huge elec and gas bill for dec-is this right?

kezzygirl

Thanks for the replies,our elec meter has 'kwh' written on it-current measure is 28106 0-in red.
The gas has ft3 on it-current number is 1938.
The house is occupied by myself,my husband and our 6 and 3 yr old children.Gas central heating,double glazing.we did have family over for a week or so-my sister and her two girls who are 14 and 12.

I will investigate further and keep an eye on the meters.
I turn the telly/dvd/wii off at plug overnight,heating down to 18degrees,microwave and cooker off at plug when not in use.use lighting frugally.

dont know what else I can do!
Thanks

kezzygirl

dogshome wrote: »

From the info in your post it can be gleaned that the person on google has a Metric Gas meter marked m3, which delivers roughly 11Kwh per meter unit, whilst your meter is an Imperial model marked ft3, which produces roughly 31 Kwh per meter unit - Have a look at your meter

Without knowing more details of your home, it's equipment and family size it's not really possible to comment on the billing.

However whilst high winter Gas bills are a fact of life, perhaps there is more concern over the Elec costs as these will roughly the same all year long, so the 713Kwh you used in 31 days equates to 8,395 Kwh a year - almost 3 times more than the average home

Please post house & family details if you want further comment, but in the meantime keep a weekly record of your meter readings as posts on this site show FU do not have the most accurate billing system in the industry

dogshome-so,is it cheaper to have a newer metric metre?would they change it free of charge?thanks

kezzygirl

okay,me again.I have used 136 units of elec since 31st dec...thats 136 units in 2weeks.we used 713units in 30days last mth...how the hell does that work?!!

Lemoncurd

Were you all at home a lot more than normal during the Christmas period?
I know we used a lot more during December due to having the electric oven on a lot, tumble drying quite a bit when we don't usually. Having lights, TV, Computers etc on a lot more as we were staying up later. Using the dishwasher, kettle and microwave more as we were all at home.

jobdone1

i use about 6 - 10 units a day that useing a tumble dryer lights on etc

macman

kezzygirl wrote: »

dogshome-so,is it cheaper to have a newer metric metre?would they change it free of charge?thanks

A metric meter isn't 'cheaper', it just measures in different units! The billing conversion to kWh is different for metric and imperial in order to come to the correct (same) kWh total for billing.You didn't seriously think that you were paying 3 times as much just because you have an old imperial meter?
The point that was being made is that sometimes when meters are replaced (and go from imperial to metric), the billing calculation is not changed to reflect this, with a resultant bill nearly 3 times higher than it should be.
Since you still have an imperial meter, this does not apply to you.

kezzygirl

You didn't seriously think that you were paying 3 times as much just because you have an old imperial meter?

wow,passive aggressive macman,thanks for that.
thanks for all of your comments,I will sort it from here.
regards.

macman

Nothing aggessive in my post. Your post implies that that is what you believed, which made me somewhat incredulous-not aggressive.
I then gave you a full explanation of how the billing system works between metric and imperial.

oldskoo1

I know the bill seems like a lot but providing you submitted actual readings it is likely to be correct.

Especially as this seems roughly in line with other peoples winter usage.

I'm currently spending between £6 and £8 per day just in gas now it's -4 outside, thats about 14 - 16 units or about 160kwH. Compare this to earlier in the month when it was much milder, my daily gas usage was between £3 and £4.

I dont think it's uncommon to see a winter gas bill between £150 - £230 per month for a typical property.