confused at how my electricity bill can be so high ?

D_M_E

You say the heater has a little timer you can turn on for an hour boost - are you sure it's actually off the rest of the time?

Your bill may well be correct if you are on the supplier's most expensive standard tariff.

Norman_Castle

Ask your supplier exactly what you pay for each unit and daily standing charge. Does your bill tell you your consumption?

If you're only there occasionally and rarely cooking does your fridge need to be on.

CashStrapped

As I said in posts 3, 5, 7.

The OP needs to post their actual meter readings since moving in. Both the day/night figures ignoring any estimated ones.

In addition the current tariff and/or unit rates.

Until he/she gets a handle on their actual annual KWH use and calculates it, we can keep on guessing at the cause of the high bill.

If people actually read follow-up posts they would see that they are just repeating the same questions about immersions, timers etc.

We just need to wait for the OP to respond with the figures.

Robin9

As Cashtrapped says :

I also note you say your receive your bills quarterly. Is that £150 estimate a quarterly bill. If as you say it is about correct then that equates to £40"

Energy is not cheap and if you are heating, lighting, cooking and washing for £40 a month you are doing very well.

But we need those actual numbers.

CashStrapped

Robin9 wrote: »

As Castrated says

I hope that is a mistype! Last I checked...it was all still there!

Smodlet

OMG! Robin9, how would you like to be referred to as Robin0.9?

Robin9

Sorry Cashtrapped- I blame autotype

CashStrapped

Robin9 wrote: »

Sorry Cashtrapped- I blame autotype

That's quite all-right lol. Just glad I am back in one piece.

sniggings

Best way to get a grip on this is to take a reading every day, the days it is a bit higher you will then know what you did extra that day to have used more..

Does your payment pay for exactly what you have used or is it designed to build up a cr dit for the winter?


£10 is highish for what you claim to use, but for what sounds like an all electric house is not the high really, as others would be paying for gas also, I'm a low user and pay £34 a month but that builds up a surplus for the winter.


You'll find once past a certain point you can go no lower, and the saving become next to nothing for the pain involved.


If this were me, I would use your electric with free abandon, as when you were not working your bill was 'only' £100 more, about £8 a week, now you are workin it'll be less than that, surely a couple of quid extra a week is worth it, than worrying about your usage so much.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

fendertele wrote: »

But my current job means i'm now away mon-frid night and only in the flat friday night - sun night and im out a lot of the time, so i am really using next to nothing... few foreman grilled meals, cups of tea, showers and dishes and washing on sunday before leaving on the monday.

When i leave on the monday every socket is turned off except the fridge, so nothing is running on standby, and i only turn the hot water on when i do the dishes for one hour on boost.

take a reading when you leave on Monday, and when you return on Friday, if only fridge on then usage should be very low, if something stupid, then there is something else on that you are unaware of.