Help with electricity meter readings...

mari0123

Hi, First post on here... I am a student and I am trying to work out how much my electricity bill will be. I have searched around EDF energy but its all really confusing me so I was wondering if any body could help me..

I am with EDF Electricity and in the North East.

My move in reading was 11715 and I have just taken the reading of 12387.

The difference is 672 but I really don't know where to go from there to calculate how much it will be.

Thanks in advance.

Tom

Cardew

Edf have several tariffs.

You have used 672kWh. The price per kWh is in the region of 10p/kWh for the majority of your consumption. You pay a few pence more for 900kWh per year.

So a ball park figure is £60 to £80.

To get exact figures look up the price per kWh for your tariff.

mari0123

That is what was confusing me, that the units are kWh. It works out at £72. Thanks for that Cardew. Not too bad for three months.

Fire_Fox

Don't forget to include the standing charge, if you are on a tariff with one.

mari0123

Whats a standing charge and what constitutes as a tariff? I am hopeless. :beer:

macman

A standing charge is the fixed price you pay per day whether you use any electricity or not. Some tariffs have a standing charge, some do not.
A tariff is the price plan you are on; standard tariff, dual fuel tariff etc.

Fire_Fox

If you have never switched supplier you may well be on the standard tariff (you are automatically placed on this as a new customer). Standard = expensive, so ring and ask to change to a cheaper price plan.

Cardew

mari0123 wrote: »

Whats a standing charge and what constitutes as a tariff? I am hopeless. :beer:

The tariff is the prices you pay - a menu price list is another way of describing a tariff.
e.g.

1. xxp for the first 225kWh per quarter.

2. yyp for the rest of the kWh consumed.

3. a percentage off for paying by direct debit of having dual fuel.(gas and electricity)

The 'standing charge' is the xxp for the first 225kWh per quarter.(i.e. you pay a higher rate for those kWh.

Some tariffs have all units(kWh) at the same price but have a daily standing charge of xxp.