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My first instinct was to say that if you did not arrange something before hand then you are out of luck. However, after reading what other people have wrote my opinion changed. I think first of all the two of you need to sit down and make an arrangement for the future to avoid this again. Also, sometimes in winter the power company raises the cost of electricity. So, in your situation I would do this"
Compair the cost of electricity and make sure that the price did not go up.
then see what the average is for the same time last year ( i am assuming you two lived together last year) compare it with the bill from this year
i would sit down and talk to her about what happened. I do agree that you should not have to pay for electricity that you have not used. but because you have not made arrangements before hand she probably not going to agree very easily.
at the very least I think that she should pay the extra cost, say f take the average of last month and then she pay anything over as others have suggested.
I lived with people before and the womens son and grandson came to live with us for a while. I thought great cause we are splitting utlilties by 2 more people, however, the women bought a kiddy pool the the grandson and would empty it and fill it on a regular basis. I was soo pissed, but i really did not want to fight it and just ended up paying the extra money cause it was not worth the effort. This might be something that you need to think about. How much effort are you going to put into this and how much is the cost really going to effect your pocketbook
good luck
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