Ridiculous fuel bill

StressedOutMummy

Does anyone think that £75 a moth for gas and £62 amonth for electricity is high? I had a letter from SWALEC today saying I owe £50 for electric and £74 for gas. I think the monthly payments are high enough already but is this the norm? I am seriously thinking of changing suppliers because I live in a small terraced, 2 bed house and I think this is extortionate.

penrhyn

What is you annual consumption of gas and electricity in Kwh?

You'll need this data anyway to use in your research for a cheaper deal.

I regard myself as a low user in a mid terrace and use around 2000Kwh electricity and 8000kwh gas /year.

macman

Give us your kWh figures: your monthly DD payments have nothing to do with the actual energy you are using.

nursekitty

i'M WITH SWALEC
i PAY £63 GAS USING 1800 KW A YEAR
AND I PAY £71 ELEC USING 5800 KW YEAR
U SWITCH RECKON MY YEARLY BILL SHOULD BE 600 ISH ???
LOOKING INTO SWITCHING THIS MONTH POSSIBLY TO N POWER

Perelandra

nursekitty wrote: »

i'M WITH SWALEC
i PAY £63 GAS USING 1800 KW A YEAR
AND I PAY £71 ELEC USING 5800 KW YEAR
U SWITCH RECKON MY YEARLY BILL SHOULD BE 600 ISH ???
LOOKING INTO SWITCHING THIS MONTH POSSIBLY TO N POWER

Your gas figure looks really low, unless you only use gas for your cooker or something? If you use gas to heat your home, I would guess that your consumption is actually 18,000 kWh rather than 1,800 kWh.

What size house or flat do you live in?


NB: In accordance with the rules: I work for British Gas, so please bear this in mind regarding any posts I make in this forum. Any opinions I express are mine own, and do not necessarily represent those of my employer.

macman

Indeed, you cannot possibly be paying £53pm if your gas consumption is only 1,800 kWh's pa, as that would cost less than £100pa.

Cardew

macman wrote: »

Indeed, you cannot possibly be paying £53pm if your gas consumption is only 1,800 kWh's pa, as that would cost less than £100pa.

I suspect they mean 1,800 gas units i.e. approx 20,000kWh.

paulmapp8306

Im not sure its that high TBH. I use Electric for everything except heating (central and water) - with that being Oil.

As a consequence I am not on a duel fuel tarrif - AND Im in a 4 bed home with 2 kids (6 & 9) so my electric will be higher than some - BUT I regularly switch to the cheapest tarrif in my area and currently im using around £130/month

Im a high user i know - having TVs in the kids room, Sky in two rooms, Surround sound amplifyers, i run a fish tank as well as dish washer/washing machine/tumble dryer, but I do use energy efficeint lights, and turn things off standby so ????

Im due to move home soon, and working out my Electric and comparative Gas useage (from my oil use), Im estimating a yearly bill of around £1800 - so £150/month for everything - once I move.

paulmapp8306

Oh - as a guide, I use around 8000KW electric/year to get the £130/month bill.

no_debt

well mine was high for last month just switched onto energy smart with british gas couple of month back.
gave my readings last month on my grath it showed i had used £37000 in 1 month made me laugh, rang british gas he says its now £42000 he looked into and said the computer had read a full cycle of the clock by mistake. all sorted now i wasent botherd new it was wrong . but what else will the computer do