I need help before our electric gets turned off. My electric bill is up to $12,000.00. I am sure many of you are wondering how it got so high without being turned off already. If I read this I would wonder too. I live in Maui, Hawaii. It is a beautiful place to live but electric is I believe the highest in the nation. It is beyond ridiculous. It was always a struggle but after the Lahaina fire there was a moratorium from the goverment. There could be no evictions and your utilities could not get turned off. I have a cleaning business and I clean vacation rental condos for various mainland owners. Well after the fires everyone was told Maui is closed that we need the resources for our people. “Don’t come here” Which we did to an extent. Everyone started canceling their trips. So for me that meant no work for a few months. Tourist started slowly coming back. The moratorium kept getting extented and extented. Well now it is done and I have this huge bill that I have to pay. I called the electic company to set up a payment plan which the best they could can offer me is $1000.00 a month plus the current bill which averages $600 to $700 plus a month. I have tried my best to pay it, but it is just not happening and now I have a disconnection notice. My oldest daughter, her boyfriend and 8 month old baby still lives at home because rents are so high nobody can afford to move. If they could even find a place. Studios are going for up to $2000 a month. I think they should pay 1/3 of the bill and keep asking but they still have not given me a dime. This does not include my water bill. My rent is $3000.00 a month and I am lucky that it is not higher. We have lived here for over 20 years and we are getting a good deal. Food and gas are really expensive. Gas has gone down a little. I saw it was $3.99 a gallon today. Thats the lowest I have seen it in years. I have never been on state assistance and have always payed my own way. So this is very humbling. I have lived here for over thirty years but these days I can not keep my head above the water. I am praying I can at least get what I owe for the monthly payment to keep it on for another month. I wish I could just put my electric bill account number instead of cash app, but I dont think that is allowed. I cant get ahead with all my money going to this bill. Anything would be a huge help and appreciated more than I can say. Thank you for taking the time to read my problem. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy holiday season!
Aloha
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