shocking bill - N power again...

dgastra

I live in a one bed (converted into 2 small beds) flat, Its an old place with high ceilings and a cellar (with electricity). I have alll the usual stuff, tv, pc, gas central heating, dual fuel cooker etc etc. I live with one small child but am not very frugal when it comes to gas and electricity usage.

Just received my statement from n power for 13 Dec - 5 June - so 6 months and my electricity is £467.64 (meter reading) and Gas is £552.51 (partly meter reading!). Thats £1020.15 for 6 months.

Even considering my 'non-thrifty' usage, does this sound possible????

would really apprecaiate opinions as It's making me feel very uneasy.

many thanks

Hippychick

NPower charge more in winter than they do in the summer. Whereas other gas companies charge the same all yr round and spread the payments. So your summer bill 'should' be a lot less in theory.

I only just found this out recently agter receiving a massive bill myself. Luckily we're moving soon so I won't be having NPower in the new place!

Magentasue

It is high but possible. You need to work out how many kwh you've actually used. Also, check your gas is being converted correctly - very roughly, 1 metric unit = 11kwh but if you have an imperial meter measuring in cubic feet, every unit is about 31kwh.

Then read your meters. Read them again same time tomorrow and every day for a week. Consider cutting back - you may not need to in summer. As a comparison, we are a family of six in a Victorian 3bed house with converted cellar. We use 13kwh a day electricity on average. We use 26kwh gas a day (hot water for six and cooking). In the winter, this rockets. We don't make huge sacrifices (kids will have TV and xbox on all day, washing machine and dishwasher will be on a couple of times etc) but we are more careful than we used to be.

KimYeovil

Electric oven, gas heating, high ceilings, cellar, not frugal, (electric heating for the basement?).

The clues are there.