Energy Monitor Economy 7

MissMoneybags_2

Hello, newbie here,

I am looking for some advice before I buy an energy monitor.

We have economy 7 and 3 kids and I can't understand why our electric bill in a terraced house was £550 on our last bill as normally only £90 per month. We are with M&S which is southern electric , we swithched to them when Uswitch said we would save money.

I want to get an energy monitor which will monitor day and night electric but just wondering how it will do that?? If anyone has one please tell me which is the best monitor and if I will need to buy any more adapters for the economy 7 wire?

Any advice would be great to find out where all our electric is being used.

Thanks Meg x:j

lstar337

An Owl meter with an additional current clamp will aggregate the normal and E7 readings, but you wont get individual readings or cost totals.

You might be better off just taking daily readings from the meter.

It is usually fairly easy to identify your heavy use appliances.

Do you have electric heating and hot water?
If not, are you sure that E7 is working well for you?

Remember that E7 carries a premium for day usage, usually about 5p extra per unit of electricity.

macman

What your bill was and what your usage was are two entirely separate things.
What is your usual monthly kWh usage on each register, and what was it during the month in question?
The bill may be a catch-up bill due to previous estimated bills and a recent agent or customer actual reading. How often are you submitting reads?

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

You already have a monitor more accurate than the £30 rubbish on eBay, it's called your meter. Take meter readings, write them down. Elec cost is simple to work out - simply multiply usage by tariff, and add on the daily standing charge.

Bubblebath

lstar337 wrote: »

...Remember that E7 carries a premium for day usage, usually about 5p extra per unit of electricity.

Based on my limited, random survey, you appear to be about 100% wrong there

Here are the unit prices of M&S electricity based on standard tariff, pay monthly by DD and paperless billing

East Midlands
E7 - 16.07p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.60p

West Midlands
E7 - 16.55p / non-E7 - 13.82p ; difference: 2.73p

Eastern
E7 - 16.02p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.55p

:cool:

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

Bubblebath wrote: »

Based on my limited, random survey, you appear to be about 100% wrong there

Here are the unit prices of M&S electricity based on standard tariff, pay monthly by DD and paperless billing

East Midlands
E7 - 16.07p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.60p

West Midlands
E7 - 16.55p / non-E7 - 13.82p ; difference: 2.73p

Eastern
E7 - 16.02p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.55p

:cool:

Well, it's not 100% wrong.

Ebico, south west region,

E7 23.19/ non-E7 18.01 ; difference 5.18p

:cool:

Bubblebath

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

Well, it's not 100% wrong.

Ebico, south west region,

E7 23.19/ non-E7 18.01 ; difference 5.18p

:cool:

The OP is with M&S.

Not sure why you are comparing figures from an entirely different supplier :huh:

Oh, I know why - because YOU ARE A TROLL!

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

Bubblebath wrote: »

The OP is with M&S.

Not sure why you are comparing figures from an entirely different supplier :huh:

Oh, I know why - because YOU ARE A TROLL!

Wow.

And you are a !!!!.

lstar337

Bubblebath wrote: »

Based on my limited, random survey, you appear to be about 100% wrong there

Here are the unit prices of M&S electricity based on standard tariff, pay monthly by DD and paperless billing

East Midlands
E7 - 16.07p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.60p

West Midlands
E7 - 16.55p / non-E7 - 13.82p ; difference: 2.73p

Eastern
E7 - 16.02p / non-E7 - 13.47p ; difference: 2.55p

:cool:

Poor wording!

Should have put 'could be 5p or more' as it was for me in the SW region and EDF (the cheapest) E7 - 18.03p / non-E7 - 6.83p ; 11.2p difference!

Luckily we were using a lot more at night than during the day!

LyndaS

lstar337 wrote: »

Poor wording!

Should have put 'could be 5p or more' as it was for me in the SW region and EDF (the cheapest) E7 - 18.03p / non-E7 - 6.83p ; 11.2p difference!

Luckily we were using a lot more at night than during the day!

Hi lstar337,

Could you let me know which EDF non-E7 tariff only charges 6.83p /kWh please?

We live in Devon, just outside of Exeter and are supplied by EDF. EDF's standard tariff is currently 14.931p/kWh for this region, so we moved onto their Blue+Price Promise February 2016 which charges only 13.136p/kWh (there's no tie-in so we can change supplier or tariff whenever we want)

OH has even phoned EDF this morning to ask for this 6.83p/kWh tariff and they said that sort of price is nowadays about the price of their off-peak electricity on E7.

Are you sure about those prices? Why would anyone pay that sort of price for just 7 hours off peak electricity per day when you suggest they could be paying that sort of price 24/7 ?

I was wondering if I misunderstood you and you were quoting the peak/off peak rates for E7, but they don't coincide with current EDF prices either.

Please help. We would love to cut our electricity bill by about 50%. Really struggling at the moment. I know we could save a tiny amount by going with a different, unknown supplier but it would only save us up to £20 a year so it's not worth it. But saving £200-£250 per year is certainly something we would jump at if available, especially if it means we stay with our current supplier, EDF.

Thanks in advance.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

I'm sure lstar is trustworthy, but you don't need to rely on his word. Just put your details into a price comp site, that will soon tell you the cheapest deals.