Mary Horomanski, 58, (left) was not expecting to owe $24billion on her electric bill from Penelec for her her Eire, Pennsylvania, residence
When an Pennsylvanian woman went online to check her electricity bill this month, she was shocked to find that she ‘owed’ more than $284billion.
Mary Horomanski, 58, was not expecting to have to pay such an amount for her Eire, Pennsylvania, residence when she went to check her electric bill from Penelec.
‘My eyes just about popped out of my head,’ she said to Go Erie.
‘We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong.’
And while she wasn’t expected to pay the colossal amount off fully until November 2018, she was expected to dish out a hefty minimum for December of $28,156.
The woman quickly texted her son, who got in touch with the electric company and they assured the family that the issue was indeed an error.
While she wasn’t expected to pay the full amount until November 2018, she was expected to dish out a hefty minimum for December of $28,156
Horomanski’s bill was adjusted to reflect the correct payment of $284.46.
According to Mark Durbin, a spokesman for Penelec’s parent company, First Energy, is unsure how such an occurrence, could have happened.
‘I can’t recall ever seeing a bill for billions of dollars,’ Durbin added.
‘We appreciate the customer’s willingness to reach out to us about the mistake.’
The woman was rather amused about the ordeal and cracked a joke to her son about what she now wanted for the holiday season.
‘I told him I want a heart monitor,’ she said.