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The family who got the huge bill doesn’t want to go public, but reporters were given copies of their Hydro One statement, which showed an estimated usage of 22,442 kilowatt hours of electricity for 86 days, compared with their normal 400-to-500 kWh “actual” monthly usage on previous bills.

“I don’t know about you, but if I’d opened up a bill for $233,000 from Hydro One you’d be picking me up off the floor,” said Yurek.

The New Democrats also reported their constituency offices are getting flooded with calls from customers concerned about their Hydro One bills and said they supported the call for Marcello’s resignation.

Hydro One just learned about the large customer bill that Yurek made public and was looking into the situation, said spokeswoman Tiziana Baccega Rosa.

“Ultimately we want to make sure this customer is getting the right bill,” she said.

The Liberals said Yurek was “more interested in playing political games than resolving a legitimate customer concern” because he didn’t raise the huge bill with Hydro One officials when they were in contact with him on Tuesday.

“The CEO [of Hydro One] has publicly apologized and is taking strong action to address these customer concerns,” said Beckie Codd-Downey, press secretary to Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli.

“Hydro One … responded by hiring more staff and providing additional training for customer service representatives,” she said. “We are confident in the CEO at Hydro One that he will resolve these issues.”