Utilities & Mobile Electricity Meter Question

I got my bill this month and it was 3500 pesos, an extra 1000pesos and 100KWh from last month. I don't use aircon, take long hot showers, or boil excessive amounts of water. I personally think 2500 is ridiculous in a home that only runs 1 TV, a small ref and a ceiling fan....but hey, it's the Philippines.

Determined that nothing in the house has changed since last month and decided to look at the meter. I turned off the main electrical switch to my house and went to the meter. The sucker was still spinning.....and noticeably. I'm no electrician but I always thought the meter was supposed to stop if there is no electricity running through it.

I'm thinking someone has cut into my lines. I guess the electricity company is the first stop? Has anyone been through this before? What was the outcome?

 

So I have to take it upon myself to do this? Glad I rent and the bill isn't under my name. I'm just going to sit back and not pay the bills until it is fixed. The property manager, land lord and electric company have all been informed of the issue, I've done my part as the tenant. If I wanted the hassle of maintenance I would have bought my own place.
Meh.

 

I am the only person on the meter and have been for 4 years. There is no outside lighting and no other tenants that share the meter. I have recently had two brownout that only effected my house on the property. One lasted about 1 hour, turned on for about 30 seconds and then back off for another hour. It has been the ONLY time in 4 years that my electricity went off but nobody else's on the property did. (note that we are all on different meters, I can, and have shut off my power for maintenance, without effecting anyone else's power.)

In my first 2 1/2 years my bill was always around 1800 a month, I was single then and had a live in helper. After my gf moved in 1 1/2 years ago my bill moved in to around 2k a month. 6 months ago the helper left and then gf's brother and sister moved in and went up to 2200 a month. Oddly enough, this billing cycle (the most expensive one, excluding my first bill when I found out that aircon is stupid expensive to run here) her brother and sister were gone most of the month and the gf was gone for a week of that month.

What has me more worried is that when I checked The meter to date it had already shot through 90 kwh, and it has only been 5 days since the meter was supposedly checked. That puts me on target to hit 400 kwh this month! My average usage is 180-220kwh looking at previous bills. I tried following my line but lost it after one telephone pole, complete mess.

I'm betting that I can go switch off my breaker at the meter tonight and wait a couple minutes to figure out who it is. I am going out tonight. I'll flip it off when I go into town, if it's back on when I get home I think I can say it's not a short circuit.

 

We run a split type aircon for around 8-10 hrs and a fan most of the day if we are in,tv on as kid watches it. Hot and cold shower and other stuff. Bill is around 2.5k month. Someone is stealing!