Electricity on memory stick thing!!!!

thefellow

My little sister has moved into a flat with storage heaters.
The electricity has to be bought at local shop on a thing like a memory stick...she is using about £50 a week...does she have any options in buying it cheaper as this seems steep


Help!!!!!!!!

robpw2

£50 is a lot what sge using it on ?

BargainGalore

sounds a lot but depends on if she has some debt she is paying off and or electric for heating too

mazza111

Definitely sounds like there could be a debt on the meter. There is a way of checking this by pressing buttons on the meter. It's just so long since I had one of these meters that I can't remember which ones

She should call her electricity supplier to make sure she's not paying for someone else's debt. Storage heaters are expensive but this is even more than I would expect.

Would also make sure she's on the right tariff, storage heaters should be storing at night and giving off heat during the day. I was also lucky that I was in a top floor flat, so got the heat from everyone else's heating, so didn't need to use all my heaters. Maybe she's burning them all?

macman

If she is using storage heaters, but not on an E7 tariff, then it will be very expensive.

thefellow

Thankyou

so where is best for her to e7 tarrif??

she think she is with scottish southern???

£ 50 a week is alot of bloody money.

savemoney

Yes it is I pay around £85 for both gas/electric per month, so either there is some debt or she is paying too much or using too much

thefellow

Thats reasonable

can u tell me who you are with???

savemoney

I am with British Gas on the Essentials tariff but its not open to everyone its meant for low incomes/disabled etc