NPower are upping my DD by 100%!! Help!

Magentasue

For meter units to kwh, you can make an approx conversion simply by multiplying.

If you have a metric meter you calculate how many units and multiply by 11 to get kwh.
For imperial, multiply by 31.

Not as accurate as proper formula but close enough so on your bill, your kwh should be 31 x units.

copperjar

Yep, its been done. Glimmer of hope gone! Thanks to you both though

Magentasue

If it helps, we're paying £150 a month - I'm hoping that'll be £130 because we're using less this year at the same prices but I expect something will scupper it. I tend to get past Christmas, get back on track and then the council tax, water bill etc come in and I'm back to square one. Only glimmer we've had is petrol going down - there are rumours of electricity prices going the same way - do you know how much you pay per kwh?

copperjar

Just looking at my bill - for electricity I pay 14.980p for the first 194kWh then the rest at 13.960p.

Its always those unexpected bills/extras that are the depressing thing. Really thought I had everything covered, even have put aside some money to buy my road tax this year for the first time in my life!

basmic

You've probably done this already, but I'll put my penny's worth in.

Dig out meter readings going back by about a year, preferably just over if you can. Find out the number of days between that date and todays date.

Say you used 4500kW electric over 375 days. Divide 4500 by 375, and multiply by 365. The formula should be along the lines of: (4500/375)*365. This gives you an average of 4380kW over 365 days.

Use the figure 4380 in the energy comparison sites. I personally like to use uSwitch (link)and Energyhelpline (link).

The same should apply for your gas.