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YANKEE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Gun Lake-area pizza shop is fighting an electric bill for close to $20,000.
Mitten Pizza LLC on Chief Noonday Road north of the lake has been locally owned since 2015. Since then, the electric bill has been just under $500 every month.
But last month, the bill from Great Lakes Energy was for $19,795.74.
Owner Jamie Zichterman told News 8 that Great Lakes Energy explained it failed to read a second meter on the property for years. Now it’s charging him for the “correct” difference owed for the past year.
“We budget off our bills,” Zichterman said. “I was getting a bill every month and we paid it every month. If I knew it was going to be $1,800 or $2,500 a month, that’s fine, I’m happy to pay what we use, but I need to know about it. I could have had two less people per shift and we would have made the money.”
The billing statement says he needs to dish up the dough by Tuesday. He said he can’t afford such a large bill and is considering closing up shop.
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