I went with my friend to pay her grandmothers bill to the office. You know, just a regular walk in and pay in full thing last yr. (09). I asked the woman behind the counter that since my license was due to be re-newed, I was going to be renting a home in the next couple months, (I was leaving my boyfriend, didn't want him to know, told him I didn't want to drive anymore) so should I use what would be my new address on it, or the current one. She said, and I quote "you should use the one you're moving into, why go through all the dmv stuff again if you don't have to?"..so I did. I re-newed my license in Jan 09(my deed was made out for May, the people renting were moving, the landlord told me I better "snap it up" while I could, so I did.It was mine, I just couldn't move in til May) Ok, this is where it gets really ugly. I moved in, went to have the service turned on, and was told that since my license tapped back to this address from 4 months earlier, I was responsible for the OTHER renters ENTIRE bill that they had skipped on! To the tune of, almost 3000.00!! They refused to turn my elec. on! I finally, after 4 days of trying to call them every chance I got from work, got a supervisor who turned me on as a new customer...but wait. 2 months later...in June, and after keeping MY payments current...they tacked on that back amt. from the other renter again! They REFUSE to take it off! After more complaining, they then, get this, tacked on 300.00, for being a new customer! Ontop of the "old renters back bill"! (Make up my mind already!)What the h*ll kind of company is this!? I told them, I refuse now to pay ANY bill, because what I would pay, went to the OTHER persons back balance, not MY current bill. Isn't this illegal!? My dad has cancer, I used 3 medical emergency papers, so we don't qualify for that. My Mom moved in, called annon, with a "just asking a question" thing, and they told her, she would be responsible for all previous delinquent elec. bills if it were put in her name! Whoever lived here before, if her license came back here, she was resposible for it. her "new" bill, and this which is now a combo of previous renter & mine. After her prodding about "what if i rented a room from someone weekly, does that still hold true if they don't pay?" YES! because even though she would be renting a room, WITH a lease by the WEEK, (to help me with my Dad, they're divorced), HER license would come back to "an unpaid address"! WTF!? I'm being shut off in 2 weeks, with NO chance of getting it turned back on! Gas & Water? Those other people owed them, but I wasn't held responsible for it. I need help, someone, please give me a different provider or advice or something. By the time I get back to this, I'm SURE, I'll have to walk to the library and use their computer because I won't have electric! Thanks all, for letting me vent. I'm so sorry, but I'm really upset about this.Especially with my Dad being here & all, with no alternative.I now owe, wth that back bill, and my current, over 4000.00 that will follow me no matter where I go. I have no prob. making an agreement for my back bill, but I'll be d**ned if I'm gonna pay my current to go towards someone elses back. Anyone know of any decent elec. providers in philadelphia? Any tricks? Free lawyers? I'm desperate, and I've HAD it, especially, since my Dad is involved with no elec, ontop of being so sick. He won't even be able to read or watch tv, just sit and think, about what his life has become.. I'm about, to lose my mind..