Help with electricity query

Doom_and_Gloom

marvellous10 wrote: »

Sorry to barge in this thread, but I'm all elec and going through around £40 a week. 2 bed flat/apartment, no double glazing either. Thought it was too much but guess not

£40 a week! That is more than what we were paying. £600/52 = (basically) £11.54/week. That was for all 5 of us in that 3 bedroom flat. Nowhere near £40 a week. I suppose it depends what you use though. We turned everything off when not in use - the only thing that got left on standby was the freeveiw box. Obviously the electricity also did the hot water, cooking etc. That was a few years back now (3 maybe 4) so you would have to put the price increase on to it since then.

Johnny_Barnes10

Just me living there, but have my kids stay over 3/4 times a week. When they do I leave their bedroom heater on 15/20 degrees through the night. Then when they're up I leave the heater (and small portable heater) on constant. When I'm alone I'm alright in trackie bottoms/jumper, or small heater on. Only this past month I've been using so much mind, in the summer I was using around £60-80 a month.

spiro

marvellous10 wrote: »

Just me living there, but have my kids stay over 3/4 times a week. When they do I leave their bedroom heater on 15/20 degrees through the night. Then when they're up I leave the heater (and small portable heater) on constant. When I'm alone I'm alright in trackie bottoms/jumper, or small heater on. Only this past month I've been using so much mind, in the summer I was using around £60-80 a month.

You dont need to leave it at 20c at night, we sleep better (medical fact) in a cool room so a think quilt and some pjs are all you should need rather than a heater being on for 12hrs. Just make sure there are no cold drafts.

Johnny_Barnes10

thing is the baby (18 months) kicks off her blanket, as does my son. Flat is like an iceberg so need to leave their heater on. Mine stays off though, and only heat the living room once we're up. Tried a tip off here about turning the kitchen hob on for a bit, massive difference!

spiro

marvellous10 wrote: »

thing is the baby (18 months) kicks off her blanket, as does my son. Flat is like an iceberg so need to leave their heater on. Mine stays off though, and only heat the living room once we're up. Tried a tip off here about turning the kitchen hob on for a bit, massive difference!

For babys that age you can get a 'sleep suit' that completely encloses them except their face. Keeps them lovely and warm even without a blanket.

Kimitatsu

This may help: #

Consumers are legally bound to pay for their utilities. However, the Limitations Act 1980 prevents charges being recovered if the electricity or gas was used more than six years ago. In Scotland this period is five years.
Suppliers should at least offer a payment plan that allows you to repay any debt over the same length of time that it has built up. In other words, if you have not had a bill from your supplier for three years then, when a bill does finally appear, you should be able to spread the repayments over three years. However, if you accept a payment plan then you will not be able to change your supplier until you have cleared the outstanding debt.
However, as a result of the ‘super-complaint’ submitted in April 2005 to the energy regulator, Ofgem, energy companies have been told that, as of July 2006, they should no longer bill for any energy used by consumers more than two years previously where the company themselves has failed to provide a bill. Energy companies are not expected to bill for any amount that dates back longer than a year.

So if they are saying that they have put in a faulty meter 6 years ago (how convenient that the meter went wrong years ago! ) then your daughter has at least 6 years to pay it back if they can prove she is liable.

If however you can show that they have not provided an accurate bill in the last 12 months then under the super complaint then your daughter should not have to pay anything longer than the last 12 months. If I were you I would get her to go down to the CAB and pursue this one!