Is my electric bill HIGH?

HOW_RU

Just recieved my first electric bill for a small 1 bed apartment:p This is for just over 4 months electric.1 Person at address -in bed all day,out working at night,spend about 2 hours with lights tv on etc every night when i come home.I think this i very expensive my electric bill was 179.24 and my gas bill was only 33.51.
Does this electric bill look correct ? My parents live in a 4 bed house and theirs is less than that:eek:

Charges up to 22 August 2008
Previous 2589 read by you on 25th April 2008
Current 3939 estimated on 22 August 2008
1350 Normal Kwh used

Charges
Normal primary units used 293 Kwh at 18.98p each = 55.61
secondary units used 1057 at 9.65p each = 102.00

Sub total of charges up to 22 August 2008 = 157.61

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Charges from 22 August 2008
Previous 3989 estimated on 22August 2008
Current 4087 read by us on 4th September 2008
148 Normal Kwh used

Charges
Normal primary units used 44 Kwh at 26p each = 11.44
secondary units used 104 Kwh at 9.8p each = 10.19

Sub total of charges from 22 August 2008 = 21.63

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Total electricity charges excluding vat and discounts = 179.24


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paulonline123

The question really isn't is your electric bill high but is your consumption. Your using 5k units a year, about 40% more than the national average and so your bill is more than most. basically all your supplier does is bill you based on the numbers they get. Watch your meter for a couple of days and see how fast it runs through, you'll see what you are using and why it costs that much.

Flats tend to use more also than houses due to them having downlighters and generally not giving a damn about energy efficiency.

that's my experience anyway.

biggoldring

my meter reads at 6.08 pence per unit

clairemck12

I don't think that seems all that bad for over 4 months, my electricity bill for a two bedroom flat is around £70 per month although that is for everything as we dont have gas. If your really concerned you should get an energy monitor, you plug this into the socket then your appliance into that and it will tell you how energy efficient your appliance is - just so you know what is using most of your energy. I think a few places are giving them away free. try googling it.

BusinessEnergyBroker

It works out at just over 4100 kwh per year and it may be a little higher than expected however if you are all electric in your flat then could be the reason why. Electric heaters are pretty expensive to run.

Cardew

BusinessEnergyBroker wrote: »

It works out at just over 4100 kwh per year and it may be a little higher than expected however if you are all electric in your flat then could be the reason why. Electric heaters are pretty expensive to run.

How do you reach that figure?

It appears you have taken a pro-rata daily reading for the summer(25/4 to 4/9) when he will use little heating, and assumed that it won't increase in the winter when he will use heating.

If he is all electric I would not be surprised if his annual consumption would be in excess of double the 4,100 you gave!

BusinessEnergyBroker

Yes it may be pro rata however he hasn't yet confimed if he is all electric. And please take into account we live in the UK and not the Sahara.

I don't know about you but there have been many days when my heating has been on during our "summer" and also we are now experiancing much milder winters.

Maybe its just us up here in the north.

The figure as you know is not going to be totally accurate and maybe I should have mentioned this, however with the figures available it is the only starting point. Unless you want me to go into complicated algorithms and daily weather patterns.

ZZZZzzzzzz..

clairemck12

Hi guys just wanted to point out that he had a 33.51 gas bill, if that helps any

Cardew

BusinessEnergyBroker wrote: »

Unless you want me to go into complicated algorithms and daily weather patterns.

ZZZZzzzzzz..

Fascinating subject - not boring in the slightest;)

Be most interested in any knowledge you have on the matter.

Are you aware that the algorithms that the Utility companies use, with daily Met Office data inputted, to estimate consumption are written by a member of this forum?

Cardew

clairemck12 wrote: »

Hi guys just wanted to point out that he had a 33.51 gas bill, if that helps any

Thanks, we both missed that!

jd87

Is he on economy 7 (primary/secondary units)? If so, he shouldn't be.