2013/2014 Water Bill increases

Cardew

Sorry about formatting but you can see it laid out better here


http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/mediacentre/pressnotices2008/prs_pn0313bills

Forecast average household bills for 2013/14 (including 3% inflation) a


Note: some figures may not add up due to rounding



Water & sewerage

companies

Average

Water Bill
2013/14
£
Change from 2012/13
Average
Sewerage Bill 2013/14
£
Change from
2012/13
Average combined bill 2013/14
Average change in combined bill from 2012/13

Anglian

£194
£5
£240
£6
£434
£12
2.8%

Dŵr Cymru

£181
£2
£253
£5
£434
£7
1.7%

Northumbrian

Northumbrian
(excluding Essex & Suffolk)

£164
£3
£195
£5
£359
£8
2.2%

Essex & Suffolk b

£221
£6

Severn Trent

£177
£4
£158
£4
£335
£7
2.2%

South West *

£230
£4
£319
£6
£499*
-£40*
-7.3%*

Southern

£158
£6
£291
£16
£449
£23
5.3%

Thames

£207
£9
£147
£10
£354
£18
5.5%

United Utilities

£193
£4
£213
£9
£406
£13
3.4%

Wessex

£249
£15
£229
£8
£478
£22
4.9%

Yorkshire

£167
£3
£201
£9
£368
£12
3.3%

* Household customers served by South West Water will benefit from a Government Contribution, which will reduce the bill for all households by £50 per year. This is being applied from April 2013. This £50 reduction is applied to the combined average bill in this table. Without the Government Contribution, South West Water’s combined average bill would be increasing by 2%, or around £10, to £549.
Water only companies

Change in water only bills – not including sewerage charges

Affinity Water c

Central region c

£174
£0

£0
0.1%

East region c

£171
£2

£2
1.4%

Southeast region c

£203
£6

£6
3.1%

Bristol

£191
£11

£11
6.3%

Cambridge

£130
£4

£4
2.8%

Cholderton

£204
£3

£3
1.5%

Dee Valley

£150
£6

£6
4.1%

Portsmouth

£96
£2

£2
2.3%

Sembcorp Bournemouth

£154
£2

£2
1.2%

South East

£201
£6

£6
3.0%

South Staffordshire

£144
£3

£3
2.3%

Sutton & East Surrey

£186
£7

£7
3.9%

Average change (combined bill)

Industry average (weighted)

£186
3%
£202
4%
£388
£13
3.5%

• Average bills for 2013-14 are estimates. They are based on provisional and forecast data that each company provides for the year ending 31 March 2014. The average household bill is, by definition, an average across all customers. Individual customers' bills may be more or less than the average because of their particular characteristics, for example, whether they have a water meter. Changes to customers' bills will vary according to which company supplies them. Some customers receive their water services from one company and receive their sewerage services from another. To calculate the average combined bill for these companies, you must add the average water bill to the average sewerage bill.
• The change for Northumbrian - Essex and Suffolk is for water only bills, as they only provide water services.
• In 2012 the three separate Veolia- branded businesses (Veolia Water Central, Veolia Water Southeast and Veolia Water East) were brought together as one company, under the Affinity Water brand. The above table reflects the fact there are three different sets of charges for the three different supply areas.

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Notes to Editors

• The inflation figure used is 3% - the Retail Price Index (RPI) annual inflation in November 2012, as released by the Office of National Statistics in December 2012.
• For 2012/13 bills RPI annual inflation was 5.2%; in 2011/12 it was 4.7% and for 2010/11 it was 0.3%.
• The national average bill figure for England and Wales of £388 does not factor in the Government Contribution to South West Water’s household bills. The national average bill figure therefore incorporates an average South West Water household bill of £549.
• A total of £25.2 billion is forecast to be invested in maintaining and improving water and sewerage service between 2010 – 15. This figure is in 2011 – 12 prices.
• The Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) is the economic regulator of water and sewerage companies in England and Wales. It exercises its powers in a way that it judges will protect the interests of consumers, promote value and safeguard future water and sewerage services by allowing efficient companies to carry out their functions properly, and finance them.
• Ofwat’s consultation ‘Setting Price Limits for 2015 - 2020 - framework and approach’ was published on 28 January and is available on http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/
• Further information about specific companies’ bills and charges will be available from the relevant water companies. Company contact details are available on: http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/consumerissues/watercompanies/map/#swt
• Media enquiries to Ofwat Press Office on:
  Benedict Fisher 0121 644 7642 / [EMAIL="benedict.fisher@ofwat.gsi.gov.ukk"]mailto:benedict.fisher@ofwat.gsi.gov.ukk[/EMAIL]
  Harbinder Babra 0121 644 7616 / [EMAIL="harbinder.babra@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk"]harbinder.babra@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]
  Simon Markall 0121 644 7696 / [EMAIL="simon.markall@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk"]simon.markall@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]

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macman

How will the SWW subsidy be applied to their billing?

Cardew

macman wrote: »

How will the SWW subsidy be applied to their billing?

As stated in the post above:

* Household customers served by South West Water will benefit from a Government Contribution, which will reduce the bill for all households by £50 per year.

This is being applied from April 2013. This £50 reduction is applied to the combined average bill in this table. Without the Government Contribution, South West Water’s combined average bill would be increasing by 2%, or around £10, to
£549.

RangersPete

macman wrote: »

How will the SWW subsidy be applied to their billing?

I think I read they will apply a £12.50 discount each quarter for the coming year

Horseunderwater

The bit that kind of puzzles me is this: We're still on RV water bill simply because everytime I ring them up to ask if it is worth changing to a meter they tell me no as there are 3 adults in our house. Last years bill combined was £503.58 - so I assume that I will need to add on 4% which makes it another £20+ on top per year but it then says that everyone will pay an extra £12 a year. Which one is right?

Cardew

Horseunderwater wrote: »

The bit that kind of puzzles me is this: We're still on RV water bill simply because everytime I ring them up to ask if it is worth changing to a meter they tell me no as there are 3 adults in our house. Last years bill combined was £503.58 - so I assume that I will need to add on 4% which makes it another £20+ on top per year but it then says that everyone will pay an extra £12 a year. Which one is right?

No they don't say everyone will pay an extra £12 a year. For Anglian Water* the 'average' bill is £434 and the increase is 2.8% so 'Mr Average' will pay £12.15p extra.

With your bill, you should pay an extra £14.10 - assuming that the 2.8% is applied evenly to all customers.

On the question of a meter, why don't you get one fitted. If it doesn't work out cheaper you can revert back to paying charges based on your RV - if you change back within 12 months(I have read that it is 24 months with Anglian)

* Living in East Anglia I assume that you are with Anglian?

Horseunderwater

Cardew wrote: »

No they don't say everyone will pay an extra £12 a year. For Anglian Water* the 'average' bill is £434 and the increase is 2.8% so 'Mr Average' will pay £12.15p extra.

With your bill, you should pay an extra £14.10 - assuming that the 2.8% is applied evenly to all customers.

On the question of a meter, why don't you get one fitted. If it doesn't work out cheaper you can revert back to paying charges based on your RV - if you change back within 12 months(I have read that it is 24 months with Anglian)

* Living in East Anglia I assume that you are with Anglian?

Yes we are with them. Need to get an outside tap refitted as it drips, bt now I have a new washing machine that washes larger loads with little water, it may well work out better. And yes it is a 2 year meter/RV comparison or it was last year. Maybe now is the time to bite the bullit.