high electricity bill

swankypants69

Hi,

Am just looking for some advice, I recently received an electricity bill from my landlord which seems incredibly high. It is for a commercial property, I have supposedly used over 48,000 units in five months, and am being charged at 10.89 pence per unit, for every unit. Both of these figures seem very high.

Has anyone got any ideas? I do have quite a few fridges and freezers running, as well as aircon, however a bill of £6,000 including VAT for 5 months seems huge.

Any advice/opinion is very welcome

Cheers

frugallass

did you take a meter reading when you took over the lease?

is the bill from the power company or from the landlord?

swankypants69

hi,

no i didnt take a meter reading, which was silly of me

the bill is from my landlord

cheers

frugallass

oops - that's a shame !

so your landlord could have just made up some random amount of units?

You need to see a proper bill from the power supplier first before you do anything

swankypants69

yeah i guess they could of

will have to see what i can do

frugallass

well first of all I would demand proof - ie a power bill

Mike_in_Horwich

Read your meter today. Then, read it again in a week's time.

Assuming usage is reasonably consistent throughout the summer months and as you've stated you have quite a few fridges and aircon. assume that usage will be somewhat lower in the colder, winter months.

I suspect you could calculate a rough qty of units should your landlord fail to provide documented proof from the energy supplier.

swankypants69

hi mike,

thanks very much, i had thought thats what i would do, so i will check it over 2 weeks and see what it says, then multiply it back out over the last 5 months, do some sums and see where it gets me

does anyone have any idea over unit charges?????? i really dont know what I should be paying to be honest

cheers