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Doubling of gas and electricity usage?
Last year I was on a post pay meter, but had them changed in October as I prefer prepay.
My main reason for preferring prepay is I tend to be more careful with my gas and electricity usage if I can see my credit ticking down, so I figured I might save a bit of money.
I have solar panels installed which, along with a boiler, keep the hot water tank going.
I was quite surprised to find that there was no difference in my bills from living in a bigger, un-insulated, non-solar house to living here.
Recently, I received a statement comparing my energy usage to this period last year.
Apparently, I'm using more than double the energy I was using before!
This doesn't sound right to me, as nothing has really changed in the last year. The family is the same size, there are actually fewer people home during the day as my eldest son is at nursery, I don't leave a night light on any more, baths and showers haven't changed in frequency, I'm using the cooker etc. no more than I was previously, I use the microwave less as no bottles to sterilise, and I now turn off radiators in rooms that I'm not using rather than leaving them all on.
I can't fathom where this phantom energy is going, but it appears to have gone up since I changed to prepay meters.
I know my readings from last year were accurate as I provided fortnightly readings to Scottish Power.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong or what could be going on?
Thanks in advance!
My main reason for preferring prepay is I tend to be more careful with my gas and electricity usage if I can see my credit ticking down, so I figured I might save a bit of money.
I have solar panels installed which, along with a boiler, keep the hot water tank going.
I was quite surprised to find that there was no difference in my bills from living in a bigger, un-insulated, non-solar house to living here.
Recently, I received a statement comparing my energy usage to this period last year.
Apparently, I'm using more than double the energy I was using before!
This doesn't sound right to me, as nothing has really changed in the last year. The family is the same size, there are actually fewer people home during the day as my eldest son is at nursery, I don't leave a night light on any more, baths and showers haven't changed in frequency, I'm using the cooker etc. no more than I was previously, I use the microwave less as no bottles to sterilise, and I now turn off radiators in rooms that I'm not using rather than leaving them all on.
I can't fathom where this phantom energy is going, but it appears to have gone up since I changed to prepay meters.
I know my readings from last year were accurate as I provided fortnightly readings to Scottish Power.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong or what could be going on?
Thanks in advance!
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