Gas Hike

kay2416

Hello,

I hope you can help me, about a month ago we had our gas bill. As we pay direct debt we pay monthly but then got a bill to say that we owed £100.

Since our bill the end of December,the meter reading has gone up by 200 units and something does not look right. Comparing from other years we seem to be using more and more but really our routine has not changed.
I am worried in June we are going to have even a bigger bill.

The bill states that on average 46 kwh however we only have our gas on 5 hours max a day and at weekends.
Is this normal?

I am thinking at that the meter maybe faulty, do you have to pay to get someone to have a look at it or get it fixed?

Thanks for your feedback,

victor2

What are you running on gas? If it is heating of some sort, then 46kWh in a winter day is not much at all. If paying by direct debit, the idea is to spread the cost evenly over the year, so in the winter you use more than you pay for, but in summer less, so it evens out.
If you want to look at what your cost may be against meter units, you need to know whether it is an imperial or metric meter. Imperial will say something like ft3 on it and metric will say m3. Your bill will indicate what units are being recorded and this should match your meter. Make sure your bills are based on actual readings and not estimates as well.
As a reasonable guide, 1 imperial unit is 32kWh and 1 metric is 11kWh.