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Discounted Standing Charge

Hiya
On my energy bill it reads

Standard energy 166 kWh £20.96
Discounted Standing Charge 44 days £6.89

Can somebody explain the discounted standing charge and why it's applied along with the energy use?

Thank you

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  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Energy .126 per kwh
    Standing charge .1566 per day .

    Standing charge is what you pay per day for the infrastructure pipes meters etc .Kwh is for the actual usage .
    Some tariffs have no standing charge but its built in to the kwh price .
  • Nada666
    Nada666 Posts: 5,004 Forumite
    Thanks, J J, but I suspect it is the adjective not the compound noun that the OP wanted explained!
  • Its just a method of paying a discount. For example if you get both gas & electricity from the same company each with a £50 per annum discount for paying via direct debit. You may see that discount applied as a £100 per annum divided by 365 days = 27p per day. What discount the O/P gets with a value of 15p per day / or / £54.75 per annum I've no idea.
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • I was looking for an answer to everything :) Compound noun, adjectives, the lot xD And I got it
    Thanks peeps.
  • flyingjock1
    flyingjock1 Posts: 89 Forumite
    The OP seems to be with SSE.

    Their annual standing charge per fuel is £100 per year/365 days expressed as 27.10p per day before tax on the bill. The 15.66p is the daily standing charge shown after the £40 annual dd discount is applied to the account (applied/365days about 10p a day off the 27.10p give or take rounding up)

    Tom
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