My electricity

jimbaygrant

Hi,

I had a question regarding the bill I received today.

Firstly, I live in a 2 bedroom flat which is competely electric. The heating has not been on for 3 months and I pay by direct debit. For hot water I have a 3 switch immersion heater (Off-peak, Peak and Boost), the off-peak stays on all the time and no other switches are used, ever.

I very recently (the passed week) switched my tariff from their Standard Electricity to the Go Greem Tariff.

I recieved my electricity bill from E.On today and it is detailed below:

Day previous
40027 read by us on 18 February 2008
Day current
42984 read by us on 13 August 2008
=2957 Day kWh (kilowatt-hours) used

Night previous
3730 read by us on 18 February 2008
Night current
3730 read by us on 13 August 2008
=0 Night kWh (kilowatt-hours) used

Charges
Day primary units used 434 kWh at 17.9p each = 77.69
Day secondary units used 2523 kWh at 11.03p each = 278.29
Night units used 0 kWh at 4.41p each = 0.00

Total electricity charges = 355.98

Q - If my immersion heater only has the off-peak switch on, why am I not using night units and only the very expesnive day units?

I checked some previous bills and my night units have moved since I moved in to the property over a year ago.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

Jimbaygrant

Premier_2

Something appears seriously wrong with your meter.

If you are living at the property, it would be extremely strange not to use any electricity during the off peak 7 hour period every night over a period of 6 months. If, like most homes, you have a fridge and/or freezer this would use some power during that time.

Time to investigate why the meter is not switching rather than looking at the immersion heater, I suspect. Start by contacting your electricity supplier. They should be able to re-bill you based on estimated usage for the period the meter has been faulty.

brysiewysie

Yep, faulty meter and/or faulty timeswitch. Contact Eon and they can sort it out.