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blobq

Hello

I am currently on Scottish power online November 13 tarrif which ends soon.


I have tried to get my annual Kwh calculations but it only goes from November last year until August, here is what i have worked out:

Elec 5842 Kwh 19.551p per Kwh
gas 9083 Kwh 7044p per kwh

Im paying £121 a month, this sometimes goes down etc.

I was looking to switch however i have notice that i am now on the help beat cancer fixed online 2017 tarrif

elec 12.356p per kwh
gas 3.790p per kwh

my question is should i stay on the fixed or change? some comparison sites say i will pay more other say i will save.

any help?

Nada666

As your tariff ends in November you do not need to worry about its cost. Just find out what the total of your estimated usage will be.

5,842 kWh over 10 months, 584.2 per month, 7,000 over 12 months
9,083 kWh over 10 months, 908 per month, call that 11,000. (approx overestimate) *

Whack 11,000 and 7,000 and your postcode in a comparison site and see what is available in your region.

* you may need to revise the figures if original span is for nearly 11 months rather than just 10

Nada666

(You also want to see how to reduce your rather large electricity consumption - that'll have a bigger effect than choosing one particular tariff over another.)

blobq

blobq wrote: »

Hello

I am currently on Scottish power online November 13 tarrif which ends soon.


I have tried to get my annual Kwh calculations but it only goes from November last year until August, here is what i have worked out:

Elec 5842 Kwh 19.551p per Kwh
gas 9083 Kwh 7044p per kwh

Im paying £121 a month, this sometimes goes down etc.

I was looking to switch however i have notice that i am now on the help beat cancer fixed online 2017 tarrif

elec 12.356p per kwh
gas 3.790p per kwh

my question is should i stay on the fixed or change? some comparison sites say i will pay more other say i will save.

any help?

Hi

This is what i have been paying:

Electricity Bills (kWh)1
Bill period Number of days Bill Amount Consumption (kWh)3 Daily average4
24/11/2012 - 14/02/2013 83 £251.24 2376 28.63
15/02/2013 - 15/05/2013 90 £79.37 1716 19.07
16/05/2013 - 28/05/2013 13 £31.85 296 22.77
29/05/2013 - 26/08/2013 90 £161.69 1454 16.15
Gas Bills (kWh)2
Bill period Number of days Bill Amount Consumption (kWh)3 Daily average4
24/11/2012 - 14/02/2013 83 £164.21 4310 51.93
15/02/2013 - 15/05/2013 90 £81.26 2909 32.33
16/05/2013 - 28/05/2013 13 £38.63 1069 82.23
29/05/2013 - 26/08/2013 90 £50.72 795 8.84

pooch

Your bill data is pretty meaningless as it demonstrates you have been almost certainly billed, at least in part, based on estimated readings.

Was the readings last November actual readings? Presumably that is when you started this tariff?

Then take the actual meter readings today

Then you'll know/be able to work out the actual usage over 11 months. From that you should be able to estimate what the usage over a 12 month period is likely to be.

blobq

pooch wrote: »

Your bill data is pretty meaningless as it demonstrates you have been almost certainly billed, at least in part, based on estimated readings.

Was the readings last November actual readings? Presumably that is when you started this tariff?

Then take the actual meter readings today

Then you'll know/be able to work out the actual usage over 11 months. From that you should be able to estimate what the usage over a 12 month period is likely to be.

Hi

I have found what my meter readings where last November and I have just taken the latest

November 12

Elec 3103
Gas 2227

Readings today

Elec 8728
Gas 3163

So I make this a total kwh for the year
Elec 5625 kwh
Gas 936 kwh


Doe this seem high?

notbritishgas

blobq wrote: »

Hi

I have found what my meter readings where last November and I have just taken the latest

November 12

Elec 3103
Gas 2227

Readings today

Elec 8728
Gas 3163

So I make this a total kwh for the year
Elec 5625 kwh
Gas 936 kwh


Doe this seem high?

Yes your electric is high if your property has gas central heating.
The gas readings are not in kwh so you need to convert them, to do this depends on your meter type, imperial or metric.
If you have a metric meter then your usage is approx 10483 kwh, if you have an imperial it is 29667 kwh. I hope you have a metric one!
One reading is quite low and the other quite high.

blobq

notbritishgas wrote: »

Yes your electric is high if your property has gas central heating.
The gas readings are not in kwh so you need to convert them, to do this depends on your meter type, imperial or metric.
If you have a metric meter then your usage is approx 10483 kwh, if you have an imperial it is 29667 kwh. I hope you have a metric one!
One reading is quite low and the other quite high.

Hi

sorry are you referring to gas or electric as imperial or metric? Can i tell from the meter?

I think the electric is quite high, family of 5, 3 kids 2 adults. Kids turning everything on and it does not help us having electric underfloor heating in the kitchen.

i'm not going to turn that on for a while yet, maybe December if i can or Jan when it gets really cold.

I noticed when i logged on to my Scottish power account that i have been moved to the fixed Jan 17 tariff, do you think i should move?

apt

You will only have been moved to the January 2017 tariff if you've applied for it.

molerat

The meter will have "cu ft" or "cu m / m3" on the dial. If metric multiply your meter read by 11.2 or by 32 if imperial to get a rough kWh figure.