Anyone else noticed their electric costs jump

dragonfly2008

Just within the last few weeks. We’ve got a meter, that we put in as we use and we are going through quite a lot.

espresso

dragonfly2008 wrote: »

Just within the last few weeks. We’ve got a meter, that we put in as we use and we are going through quite a lot.

Presumably part of your payments are being used to pay off a debt. You need to find out how to read your particular type of meter by cycling though the various displays by pressing the button.

dragonfly2008

espresso wrote: »

Presumably part of your payments are being used to pay off a debt. You need to find out how to read your particular type of meter by cycling though the various displays by pressing the button.

There is no debt, it’s a meter with a key type thing, if we don’t put any money in it we don’t have any electric. As I said there seems to have been a jump in cost, we seem to be going through a lot more electric than we did.

espresso

dragonfly2008 wrote: »

There is no debt, it’s a meter with a key type thing, if we don’t put any money in it we don’t have any electric. As I said there seems to have been a jump in cost, we seem to be going through a lot more electric than we did.

Learn how to read your meter then and find out how much you are paying per kWh and how many units your are actually using. Energy prices have gone up!

:rolleyes:

Magentasue

Presumably you know how much you pay per kwh? Why not ring and ask how much you're paying so you can see if it's gone up and by how much.

Plushchris

dragonfly2008 wrote: »

There is no debt, it’s a meter with a key type thing, if we don’t put any money in it we don’t have any electric. As I said there seems to have been a jump in cost, we seem to be going through a lot more electric than we did.

If you dont put any money in it you dont have any electric, that doesnt mean you dont have to pay the standing charge, so if the meter has been left with no credit you would still be building up debt because the standing charge hasnt been paid.

You may well find that since the latest price rise your standing charge has shot up (along with the price per KwH)

Pink_fluff

Perhaps it's due to the recent price increases? You may feell like you are using alot more than you used to.