Someone pls help with my electric bill?

Widelats

So on this data, exactly how much are they charging me for electric per unit used? And is this expensive? This is British Gas Standard Tariff.

Electricity

Electricity you've used:1329 units
£125.52 - Cost of electricity used
Total Electricity cost of =
£125.52

Meter reads19 Mar 2011 - estimated
22 Mar 2011 - actual
14522 -Estimated
15851 -We read your meter
= 1329.0 kWh used over 4 days (actual)
Usage charge

First
8 kWh x 21.978 p
£1.76
Next
1321 kWh x 9.369 p
£123.76
Total cost of electricity used =
£125.52
How we work out your electricity usage
Details
One unit of electricity used = 1 kilowatt hour (kWh)

KimYeovil

They are charging you 9.369p per unit (about nine-and-a-half pence). In addition you have an about £7.50 per month standing charge (paid through tier 1 charges.)

As this is a catch-up bill you may have saved money - you have only paid tier 2 prices for your catch-up. This is probably moot - as it is an electricity bill you will have paid all the earlier tier 1 units in a previous bill anyway.

Mrs_Arcanum

Have they increased their prices recently as this can give odd bills.

Widelats

ok thanks, as long as it looks right, i don't see how i used so much elec though.

victor2

You've only got one actual meter reading in there, so you don't know what your real usage is. Take a meter reading yourself a week after the last one and you'll get an idea of what your usage is. It has been very mild over the last week, but unless you have electric heating, that won't have made a big difference to your electricity use.

Widelats

Not concerned with usage so much as i am concerned whether they are charging me correctly, i have Dyscalculia and these tables, numbers and other stuff are meaningless to me, i don't know what they mean nor the amounts they say i owe are supposed to mean, bills have always confused me to the point of usually having to go to the citizens advice bureaux for help on understanding them.

Widelats

Mrs_Arcanum wrote: »

Have they increased their prices recently as this can give odd bills.

I would not know if they did increase the prices to be honest, i doubt they did.

victor2

Standard tariffs are rarely the best deals, but you really need to know your usage to be able to shop around. If you have an old bill with an actual reading on it, something like a year old would be ideal, then there's plenty of people on here can figure out an estimated annual usage from that, which can be used in the comparison sites, or will just put your mind at rest that you do not have unusually high use.

Widelats

they were usually £70 per quarter, this bill above is actually based on a reading, for a period of 6 months, and from some peoples bills on here i don't think its too bad considering gas is £89 for 6 month too, based on a reading.

I will see if i can find a paper bill somewhere. Thanks.

nichno

Hi that doesnt look too bad as looks like its a catch up bill.

Widelats

It is a catch up bill i didn't pay them last time, its really 2 bills in 1.