Any Lawyers here?

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Hi /adv/. I got a question about some bills I've had to pay for my old apartment complex before I moved and I was seeing if anyone knew what to do/ been in a similar situation.

My landlord was a real estate company that had set up all utility accounts (electric, water, trash, sewer) and expenses for me and all bills were to be included in my monthly rent statement. A few months go by and I noticed a $50 "service fee" from the utility company repeatedly being charged on top of my electric bill, so I asked my landlord's staff about it. They told me it was because they recently switched from a different electric company and I was just 'catching up' with my fees from the previous company.

The service fees kept coming, always in $50 and I finally had my final statement this month, so I called the electric company myself and they told me it was because an account was never set up for my name in my apartment number, so the fee was due to them having to investigate who the bill belongs to every time.

My question is: Would I be able to demand a refund for all of those service fees I paid (would equal ~$300-$400) if I have possession of the bills because THEY were the ones that were supposed to set up my account, or would the blame fall on me because I did not properly respond to both parties about my account disparity? Obviously they won't readily give me money, so I'm assuming I would have to go to small claims... would this be something I can even fight?