Giel Janssens (72) from Breda looked surprised on Sunday when he saw his monthly consumption of Essent. In September he had burned no less than 116,936.54 in gas.
Giel and his wife Suzan can laugh about it. “I immediately called Essent on Monday morning and it all turned out to be a misunderstanding.”
Work had been done on the gas pipeline in the summer and something went wrong, as it turned out. “The technicians passed on a completely wrong meter reading. That is why there was such a gigantic amount in the monthly overview. I know I only used six cubic meters of gas in September and no more than 100,000 cubic meters.”
“They don’t want to refund it after I said I paid it”, Giel jokes. “But it’s resolved.”