strange (to me) electric company issue

[Erin K.]

So we bought a duplex with a mobile home on the back side of the lot. The property was an REO and had been vacant for several years. The electric company required us to get new entrance electric and weather heads for the house before they will turn it on. I asked our electrician to check on the mobile home electric while he was there doing those repairs, and see if it needed anything. In looking at it, he determined that the electric to the mobile home is on. Anyone run into this before? I thought that for electric, there is a minimum monthly charge even if there is no usage. Wondering where the bill would be going all these years. I guess maybe if I'm wrong, and there is no bill generated if no usage, then maybe the account is in the name of the prior owner and no bill has been sent all this time so they didn't realize it's still in their names.

Thoughts???