Queens Con Ed Customers Receive Higher Bills During July

Well now that’s a buzzkill:

Many northwest Queens Con Ed customers are fuming over their July bills, which are higher and show more energy usage than the month before — despite a 10-day blackout.

Dozens of irate residents have complained to City Councilmen Eric Gioia and Peter Vallone Jr.

“It’s absolutely impossible,” said Sunnyside’s Samuel Wolfson, 66, whose bill went from $114.03 in June to $116.71 in July. “There’s no way I used more electricity during the blackout month.”

His bill says he used 465 kilowatts of electricity in June and 499 last month.

“I had no electricity for seven to 10 days, then four or five days with partial electricity, but somehow I used more?” he asked.

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An angry Councilman Gioia said, “Con Ed . . . should be issuing apologies and reimbursements — not inflated bills.”

But Con Ed spokeswoman Joy Faber said the bills likely “reflect the fact that [customers] used more power.”