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Forget taxes — for one unlucky Midwood family, nothing is certain but death  and utility bills.

Con Ed has charged a family thousands of dollars in electricity bill at a  home on East 10th St. that has been vacant since a relative died more than two  years ago.

Retired high school teacher Betty Wallach’s mother, May, died on Christmas  day 2011 — but that hasn’t stopped the utility from charging approximately $200  in electric bills each month.

“Nobody paid attention,” she said of the multiple Con Ed employees she has  spoken to since last year. “They just don’t want to fix this because it will  cost them money.”

Wallach, who lives in with her husband in Marine Park, didn’t notice the  pricy bills right away.

But after bills started showing up in her mother’s mailbox last year,  Wallach reached out to customer service reps. At their request, she sent  pictures of the meter in the basement, which indicated little electricity  usage.

Reps promised to fix the billing issue and refund the money but never acted  on the complaint and eventually began ignoring her.

 

At wits end, Wallach shot off a series of letters to former Con Ed Chief  Executive Officer Kevin Burke and to the utility’s new top boss, John McAvoy, to  no avail.

On Tuesday, however, she tried a different route — messaging Con Ed via  Twitter.