n power gas bill help !!!!!!!

wrightmills59

Hi, this is my first post so i hope someone can help ?

My last N power bill states that i have used 305 cubic feet ( ft3 on my meter ) converts to 9587 kwh for a period of 4/11/09 to 21/01/10, does this seem correct ?

i have paid n power over £2000 this year in payments to clear my account after they cancelled my dd for 6 months by mistake. I have now switched company ( will never go back to n power will i can still breath ) and they have billed me over £700 !!!!!

Have looked at reports that they have billed millions of customers !!

My house is a standard 3 bedroom with 7 rads and heating and gas cooker.

Thanks for your help Simon

:):):)

wrightmills59

Thats for my electricity aswell, got charged £372.34 for my gas for using 305 ft3. Are they calculating it correctly ?

thought 10,000 kwh usage for 3 months is large ?

kjsmith7

VERY rough calculation for imperial/ft3/4 black digit (with the rest of the digits in red) meters:

Number of units used multiplied by 2.89 multiplied by 11 = number of kWh

305 x 2.89 = 881.45 x 11 = 9695kWh

Whats happening is you're taking your units used on your imperial meter, multiplying by 2.89 to convert the units used to metric, then multiplying by 11 as 1 metric unit is equivalent to roughly 11kWh.

It's not the best way to work it out, and as you can see it's not perfectly accurate, but it gives a rough idea - useful for predicting the next bill. If you had a metric/five black digit/m3 meter, you'd just multiply the units used by 11 (and skip the first step).

Short answer? The units used being converted to kWh is correct. It would cost me roughly £289 on my tariff, so you may wish to consider having a look at a switching web site when you've paid the balance off. Hope that helps