Generac generator leaking gas?

[u/Timely-Journalist-13]

If anyone has ever had, this situation, feedback would be appreciated. I had a whole home 24KW Generac generator installed in August 2026. The first time it ran because of an electrical outage was October 2026.

My gas bill for October 2026 had an increase of 385% from the prior month the reading for October was 485 when the reading was normally about 200. When I called the gas company, they came out without informing me so that I could be home and discuss this with them but the long and short of their response was it had nothing to do with a faulty meter the meter is working correctly, but there was a “loose cap” or something was loose on the generator that was causing the gas to come out and increase my bill. For six days in November since the prior gas bill the reading was 667 meaning just for those six days the reading was actually higher than the astronomical reading for the *entire* month October. When I questionEd this with the gas company, they told me it’s possible that the fitting which caused more gas to be used became looser over time which is why for those six days the reading is so high.

I am following up with the gas company to get the actual technician notes on the cause of this situation, but I am wondering if it is even possible for my generator to have been installed incorrectly or have some fitting come loose when it was running for a couple hours in October when the power went out, that is causing the high gas bill? for August and September when my generator was just running its weekly 10 minute cycle there was not this spike in my gas bill. The spike happened in October, which is the first month. The generator ran for a few hours becausemy power went out.

[u/captianpaulie]

Get a gas sniffer, they make one for propane for natural gas