Scottish Gas Electricity Bill ?

Chrissybh0y

Hey all im pretty dumb when it comes to gas/lecky my mum was wanting me to look over her bills as she though she was paying alot from the 25 july to 31 october elec she used was £255.00 im thinkin to myself thats alof of money for 2 people living in a house where one works 12 hours and one works 8 . so the only thing that gets used is livingroom lights tv, kitchen appliances and maybe the shower

on the back it says we read ur meter estimated ? previous readin 02783 then recent reading 04746 charges £211 , is it me or is this way too much ?

id like sumone to try help me make heads or tails of this thanx

Magentasue

It's impossible to say if one or more reading is estimated.

I can't really understand what you're saying about the readings of 02783 and 04746. Which one is estimated - the recent one or the previous reading?

Chrissybh0y

it says

Previous Reading

02691
25 jul 09


recent
02738
29 jul Kilowatt used 92 over 5 days total 8.47


then


previous reading
02738
estimated

recent
31 oct
we read ur meter kilowatt hour used 1963 over 94 days totalling £255?

Magentasue

OK, so it seems that the meter was read on 25/7 and 31/10, which is 2055kwh used over a quarter.

This is about 22kwh a day which is high for summer, but not impossible. Do they have large old fridge/freezer, plasma TV on all evening, tumble drier, dishwasher, electric shower. Are these things used most days. Anything else on all the time like fishtanks, PCs etc?

Cardew

Your Mother has been billed for 1,963 kWh.

Of course if one of those meter readings is estimated, that will not be what she actually used. One of the readings will be 02783(E) or 04746(E) if estimated.

You give two costs £255 and £211?? Was there VAT added at the end.

A bit more detail on the bill will help.

How is the house heated and Hot water supplied?

Edit - post crossed

Chrissybh0y

Hot water is gas central heating , standard council place with double glazing windows and insulation

The total charges where 255.68

first dates i said was 1.59 first 7kw then next 85 was 8.47

the enxt dates was first 129kw 33.88 then next 1834 kw 211.74

totaling to 255.68

Just a normal size tv 22" tumble dried doesnt get used maybe once a week for an hour at most, normal beko fridge freezer and an indesist cooker with a beko washing machine

Cardew

Right all is clear!

The First set of readings, the £1.59 and £8.47 are for the consumption before the price rise.

The second set of readings £33.88 and £211.74 are for the consumption after the price rise date.

So your mother has used 2055 kWh and paid £255 so the prices are right.

Certainly using 2,055kWh in a qurter is very high for people out at work all day - 8,000kWh pa when the average is 3,300 kWh pa.

You really need to find out what is causing that high consumption. Possible reasons that will contribute:
Tumble dryer used a great deal.
Immersion heater left switched on.
Faulty fridge, freezer.

Chrissybh0y

Im gunna call scottish gas tomorrow just to get them to explain sum of it to me . i live with my parter and we use more than them and pay less thats why i dont understand it all