Electricity bill has gone bonkers!

greenfeld69

I think it was quite a bit less than that.

penrhyn

Ahhh, my brain has died.

How many watts are you using then?

HappyMJ

greenfeld69 wrote: »

17/08/2009 I submitted a reading and my meter was at 21763.
20/09/2010 I submitted a reading and my meter was at 27445.

Since then it has gone up by 1615 - it's currently at 29070, averaging 538 units a month.

How do you get 538...I get 27445-21763=5682/13=437kw month.

For a whole year including your electric heating in the winter and electrically heated water year round that's not bad at 5200kw/year. The average without heating and hot water is 3300kw/year.

bloss0m

That sounds like you pay way over odds per unit it should be more than 12-10p for secondary unit

greenfeld69 wrote: »

I've got the meter running!

It's currently ticking along at around .24p an hour, with the dehumidifier on, my Mac, a host of lights, and a stereo.

Sound about right?

spiro

Looking on the BG website there are various EnergySmart tariffs. For an average user it quotes yearly charges from £387 to £441 for elec only.

greenfeld69

I just checked and I am on 'electricity standard' with Energy Smart...

grahamc2003

greenfeld69 wrote: »

I've got the meter running!

It's currently ticking along at around .24p an hour, with the dehumidifier on, my Mac, a host of lights, and a stereo.

Sound about right?

How did you set up your meter if you don't know the unit cost?

Assuming a unit cost of 10p/kwh, your 0.24p/hr equates to 24w ... well done! If you meant 24p/hr, then that equates to 2.4kw, which is a hefty usage if the kettle, immersion or any other heaters aren't on, or normal if any one of those is on.

If you have kept warm through this cold spell mainly by heating with electricity, then your bill is no surprise.

When you find the cost per unit of your tariff and find out whether or not your on economy seven, people will be able to give you more advice

penrhyn

Indeed, to find out whats what we need to know what watts you are using.
For some reason you are concentrating on cost not consumption.

greenfeld69

grahamc2003 wrote: »

How did you set up your meter if you don't know the unit cost?

Assuming a unit cost of 10p/kwh, your 0.24p/hr equates to 24w ... well done! If you meant 24p/hr, then that equates to 2.4kw, which is a hefty usage if the kettle, immersion or any other heaters aren't on, or normal if any one of those is on.

If you have kept warm through this cold spell mainly by heating with electricity, then your bill is no surprise.

When you find the cost per unit of your tariff and find out whether or not your on economy seven, people will be able to give you more advice

The website told me to put in 16p as the unit cost per kwh (on the meter). It's currently ticking away with not much going on at 9p p/h.

I used my multifuel stove for the main heating - it kicks out an awful lot of heat but doesn't (sadly) heat water or central heating.

davidgmmafan

What tariff were you on before energysmart? I know you said you don't recall the name but what kind of tariff was it? If it was online or some other kind of reduced rate then this could account for the difference.