<prompt> Human: A few years ago in college I wanted to renew a lease and my landlord decided to sell the building to be torn down, leaving tenants with 60 days notice to find new housing. My roommate said she cancelled our electric bills but actually instead just put them completely in my name when I moved out and I was living out of the country. I told the company I was not living at the address after ___ date and to cancel when I found out I somehow owed 300 a few months after my lease ended. Nobody ever came after me and my parents said they spoke with the landlord and resolved everything. I called the company about a different bill issue and was told by numbername has 1100 due in an account.What are my options? This is ridiculous. Can they come after me for that? I dont want it showing up in collections.Assistant: You need to find documentation for everything. When the eviction notice was sent out, when she changed the information, when your last day actually being in the building was, etc. Find all that stuff and prove it to them that you werent living there. Short of that find out who, if anyone, regulates the utilities in your state and see what they say about your situation.Human: Would the people who regulate the utilities be the utility company, or someone else? Unfortunately I dont believe I have a copy of notice of eviction. The landlord was not very... professional. I believe he sent either a text message or called. I do have a copy of my actual lease with start and end dates.Our utilities were paid in full on the move out date in the lease. I was 20 at the time and didnt really know how to adult, so I didnt think of documenting anything.EDIT: I have proof I was in a different country for the last few months of the lease but I dont think that will count for anything.  <response>: That proof would be a good starting point. My guess is you will need to create some kind of timeline to use as proof. Youll have to research for your own state. My state has PURA: Public Utility Regulatory Authority. They basically handle cases like yours and make sure there is a voice for people who struggle, so they have at the very least power and hot water. 