Help with Electricity Bills needed.... (am i paying too much)

thumbandit

I have no idea what the hell im paying lol ..... can anyone help ? I have a bill and i have just done a reading anyway ....


Here are some figuers from my statement issued 27 june 2007

Estimated Readings :

09/03/07 = 47399 E
08/06/07 = 49064 E

Recieved = £73.50 in march april and june

Total account balance 145.81

Not sure why no payment in may lol

Anyway ...

My Personal Electricity Review ...


Tarrif Standard Meter / Monthly Direct Debit

730 kwh @ 15.030 p = 109.72
5635 kWh @ 11.110p = 626.05
Vat £735.77@ 5.0% = 36.78

Period End balance 145.81
Less Payment due 02 July 2007 = 73.50
Total = 553.24
Divided by 11 ... from 1st august 51.00

I have just read my meter and it says 49146 (sent it to npower over internet too)

So in short are Npower overcharging me ... as i see it

between 9th march and 8th of june i used 1665 but between 8th of june and today 4th september i have only used 82


I am massively confused please can someone help me lol

jackieb

When did you receive this statement? Did you send a correct reading in when you got your statement on the 27th of June because that was an estimated reading?

thumbandit

The figures above are all from my bill on the 27th of june .....i havent sent in a reading for ages ..... today was the first time in about a year probably

jackieb

Chances are that the reading on your last statement, in June, was way out (ie overestimated). If you didn't do a reading back then, i'm not sure how you'd manage to check it now.

We get our meter read every 6 months, with an estimated reading inbetween (although I think it's changing to once a year soon. We can phone in with our own readings whenever we get an estimated bill/statement though). When last did you have a proper reading?

Cardew

You don't say where you live - regional prices vary - but those prices are the highest I have ever seen 15.03p/11.11p/kWh before VAT

You can do much better than that. NPowers on-line account tariff is much better than their standard tariff.

Obviously your meter readings in March and June were over-estimates and probably will account for your debit balance.