Check out my bills! They seem rather high/

nickinoo

This is my latest statement in full
Charges raised between 4th April, 2006 and 4th July, 2006


New Charges

Electricity : No Standing Charge VAT Rate : 5.0% £95.94
Gas VAT Rate : 5.0% £100.88
Discount £17.73 CR

Electricity : No Standing Charge

Reading date 3 July 2006
Meter
Number Present
Reading Previous
Reading kWh
Used Cost Per
kWh (p) Charge
Amount(£)
S81E007658 Normal 72314 A 71315 A 224 13.940 31.23
775 8.350 64.71



Total VAT exclusive charges £95.94


Gas

Reading date 3 July 2006
Meter
Number Present
Reading Previous
Reading Volume
Used kWh
Used Cost Per
kWh (p) Charge
Amount(£)
4253570 7692 A 7568 A 124hcf 1140 3.006 34.27
2787 2.390 66.61


Calorific value 39.3934 Conversion factor 1.0226

Total VAT exclusive charges £100.88


Discount £17.73 CR


More Detail >> Less Detail >> Total excluding VAT £179.09


Total Charges excluding VAT £179.09

VAT @ 5% on £179.09 £8.95

Total Charges including VAT £188.04

Balance brought forward on account dated 4th April, 2006 £101.66
Payments >> Payments >> £261.00 CR


And this is a summary of previous totals.

Electricity and Gas
Bill Date Charges inc VAT Balance
04 Jul 2006 188.04 28.70
04 Apr 2006 297.78 101.66
04 Jan 2006 293.53 64.88
03 Oct 2005 78.97 119.35
05 Jul 2005 203.12 214.38
01 Apr 2005 146.27 189.71
06 Jan 2005 133.38 117.44
02 Oct 2004 69.51 119.56

I have just received another bill from Powergen & on looking at the huge charges I am beginning to wonder if I have a problem with my meters. I was paying £66 per month until August 2005 when it shot up to £87 per month, I'm not 100% when I changed to 1 bill for both gas & electricity.

We live in a 3 bedroom mid-terrace which has gas central heating & a very ancient boiler which is on for 3 hours a day (it was 4 hours a day over the winter) with the odd hour boost when needed. We do have TV on & off most of the day, the same with the PC. We have good double glazing but we are aware that the loft could do with better insulation.

Are my bills excessive?

I hope my new house is a bit more energy efficient

Mizz_Pink

Yes they look high but I think after reading the posts on here, everyones having to pay loads for gas and leccy. We in the process of switching from Southern Electric to Npower. We pay £60 for leccy and £32 for gas although they want to take £57 a month for gas.


They are all robbing buggas!

We have 2 people in our house, out a work full time, the pc, fridge and frezzer are plugged in.

mishkanorman

we only pay £35 per month for each (£70 total ) so to me they seem very high !!

We live in a 3 bed ex council semi, I am at home all day with two small children ( cbeebies on constantly !) The hot water is on 4 hours a day at moment.
Maybe try switching off a few things at a time and see if you can find what uses the most power ??

mishka

Cardew

"Are my bills excessive?"

In the year July 05 to July 06 you paid £858 for gas and electricity which works out at £71.50 per month. Presumably you are now paying £87 a month because you had run up a debit balance last year.

You paid £652 the previous year which is about the same consumption, given the huge rises in the past year.

According to Government sources the average household is paying something like £950 per year so your £858 is not excessive.

You used 1001 units(kWh) in the last quarter(April - July). As this is normally the lowest quarter - later dark and lights on less etc - your electricity consumption is probably around 4,500kWh which is a bit higher than average.

But overall I wouldn't say your bills are excessive.

selbmag

Our Gass and electric comes in at £59.50 per month (for both) and we are currently in credit by £53.51 to May 2006.

Over the last year we have had cavity wall insulation / loft insulation and every hosehold lightbulb changed to energy saving.

We still have an old back boiler and hot water tank but this has been re-lagged.

As a result of this bills are down from £69 per month for both in previous years.

There are five of us living in a 3 bed Semi. So to me that does look very expensive.

However having said that we were on capped rate which has just ended and the electricity kwh price has gone up from 4.5p to 7.113p and gas kwh has gone up from 1.204p to 2.473p so just calculating how much extra this will be.

selbmag

OMG - just quickly worked it out on the calculator. The Feb - May quarter did cost me £135.00 (ex VAT) and at the new pricing this would have cost me £309.00 (ex VAT). Will be looking for some comparisons as well.