone faces.
But when you live in one place long enough, you come to expect about how much you are paying a month.
So, when Heather Enos opened her December bill to a $115.26 bill, she was shocked.
“I was like comparing it to last year and I thought, ‘Wait a second, do I have a leak?'” said Enos, a resident in the Foothills.
And her next two billing cycles all followed the same trend.
In December of 2022 Enos paid $29.43, compared to $115.26 this year. In January of 2023 she paid $34.26, compared to $208.00 this year. And in February of 2023 she paid $27.03, compared to $130.55 this year.
When she reached out to Southwest Gas they sent a technician to check for a leak.
“They found a small little leak in one of my fittings on my furnace in my garage, but not anything substantial and I couldn’t smell gas. So I got that resolved,” Enos explained.
“So then the next month, I get it and now my average daily use went from .4 to 2.97. Now we’re talking over six times the usage, and this is after they’ve come out and check for a leak.”