Following the summer months with triple-digit temperatures, some customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have taken to social media to say their power and water bills have skyrocketed, creating more financial burden for homeowners and business owners.

After people in the west San Fernando Valley neighborhoods complained on Nextdoor about their surging costs,, NBC Los Angeles met with some of them and learned how much more they were charged in the latest bills.

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Bruce Scott, a Woodland Hills homeowner, said his most recent bill is $600 more than the previous one. Between June 11 and Aug. 12, Scott’s bi-monthly LADWP bill was $1,500, compared to the previous balance of $926.

“It seems to have gone u

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