swalec 2 tier gas tariff

Ceri2345

Hi there can anyone tell me when i switch to the second rate, is it after a certain amount of units a day, quaterly or yearly, been searching the internet for hours and can not find this information anywhere thank you

forgot to mention this is a prepayment meter

molerat

Are you sure you are on a split rate, what do screens 09,10 & 17 on the meter read ?
http://www.southern-electric.co.uk/uploadedFiles/CoreMarketingSites/Assets/Documents/PaygogasMeterSE.pdf
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=40646146&postcount=26

Their standard break point is at 2500 kWh per year / 6.85 per day. If and how this applies to prepay meters I cannot say.

Ceri2345

09 - 8.4
10 - 3.8
17 - 0.0

not quite exact readings cos it's absolutely bucketing it down outside to read the meter

molerat

So you are on dual tariff then. Have you tried using a comparison site, they will show you how your current tariff is made up. The best option may be to give them a call.

Ceri2345

yeah i went on energyhelpline and it said on there what my teir rates were and that it was on teir one for first 620kwh a quater, guess the main question was how the meter worked it out, if it is quaterly then hopefully after it's used about £50 this quater should drop to lower rate, if it's daily then the stupid amount of gas i used last night is what i can expect through the winter

YoYoY

I'm pretty sure it's essentially worked out, pro rata, on a daily basis, but uses a fiddle factor where on any particular day you do not use all your tier 1 units, so that the full 620kWh tier 1 units are charged in a quarter (assuming you use that amount)