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Extremely high electicity bills.

dchurch24 · 2012-10-10 07:56:32

Hi all, For some reason my electricity bills are sky high. Recently they've been estimated, so I've just been on BG's website to enter a reading. It wouldn't let me submit the reading as, apparently, it's much higher than their estimate. Their estimates are currently coming in extremely high already. For example, last…

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new_owner Posts: 238 Forumite

12 October 2012 at 6:30PM

Wow £900 is a big bill.

I bought a energy tester (belkin) and found that a freezer that I had inherited, when I bought the house was costing a fortune. It might be worth finding out what is using what as well as some of the good ideas posted.

The testing unit showed some interesting energy costs and i ended up investing in standby savers, LED lights etc to get my bill down..

My monthly bill now is around £30

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