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Electricity costs??
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kibbutzangel
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We've lived in a 2-bed council house for 2.5 years. Since moving in the electric bill has gone from £35pm to £50pm, and today they want to increase it to £90pm! I think this is ridiculous, but am I out of touch with reality?
We have electric heaters, these are only on at night, and apparently we make a payment on top of our rent which pays for this - £27pm. There is generally one person in the house all day, using lights (energy saving bulbs!), computer and TV. At night there are 2 of us with 2 computers and TV. We also have an aquarium which runs all the time.
Are we being overcharged, or does this sound about right?
We have electric heaters, these are only on at night, and apparently we make a payment on top of our rent which pays for this - £27pm. There is generally one person in the house all day, using lights (energy saving bulbs!), computer and TV. At night there are 2 of us with 2 computers and TV. We also have an aquarium which runs all the time.
Are we being overcharged, or does this sound about right?
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kibbutzangel wrote:We've lived in a 2-bed council house for 2.5 years. Since moving in the electric bill has gone from £35pm to £50pm, and today they want to increase it to £90pm! I think this is ridiculous, but am I out of touch with reality?
Are you paying by direct debit ?
If so you may not have been paying enough to cover your usage.
You need to get your bills/readings and calculate how much you are using.0
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