General Mackevili wrote:

Jacobincambodia wrote:

BOFH wrote:

Jacobincambodia wrote:Interesting. Didn't know that was within my control. Something to think about...

If you want to save face you can always have EDC disconnect your landlord from the house and install your subscription separately. Then you show him his unchanged meter everytime he comes by to check.

All extra that you pay on a non-EDC electricity bill is literally tea money. Official price for going to and from EDC wouldn't be more than $5 even by taxi from the other side of town. Offer him $5 compensation or something.

What about my contract? It says I will pay .30/kWh. And do I mention we are in an apartment complex?

Personally, I think you have a ZERO chance of doing what BOFH is suggesting.



You pay what the landlord asks, negotiate something lower, or move.

I don't even think EDC would come and hook your single apartment up to private line. If that were even possible, the landlord would do it for each individual apartment, as the price for electricity is cheaper per account if you don't use over a certain threshold.

And there is also no chance you could show up at EDC and say, "Oh, I'm not paying the
whole bill for the apartment complex, I just want to pay for what my meter says in my room."

Spoiler:

Buy an inverter.

BOFH is delusional to think that you can open an EDC contract that easily.
You need to show the land title in your name (or alternatively be written as a long term leasee on the back) or they won't bulge.

From experience on the matter of prices:

A long time ago when I was living in PP and going to settle the bill myself on behalf of my SR resident landlord, I was outed by EDC as a foreigner paying the khmer price. There is (was?) a special rate of about 1000 Rl for foreigners.

Nowadays I rent a condo where I am charged 1500rl per kW and this is a rip off especially if you use air con.

In the near future I will charge western tenants myself as an building owner. I intend to charge a minimum of 1000 Rl per kW possibly up to 1200rl.

One need to keep in mind that electricity in condos is being charged higher than EDC's official prices to account for collective areas and services consumption such as lights, automatic gates, elevators etc..

Barang_doa_slae wrote: BOFH is delusional to think that you can open an EDC contract that easily. You need to show the land title in your name (or alternatively be written as a long term leasee on the back) or they won't bulge.

Out of all the houses I've rented I think the name was correct only on one EDC subscription. I'm all with you on the theory, the practice in my experience is just about as serious as ownership cards for motorbikes.

Barang_doa_slae wrote:One need to keep in mind that electricity in condos is being charged higher than EDC's official prices to account for collective areas and services consumption such as lights, automatic gates, elevators etc..

Many landlords will also charge extra to pay for services consumption such as iPhone, Lexus etc...

Barang_doa_slae wrote:A long time ago when I was living in PP and going to settle the bill myself on behalf of my SR resident landlord, I was outed by EDC as a foreigner paying the khmer price. There is (was?) a special rate of about 1000 Rl for foreigners.

I pay the actual EDC rates at the actual EDC offices. Not once have I ever experienced or even heard of anything like your experience with being discriminated by the EDC. I've been personally paying my bills (in somebody else's name) for years and never had a single issue. Not once. But neither do I live in overpriced service apartments with a landlord nannying me. Guess joke's on you, let me hand you back the fuck you smiley