Woman Billed $2500 Repair Bill For Cracked Utility Box

Most people have them in their neighborhoods: those greenish, utility boxes for power lines. When a Draper woman got a $2,500 repair bill for the box on her driveway, she contacted the KSL Investigator Matt Gephardt for help.

[LadyLithias]

Hubby and I went on a trip, were gone in the last two weeks of December. Came back to a water bill for supposedly using about thousands of gallons of water over a short period of time (while we were gone). The bill was enormous. So I disputed it. They sent someone to take a new reading, said, nope, it's correct, so then I decided to do the math. I asked them, "Do the pipes bringing water to my house have the *capacity* to pump 444 gallons of water a minute? Because that's what your bill is saying. They said there was no way I could get that much water out of the hose. (I know, it took me nearly 8 hours to fill a 12, 000 gallon swimming pool half way. Finally they realized their mistake. If they had continued to argue, I would have pulled out my old physics books, and proven that the pipes that are installed couldn't do it.

[downhilltwofour]

They put it there. They should also build some type of protection for that stupid location!

[DR-svke]

The city needs to put better protection around those things. How is there not a cage or bollards around it? Are those not city property?

[mattv]

I say pay the bill Now charge The power company for rent having that on your Property And rent a $1000 a month

[charlesmitchell]

Ok ok ok. The person who backed into the box insurance should cover the cost. Turn them in . unless you hit it yourselves. Them turn in on on yours.