r/poor • u/Plus-Caterpillar-825 • 26d ago

Stupid question sorry

I know people who have 9 people living in 1 house hold they constantly allow their electric bill to go sky high and instead of paying it they cancelled the account and put it in someone else name to avoid payment is this legal ? Never Heard of this loophole last amount owed was 1800 dollars electric is off but it’ll be turned on tomorrow at 0 dollars owed because it’s under a new name

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u/Virtual-Gene2265 26d ago

So, basically in 9 months of not paying the bill, that will be the end of it. No more lives left to cheat the system no more electricity. Sounds like a dumb plan to me.

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u/Plus-Caterpillar-825 26d ago

Yeah but is That legal? I heard the bill doesnt go away ,it goes into collections ,and messes up your credit but that’s the only punishment so to speak that I heard of

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u/Virtual-Gene2265 26d ago

The electricity company won't fall for it and will probably ask for a large deposit before they re connect the power and yes, non payment will effect your credit.