wrong electric meter reading

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

Hi

1.5 kWh is good as this is a smaller heater. If this is on for 14 hours a day it means this heater alone will use 21 kWh of electricity daily.

Each unit of electricity used is the equivalent of 1 kWh.

Please clarify what you mean by two rates. Where there is no daily standing charge suppliers will charge two rates. A higher rate for the first number of units used each quarter and the rest at a lower rate.

The higher rate is usually for the first 225 kWh per quarter.

These rates are sometimes called one tier and two tier; or primary and secondary.

Economy 7 meters charge three rates. The higher and lower rates for daytime usage as above plus a third night time rate.

If you are using a high proportion of electricity at night you would benefit from an Economy 7 meter. The night rate is a lot cheaper.

follyfoot

malc_-_eon wrote: »

Hi

Please clarify what you mean by two rates. Where there is no daily standing charge suppliers will charge two rates. A higher rate for the first number of units used each quarter and the rest at a lower rate.

The higher rate is usually for the first 225 kWh per quarter.

These rates are sometimes called one tier and two tier; or primary and secondary.

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yes, i am on the above rate. most of the electricity i use is during the day. I still feel i should be able to have my heating on if i am indoors all day without having to re-mortgage my house. paying £2000 per year for heating cant be the norm

KimYeovil

If you have non-storage heating on all day then you should not be on an E7 tariff. And if you have the heating on during the day you should expect to pay double the normal bill. £2000 per year is only £1000 for evening use. That is normal.

follyfoot

KimYeovil wrote: »

If you have non-storage heating on all day then you should not be on an E7 tariff. And if you have the heating on during the day you should expect to pay double the normal bill. £2000 per year is only £1000 for evening use. That is normal.

do you pay £1000 per year electricity? In 2007 i lived in a flat which was gas central heating and i only paid £55/quarter electricity and i know the gas bills did not come to £1000 per year

espresso

follyfoot wrote: »

do you pay £1000 per year electricity? In 2007 i lived in a flat which was gas central heating and i only paid £55/quarter electricity and i know the gas bills did not come to £1000 per year

How much do you pay per kWh of electric compared to what you could pay per kWh of gas. You are using the most expensive method to heat your property, so you should expect to pay a lot more!

:rolleyes:

KimYeovil

Most people pay more than £1000 per year for fuel. A standard dual fuel average annual bill is £1000-£1100 (and that's for the cheapest tariffs). And that's for gas heating.

Mikeyorks

follyfoot wrote: »

In 2007 i lived in a flat which was gas central heating and i only paid £55/quarter electricity and i know the gas bills did not come to £1000 per year

We're not in 2007. We're in 2009 ...... and prices have risen by anything up to 50% in the intervening period.

Unless your place is superbly insulated - you're heating it in the most expensive way. And you're calculating whole year prices based, apparently, on a sample taken during the chilliest winter experienced in 30 years.

Your 50 kw / day is going to translate to close to £5 (inc VAT) / day. Which would be £1800 if uniform across the year. But it won't be uniform .... it is going to get warmer and you will then reduce and ... for several months ... cease using the panel heaters all together. And they are by far the largest consuming devices you have.

Trust you've checked your tariff and ensured you're on the cheapest one .. now you have, at least, an idea of your consumption

follyfoot

KimYeovil wrote: »

Most people pay more than £1000 per year for fuel. A standard dual fuel average annual bill is £1000-£1100 (and that's for the cheapest tariffs). And that's for gas heating.

i must have been hibernating when this happened because i know i have never paid this much - maybe my potterton gas boiler was more efficient than what i have now - i am astonished i could have a fuel bill for £1000 much less more than.

KimYeovil

You could always go down to the meadow where the wind blows free and chop up a tree in the middle of a field and use it to reduce your bills. You may be right. Never give in too easily.

MrsTinks

My house is 4 years old and VERY well insulated - we have oil heating and my heating bill is probably in the region of £1000 a year for a 3 bed midterrace... if you are using electric then I wouldn't have thought doubling that would be un doable - bearing in mind my heating is on for 2 hours in the morning and then from 5 till 10 in the evening... so 7 hours.
Add my electricity use on top of that and you're pretty close