Pick me up off the floor, is this bill right?!

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Helena

Thank you,

I see, so how many units have you used from October's accurate installed read, up to the recent accurate read? Was the first bill estimated?

I think the bill you received first was under estimated, so it looks like you've used more in the 3 months.

Just wanted to see how much you've used in the 6-7 months you've had the credit meter, two winter quarters.

Hope this makes sence.

jolester

I'll out info as it is on the bills - see if it helps at all.
period prev present kwh
17th June 14 - 7 July 14 01379 E 01397 C 200
7th July 14 - 4 Aug 14 99999 A 00013 C 156

Above two readings on the same bill but two meter numbers as changed from prepay to bill

4th Aug 14 - 13th Oct 14 00013 C 00073 A 670

13th Oct 14 - 15th Oct 14 00073 A 00078 E 56
15th Oct 14 - 28th Jan 15 00078 E 00327 E 2773

Above two readings on the same bill, going from one tariff to another

28th Jan 15 - 8th April 15 00327 E 01477 A 12838



I'm not disputing the numbers on the meter say what they do, I just don't see how we could use that much gas, is it possible the meter could be running incorrectly or a leak somewhere?

I appreciate the fitst figures would have been summer periods and this winter but it's still a heck of a lot - an average family's yearly usage in a quarter !!!!

molerat

You have not used that in a quarter. The last actual meter read was in October so you have used 15667 kWh in 6 months over the winter period, high but not implausible.

:eek: I have run your latest bill figures through my spreadsheet and it comes out at £388.57 inc VAT (£370.07 excl) for 12838 over 70 days on my tariff :eek:

EOn currently come 39th cheapest on all tariffs and 31st on fixed for me so get this bill paid off, take daily meter reads for a while and get moved to a cheaper supplier. It is highly unlikely your meter is reading incorrectly and you would have smelled a leak that makes a noticeable meter difference.

jolester

molerat wrote: »

You have not used that in a quarter. The last actual meter read was in October so you have used 15667 kWh in 6 months over the winter period, high but not implausible.

:eek: I have run that use through my spreadsheet and it comes out at £388.57 inc VAT (£370.07 excl) for me :eek:

I take it that means your spreadsheet of better deals?! :eek:

molerat

jolester wrote: »

I take it that means your spreadsheet of better deals?! :eek:

No, the spreadsheet that I calculate my bills on. As Mulder and Scully said, trust no one Put your figures into a comparison site and see what comes out. Use 20000 as the kWh figure as that seems to be what you are on target for at the moment. As as said above, check out separate suppliers.

Nada666

jolester wrote: »

Hi Nada666

Thanks for your response

I'm just looking at previous gas bill from E'on, they were estimating we should have used 249 units - judging they get their information based on averages and we are most likely an average (or perhaps even below average usage couple) I wouldn't expect it to be four times higher?!

Adding the two together your usage is just double not four times the average - plus you use most of your gas over these months so you can't extrapolate that over summer. You have used an 'extra' 20% over those two quarters but that does not mean it is double.

And fifty percent of households tend to use more than the average! Someone has to.

(Remember more than sixty percent of households are one and two person! And not being home five day-times a week is not as abnormal as many posters seem to think!)

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Helena

Morning jolester,

Sorry for the delayed reply, I think the others have hit the nail on the head really.

As the reads on the first bill were estimated, the actual usage is for the 6 month winter period, not just a quarter.

I also think you should take some regular reads and see how things go and also pop your details in to a comparison site.

I agree that it's unlikely there's anything wrong with the meter, but taking the reads daily will help you to establish a picture of your usage.

As it warms up, it should be going down for the gas, as we won't be having the heating on.

Thank you

Helena