Power ni direct debit

AaronM87

Hi folks,

We bought our house last year and set up an account with Power ni, our direct debit was set up at £37 p/m which was fine. Now we received a letter saying our estimated costs for the next year would be £828 so our DD would go up to £69 p/m. Does this seem right?

We live in a 3 bed terrace and there's only two of us, we're usually both out at work until after 5pm.

Thanks

GBNI

That does seem quite high! I have a keypad and put £80 every other month. Do you run a tumble dryer or heaters a lot?

Ticked

There may be a shortfall to make up, so the monthly DD is set on the high side to cover it. Our DD is £55 per month and I'd say our usage is fairly average.

AaronM87

GBNI wrote: »

That does seem quite high! I have a keypad and put £80 every other month. Do you run a tumble dryer or heaters a lot?

We only use our tumble dryer once a week to dry towels and jeans. Don't use any heaters. I added up our quarterly bills and it came to £609, so paying £37 p/m over the year would of left a shortfall of £165.

warmhands.coldheart

£37/month does seem low..... I think Ticked may be right in that maybe you are in arrears and they have upped the DD to cover that along with usual estimated bill..

Cotta

Our bill is £30 p/m and I thought that was high.

JulieElizabeth

Pay quarterly DD and mine is never over £55

Golden_Anemone

Main reason I moved from PowerNI was they consistently overestimated usage and wouldn't adjust DD until the annual review meaning they often owed me hundred of pounds. Muiltiply that up by thousands of customers and you can work out why they do it. Even when interest rates are low they must make a fortune.

There are cheaper providers who are easier to pay.

jenheiffer

I would rather pay by quarterly DD - even though I think there is a smaller 'discount' at least you only pay for what you have used.

jenheiffer

JulieElizabeth wrote: »

Pay quarterly DD and mine is never over £55

Mine's much more than that, but I use an electric heater and sometimes the immersion and have an electric cooker.

JulieElizabeth

jenheiffer wrote: »

I would rather pay by quarterly DD - even though I think there is a smaller 'discount' at least you only pay for what you have used.

Exactly, I refuse to line their pockets for electricity I haven't used