So today I got my PG&E bill, it's usually around $245 , this is for my home (maybe 3,000 square feet -/+ ) plus the cottage in the garden (maybe 700 square feet). But the bill for October was $600! Last December the bill was $800 but we did use the heater a bit,so ok . 

But we literally have not touched the heater at all yet, and it's only getting colder. The occupant in the cottage leaves her heater on 24/7, even when she's gone for a week. It's Sunday night now and she left Friday afternoon and her heater is on ! We turner off her breaker, but it's still on ! And the glass window is hot !After I texted her to please be considerate about the bill since we pay it . (we're both leasing, but her bills are included as she was here before us) Since so, we get a $250 discount on rent, cool right ? Not really . $250 is to cover PG&E, water, and garbage. Garbage is $90 every 3 months, water is $120+/- and there's no way she's using $40 of gas & electricity ! Maybe $350 ! 

As we renewed our lease, we told the landlord, but he said he couldn't do anything because it's in her lease, but he could lower our rent in these months by $500 to cover what she used ! But since it is already starting I told him I wasn't happy to be paying all the bill to not use ours at all, and hers when she's not even here! He says he will install a counter for her and we pay separately 😇 . She stays in for about 3 weeks and says it has to be 70 for a condition she has, but throughout knowing her she's proven to be a compulsive liar. Can she not wear a sweater or a blanket in any case ? 

What to do if he doesn't? It's been a week.