Sky high electricity bills - Help!

HennyClarke

We have been in a rental property for just over a year (3 bed new build semi-detached cottage) and our electricity bills have cost over £2,500.00 so far. A ground source heat pump was installed just before we moved in - we have turned this off over the last 3 weeks but our usage is still high. We have new energy efficient appliances (dishwasher, washing machine, fridge freezer and oven with induction hob) and, apart from the fridge/freezer, do not use these a great deal. We are using around 44 kwh per day when we 'should' be using between 15-19 and ironically tend to use more, in fact most of the usage, at night! We went away for a weekend and still used 43 units even though everything was turned off. The company installing the ground source heat pump have been to check it and they cannot find a fault. Our electricity provider cannot understand why our bills are so high (and have said they are far too high), and they have been to check the meter to see if it is faulty - it is not. We are using a plug in electricity reader to check all our appliances and they are all using using very small amount of energy. Has anyone had a similar issue? Can anyone help or does anyone have an idea as to why our usage and bills are so high? Thank you in advance

Wolf3

Do you use any additional heating?? as i could suggest the usual contributors like an immersion heater being left on 24/7. The ground pump will have been using electricity to pump the fluid around its coil, but should be offset by a reduction in other heating costs.http://www.homebuilding.co.uk/2012/05/09/heat-pumps-the-real-cost/ You seem to suggest you have checked the other main contributors.

Have your energy company fitted a check meter or just sent an engineer to confirm its working? this is fitted side by side with your current meter to confirm its not running fast bust most energy companies want an upfront payment which is refunded if the meter is faulty.

jbainbridge

That does seem excessive. Get the meter checked.

I'd also turn everything off at the consumer unit - see if any electricity is being used. Then introduce circuits to see if one produces a spike in usage.