OMG my electricity bill!!!!

Cardew

If you have 'only' used 1479 units for 3.5 months over the coldest part of the year your useage is likely to justify a Direct Debit of approx £25-30 a month.

However I cannot see a house that has electric heating(?) having so little consumption.

Are you sure this is not a bill for all your electric - less heating - and you have another meter for heating?

It doesn't add up.

lee3276

Its a bill for all electric used, 2 electric fires tumble dryer ect... and I pay but key meter but just don't understand the bill total cost of electic used £132.35 so why have i payed £480.00??????

lipidicman

lee3276 wrote:

GOD MY ELECTRIC IN WINTER IS A F****** £120 A MONTH WE DON'T HAVE GAS ALL ELECTIC AND ON KEY METER THE BILL AS FOLLOWS

Present Reading: 55635 taken on 28 Feb 2005
Previous Reading: 54156 taken on 11 Nov 2004

Electricity used 1479 units - 1 unit is 1 kilowatt (kWh)
for first 269 kWh at 13.236 pence per kWh
for last 1210 kwh at 7.475 pence per kWh
Cost of electricity used £126.05
VAT £6.30
Less balance b/fwd cr £284.49
Less your payments cr £480.00
Balance carried forward credit £632.14

THEY SAY WE ARE NOT IN CREDIT BUT THE BILL SAYS WE ARE £632.14 IN CREDIT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HELP!!!

Well the figures do add up 480(payment)+284.49(credit)=764.49

764.49-126.05(gas used)-6.30(VAT)=632.14(new credit balance)

So why are you in so much credit?

They add up, but they might not be right. You need to talk the company. Also, the last time I was on a key meter I dont recall getting a bill - I just used the meter and key (maybe they sent a summary, but not a bill) Try looking at the last bill to see if you were shown in credit then (by 284.49), that might help because if not there is an error

Cardew

Agreed the figures add up. Perhaps I should have said it doesn’t make sense.

Why a £120 a month (he pays that – presumably by DD?) when useage suggests £25-30 would be adequate? I could understand if there had been a large debit balance to clear by raising the DD for a while.

Why do “they”(presumably Electricity Board) say Lee is not in credit, when the bills indicate he is.

What is the Key meter for, if he has a DD and gets ‘normal’ bills?

I still think 1,479Kw is suspiciously low consumption for 3.5 months over the coldest part of the year in a property using standard rate, instead of off-peak, electricity for heating.

More information needed.

lipidicman

Cardew I wasnt responding to your 'it doesnt add up', I was trying to help Lee (though I see why you might have taken exception now!). And I agree that more info is needed on the billing details