am i missing something....??

Brookebaloo

Hi,

After just studying my bills can anyone shed any light if im missing anything obvious...

Bill dated 10/03 (actual reading) 7740 for Gas
next bill dated 04/09 (actual reading) 7992
total usage for this period shows 252 (100s cubic feet) = 7901 kWh - then on the reverse of the bill shows annual assumption to be 34018 kWh gas over 12 months ( and predicted charges £1262. I just dont get this figure at all? current 6 months shows 7901 if i double that it would be around 15000 even if i add more for winter months - surely it cant be an extra 28000 kWhs????

any help appreciated, i currently pay £160 per month alone for Gas.
Brooke xx

keith1950

Hi, their figure does seem a bit high but based on my useage pattern throughout the year I would say that if you are using 7901 for the spring/summer period you should at least triple that figure to give an approximate indication of your annual useage. So I would have expected you to use a total of 24000-28000 depending on the severity of the winter.

If your look on some suppliers websites there are sometimes graphs giving an indication of useage throughout the year.

From what I can see, broken down into quarters they seem to indicate the following ratios:-

Spring 3, Summer 1, Autumn 3, Winter 5.


Based on these 'approximate' figures shows that your 7901 is around a third of your expected annual useage.

eurmalian

Simple answer is to check the bill before that one. It's a winter bill and will show you the sort of consumption that they expect from you over the colder months.

Brookebaloo

eurmalian wrote: »

Simple answer is to check the bill before that one. It's a winter bill and will show you the sort of consumption that they expect from you over the colder months.

The only bills i have before this was taken with actual readings 02/06/10 showed a reading of 6813 and then 01/12/10 was 7170 - then 7740 as an actual reading on 10/03/11 (in total 822) - then from march to recent bill of September i used an extra 252 units to take my reading to 7992 - in short over 15 months i have used 1179 units, how do i convert this into kWts to check for what it would be???

many thanks x

davehsug

For a very rough guide, I would multuiply imperial units such as yours by about 30 & metric units by about 11 to give the total kwh. There is a more exact formula using calorific values & the precise imperial to metric conversion rates but I can't reacll it at the mo.

dogshome

Hi Brookebaloo - The figures you have given are all based on you having an Imperial meter which delivers close to 31.5 chargeable Kwh for each unit the meter records.

Therefore the annual Kwh hour figure based on your meter read of 1179 over 15 month's of use, equates to roughly 29,700 Kwh a year.
( Try to break down the billing to as close as you can for 12 months use, then x this figure by 31.5 for a more accurate figure )

You don't give any details of your dwelling or family size, but 252 meter units/7901 Kwh, is an awful lot of Gas to use over 6 months in summer, so it just may be that you are being billed for the wrong type of meter.

Look at the meter, on the front it will be marked ft3 for an Imperial meter, or m3 for a Metric meter
If it is marked m3 you being seriously overcharged by 181% for your Gas use, so Photo the meter and send it to your supplier with a letter of Complaint, also post here so that you can be advised how to recover the correct amount that you have overpaid

Brookebaloo

dogshome wrote: »

Hi Brookebaloo - The figures you have given are all based on you having an Imperial meter which delivers close to 31.5 chargeable Kwh for each unit the meter records.

Therefore the annual Kwh hour figure based on your meter read of 1179 over 15 month's of use, equates to roughly 29,700 Kwh a year.
( Try to break down the billing to as close as you can for 12 months use, then x this figure by 31.5 for a more accurate figure )

You don't give any details of your dwelling or family size, but 252 meter units/7901 Kwh, is an awful lot of Gas to use over 6 months in summer, so it just may be that you are being billed for the wrong type of meter.

Look at the meter, on the front it will be marked ft3 for an Imperial meter, or m3 for a Metric meter
If it is marked m3 you being seriously overcharged by 181% for your Gas use, so Photo the meter and send it to your supplier with a letter of Complaint, also post here so that you can be advised how to recover the correct amount that you have overpaid

Hi Dogshome, thanks for your input. I did check the meter, it shows a blue stamp similar to a hallmark format. On here it says the letters MP 12?? I'm unsure what this is or even if its relevant. Then in the very small print on the front advises 'ft' so from this I'm assuming it is a correct imperial meter??? my bill of 30/11/10 shows us in credit of £103, then in March this year we got hit with a bill of £756 which I'm assuming covered winter months as may explain the high direct debit assumption. I'm just building up my research before i call Npower to clarify!!

thanks again Brooke xx