Who is "they"? The power company or the building inspector? If the power company won't give you a permanent connection until it's signed off by the inspector, then I guess you'd better do whatever it takes to make the inspector happy. And the more you push back that harder he'll make it for you to pass.
My son is a licensed electrician who does a lot of service work. He says the local utility doesn't care whether service work has been inspected or not. If it looks good to them, they install the meter, inspected or not. And that has been my experience as well. But every place is different.
I would make sure the following is in order:
1. Minimum of two grounding rods eight feet apart
2. Minimum six gauge ground cable.
3. Minimum 2/0 cable from the weatherhead to the meter.
4. Service disconnect close to the meter.
Having a bad leg shouldn't increase your power consumption. But it's possible you were wasting power. For example current running through lights or appliances you thought were turned off.
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