US woman gets $284 billion electricity bill during Christmas holiday period

A company’s spokesman said it did not know how the error had occurred.

Updated on: Dec 28, 2017, 16:44:42 IST

Press Trust of India | By Anonymous, Washington

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A woman in the US was left stunned after being informed that she had racked up a whopping $284 billion electricity bill over the holiday period.

A Jesus fresco is seen at the entrance of Budapest's biggest Catholic church, the St Stephan basilic in Budapest's 5th district on December 22. (AFP/Representative Purpose)

Mary Horomanski from Erie, Pennsylvania, said the bill showed that she had to pay the entire amount by November 2018, CBS News reported.

“My eyes just about popped out of my head,” she told the Erie Times-News. “We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong.”

The electricity provider later said the actual amount was $284.46.

A company’s spokesman said it did not know how the error had occurred.

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