Woman receives electricity bill of $284 billion

An electricity bill for more than $284 billion left a British woman in the US state of Pennsylvania stunned until she later found out the bill was issued in wrong.

Mary Horomanski from Erie was stunned when she received an electricity bill of more than $284 billion.

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"My eyes just about popped out of my head," she said in an interview with the Erie Times-News. "We had put up Christmas lights and I wondered if we had put them up wrong."

The electricity provider later said the actual amount was $284.46.

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"I can't recall ever seeing a bill for billions of dollars," Mark Durbin told the Erie Times-News.

"We appreciate the customer's willingness to reach out to us about the mistake."