This N.B. landlord says shes seeing unexplained spikes in property power bills – New Brunswick [Video]

A Moncton woman is joining the growing chorus demanding answers about rising NB Power bills.

Susan Martin says there’s no reasonable explanation for her bills showing massive spikes in energy consumption.

She has been paying the utilities on her investment properties for 15 years and has never seen her bills like the ones she’s receiving now.

One bill showed consumption doubling on a house with a single occupant who doesn’t even spend a lot of time there.

The bill was more than $800 for one month of power on what is an 800-square-foot home.

“I reached out to NB Power because I indicated to them there must be something drastically wrong,” she said.

“Then I realized it was in November that we had received our smart metre, and ever since that November period of time, we’ve seen a significant increase in the kilowatt usage.”

Martin posted about the situation on …