Location: Texas Since April 22, the day a 2nd portable AC unit was placed in my apartment , I have been saddled with extremely high electric bills as high as $700, even after my AC was fixed on April 24th. I am a single person that lives alone and works 50 hours a week there is no reason for my usage to jump from 489kwh to 3689 kwh. I’ve reached out to management and they did give me a $330 concession. However, after paying north of $1300 in energy bills in just 3 months, I feel that is inadequate. I’ve had my meter checked by Oncor and they said it’s fine. On Monday, July 21st i was told that the “regional master electrician” would be in town the following day to inspect my apartment. They didn’t inspect my apartment until Wednesday, the 23rd. Then on Thursday the 24th, I was left a note stating that the maintenance team claim the causes were an improperly sealed window, a dirty AC filter, and that my thermostat fan was set to “on”. These findings basically deem me responsible. However, i have photo documentation showing my thermostat over the months showing that my fan setting was in fact set to “auto” like management recommended, so that claim is a blatant lie. As far as the unsealed window and AC filter, I was told that I was supposed to submit maintenance requests for those and since I didn’t it doesn’t fall under “maintenance responsibility”. However, I didn’t know that the window was not sealed properly or the AC filter was dirty. Additionally, after reading these “findings”, I checked energy usage and for the first time in 3 months my usage miraculously returned to normal Tuesday, July 22nd—the same day the “regional master electrician “ was on site. I brought these concerns up to the property manager via email and she only mentioned the window and AC filter maintenance requests. She completely disregarded was concern about the false claims about my thermostat. The fact that I have already caught management in at least one lie makes me suspicious that the maintenance team that was brought in identified and silently fixed the issue causing my high bills on Tuesday July 22. It seems to me that they are grasping at straws to place the blame on me. Especially when one claim is blatantly false, and the other two weren’t addressed until AFTER my energy use returned to normal so i don’t understand how those played a factor. Even while the maintenance men were in my apartment on the 23rd, they kept making statements to justify the energy usage. I’m reaching out in hopes that someone can help me. Should i try to take them to small claims court, get a lawyer or dispute the charges with my bank??