hoodline.com/2026/10/richmond-dpu-begged-vendor-for-13-days-while-billing-chaos-hit-25-of-customers Richmond DPU Begged Vendor for 13 Days While Billing Chaos Hit 25% of Customers
Richmond's utilities department logged 80 error alerts by 10 a.m. on launch day, then needed 13 days to get its billing vendor to agree to a conversation. Internal emails show the vendor later acknowledged disruptions affecting 25% of customers, and by August 6 more than 5,700 customers still hadn't received a bill.
— via Hoodline, Tanner Kowalczyk