E.ON electricity bill

Deesse

Hi
I’m hoping someone can help me understand my first electricity bill. I moved into a 1-bed electric-only property 4months ago in Oct and I have just received my first bill. I live alone btw but for the first four months, I had 3 parties at the place and a friend has stayed over for about 2weeks. The electricity bill came to £339.39
Charges are as follows:
Normal primary units used: [EMAIL="340kWh@23.23p"]340kWh@23.23p[/EMAIL] each = £78.98
Secondary units used: 2788kWh @9.09p each = 253.43
Discounted amount = £9.18
subtotal before VAT = £323.23
VAT@ 5.0% on £323.23 = £16.16
Total = £339.39
Considering this is my first bill in 4months and that inbetween I used the electric hob a lot more than I do now when I was organising the parties and having guests over for housewarming etc…im thinking its all this activities I had in the house that had left me with this bill as normally I am very very prudent, always switching off at the wall what I am not using and as I work a full day and I’m not home till about 6.30pm the only things u would find switched on during the day is my fridge and Sky+ box (cos I never have time to watch anything so I set a lot of programmes to record for later and I’m under the assumption that switching off the box means programmes cant be recorded) and boiler. Everything else is switched off at the wall, I have a laptop and even the router is switched off at the wall when I am not using it. my main usage occurs evenings and some weekends. At weekends I try to avoid switching on the heating at all, especially if I do any cooking as it’s a small flat any cooking I do, sends some heat into the lounge as well.
I’m always looking for ways to save on my bill and im hoping the next bill wont be so much…btw the plan that my bill says I am on is “No Standing Charge Plan”.
I’m very very new to living alone as previously I would rent a room in a shared house etc and bills were always divided so now I am alone I realise its all on me and as a result I’m trying very hard to be prudent. Its just understanding the bill that am finding tricky.
Any advice would be much appreciated. I have no problems paying the bill as I save regularly each month for quarterly bills like this. I just want to know if its pretty reasonable considering.
Many thanks in advance!

E.ON_Company_Representative

Hi Deesse,

This is roughly £85 per month, for all electric my first thoughts would be that it's not a unreasonable amount, especially given the bill cover the last 4 months and a very cold winter.

What sort of heating does the property have? Storage heating? Panel heaters?

The No Standing Charge plan will be the standard E.ON tariff, so you can definitely drop your costs by taking a better tariff. Have you looked at what else may be available?

Brian

JennyR68

Doesn't seem at all unreasonable for 4 months winter use in an all electric property. If you want to keep a closer eye on consumption/costs www.imeasure.org.uk is a useful wee tool if you have access to your meter to take weekly reads.

Deesse

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Brian wrote: »

Hi Deesse,

This is roughly £85 per month, for all electric my first thoughts would be that it's not a unreasonable amount, especially given the bill cover the last 4 months and a very cold winter.

What sort of heating does the property have? Storage heating? Panel heaters?

The No Standing Charge plan will be the standard E.ON tariff, so you can definitely drop your costs by taking a better tariff. Have you looked at what else may be available?

Brian

Thanks so much for your response so quickly.

I think, if I understand correctly what the heating types are, the type of heating I have is Panel heaters as they are wall-mounted. 1 in the bedroom, a large one and a small one in the lounge. The bathroom has a very wall mounted heater, I think similar to the standalone types you would get as extra to heat a room but its wall-mounted in this case; but I hardly ever use that as it’s the bathroom and I just jump straight into the shower! J

I would really appreciate it if you could suggest any other tariffs I could look at. Considering my situation: single, 1-bed flat, hardly at home weekdays and just some weekends, I would like a tariff that would enable me to reign in some savings and is ideal for my situation.

Thanks!

Deesse

JennyR68 wrote: »

Doesn't seem at all unreasonable for 4 months winter use in an all electric property. If you want to keep a closer eye on consumption/costs (website address) is a useful wee tool if you have access to your meter to take weekly reads.

Thanks for that website, i need to get a key for the little storage room that the meter is located in next to my main door and i've been told it can be purchased from any DIY store so i'll get on that straight away and start monitoring my usage.

Cheers!

E.ON_Company_Representative

Hi Deesse,

If you email me on the address on the left I can discuss tariffs with you. I can't do this on the open forum.

My advice would be to use the comparison websites to find a deal that suits your needs as well. Paying for your energy by Direct Debit and managing your account online tends to be the key to getting access to the cheapest tariffs.

Brian

Deesse

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Brian wrote: »

Hi Deesse,

If you email me on the address on the left I can discuss tariffs with you. I can't do this on the open forum.

My advice would be to use the comparison websites to find a deal that suits your needs as well. Paying for your energy by Direct Debit and managing your account online tends to be the key to getting access to the cheapest tariffs.

Brian

Thanks, i will. I have also just sent an email to the address you directed me to.:j