£126.84 monthly electricity bill!

Wig

Chavez,

We need information.

When you moved in did you take the reading and tell the electric supplier? what was the reading?

"74273 to 75600"

Did you take the 74243 reading?

On the bill you have what does it say about the dates of the bill period?
What does it say about "reading last time" the reading...74273 ? Does it have a date? does it say if it is Estimated (E) Actual (A) Customer (C)

75200 again what is the letter describing what kind of reading it is? Did a meter reader call to your house whilst you have been living there?

I suspect the old reading is Estimated, the new reading is Actual and they have landed you with the bill. You should have read the meter when you moved in. You will have to argue the toss with the electric supplier.

Chavez

Hi, thanks for all the suggestions so far!

When I moved in I got the caretaker (as its a communal place and I dont have access to my meter) to take a reading. It was 74316 - yet the bill is slightly different. I told them on sign-up too so I dont know why thats wrong. However its only out by 43 units so does not account for the bill.
The date is the 22nd August - I rang them and checked it was a 1 month not a 3 month bill also. Ive been here since July 29th.

The bill has no letters next to it - it states below that it would have an E if estimated, but it does not.

No meter reader has come to my house that I know of, but I guess the caretaker could have done it for us. No idea where the meters are in this place, but its not in my flat.

Going to get a proper meter reading from the caretaker tomorrow, but I fear it will confirm the bill. Then Im screwed!

zorber

Cardew wrote:

QUOTE=blondie21]measured the ubits on the electric meter from yesterday in one day we have gone from 76025/76 to 76050/31 the last two digits are the red columns , no idea if that it good or bad??????

At 25 kWh in a day that is high consumption for the summer. Although it wouldn't account for a £126 a month bill.

That consumption equates to 750 kWh per month which depending on the
price you pay could be anything between £60 and £80 a month.[/QUOTE]

I live in a 3 bedroom house, dishwasher washingmachine and loads of other electrical items, my bill is only £30-40 per month average.
Your bill and usage seems excesively high. get the electric company or and electrician to check your house out

blondie21

my bill isnt £126 - That was the orig poster) i just hijacked the thread.... it was £86 last year and this year they said £86 wont cover it they are putting it up to £102....it must be an average as i pay it monthly out of my bank by direct debit.it used to be £60 approx 4 years ago but we live in the same house now as then.
i am going to take a reading everyday and see how it goes.£100 per month is like another mortgage....!!!!!

Wig

blondie21 wrote:

my bill isnt £126 - That was the orig poster) i just hijacked the thread....

Which is why IMO it would be better for people to start their own threads.

Wig

Ok get the care taker to read the meter today, and I would tag along if I were you....it is possible the caretaker read 74816 as 74316. But that would still be 800 units in a month!

I would be wanting to know what the date and value was of the last known reading on the meter prior to July 29th

Or he read the wrong meter. I would be looking at adjacent meters to see what they read, and see if it's easy to get the meters mixed up. Ask if these meters are viewable from outside the building (for the meter reader & so you can see it yourself whenever you want.) A wholly unsatisfactory situation where you have no access to your meter and have relied on a caretaker to get things right.

Was the immersion heater switched on? Constantly?

Cardew

blondie21 wrote:

my bill isnt £126 - That was the orig poster) i just hijacked the thread.... it was £86 last year and this year they said £86 wont cover it they are putting it up to £102....it must be an average as i pay it monthly out of my bank by direct debit.it used to be £60 approx 4 years ago but we live in the same house now as then.
i am going to take a reading everyday and see how it goes.£100 per month is like another mortgage....!!!!!

If it was £60 4 years ago, £102 is entirely in line with the price rises there have been over that period.

That said your consumption is still very high @ 25 per day.

blondie21

Wig wrote:

Which is why IMO it would be better for people to start their own threads.

people who have an opinion bore me

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ha ha

Chavez

Blondie - you can have the thread now, Ive solved this. Treat it well

Turns out that the Npower guy read the meter wrong and stuck an extra 1000 units on there for me. Big anti-climax Im afraid, but Im happy its sorted. Should bring the monthly bill down by about £100, which is nice.

Thanks for all the suggestions guys, sure someone else will find them useful

deanos

Check the serial number on the bill corresponds with the one on the meter , when we moved house they cocked up the serial number somehow and we were paying for a house 100 miles away !!!

EDIT: Doh problem solved