Old meter must of been faulty

Cardew

RobertFraser wrote: »

Thank you for your reply's. there are 7 people in a four bedroom house so I realise my usage is of a higher rate hence the reason I did not challenge the bills before. it was only when the new meter was fitted that I realised the difference. It is the same electric company since I have lived in the property and the usage is an average over the six year period. I requested back bill from supplier to work this out.

Is this a family house? or people renting rooms?

It is almost impossible to use over 9,000kWh pa without using some electricity for heating. Are you sure some of the bedrooms don't have their own heater. This is a big problem in student houses where bedrooms in houses are used as bedsits. As bedroom radiators are not designed to provide a temperature the same as a lounge, students often have their own plug-in heater.

You also haven't addressed the point about 42kWh a day costing £270 a month and 25kWh a day costing £150 a month. What company and tariff have you used for the last 6 years?

BooJewels

Cardew wrote: »

You also haven't addressed the point about 42kWh a day costing £270 a month and 25kWh a day costing £150 a month. What company and tariff have you used for the last 6 years?

That is expensive - just for comparison for Robert - on my own tariff, 42kWh for 31 days would be around £175/ month and 25kWh daily for a month would be £106.50 - including daily standing charges and 5% VAT.

I think those prices are in the region of 18.5p per kWh and 22p/day-ish. Is it being billed as a business?

I do use around 8500kWh per year, but I work from home, use some electric heating and do occasionally fire a kiln, as matelodave mentioned - so I know I'm an extravagant user.

CashStrapped

I think the point that Cardew is making, is the pre smart meter, if their use really was 42kwh a day, their bill would be extortionate enough to set off red flags at some point during that 6 years....

*in addition, if they were with the same supplier for six years, the likelihood of being on a competitive tariff is greatly diminished.

So the question is, if it was 42kwh per day....why was nothing noticed regarding the large bill. Or maybe it was not actually 42kwh per day they were using. Without the raw numbers to cross check, we cannot be sure.

That is why I suggested a complete look and breakdown of those figures for the past 6 years. This will give a far more accurate year on year comparison. Rather than taking a reading from six years ago and a reading today and then trying to interpolate daily use from that.

badmemory

How many power showers & how many have had to reduce their 30 min shower down to 5 mins. We can use 9k units a year - just 2 of us. No electric heating, cooking etc, just an electric shower & high powered (as in needs a lot of cooling) computers.

Cardew

CashStrapped wrote: »

I think the point that Cardew is making, is the pre smart meter, if their use really was 42kwh a day, their bill would be extortionate enough to set off red flags at some point during that 6 years....

The 'red flags' would not come from the supplier as they are not to know if the house has oil/gas Central heating or is electrically heated. 15,000kWh pa is not excessive with electrical heating.

I am also querying the price paid for the 42kWh/25kWh a day. £270/£150 a month is way in excess of price charged for the most expensive tariff - even at 2018 prices; and the OP has used £270 as an average for 6 years.

D_M_E

Given the eyewatering prices being quoted, I wonder if the OP has been paying a business tariff?

What was the property used as before the OP took occupation - some sort of care home annexe?

CashStrapped

Cardew wrote: »

The 'red flags' would not come from the supplier.....

Indeed, I meant that the OP should have seen the bill amounts as red flags.

If the OPs use and tariff were that high, they would/should have questioned it at some point during that 6 years surely. Unless they have lived in properties in the past with similarly high bills.

Something is still not adding up.....

Until the OP comes back with the numbers.....we shall never know.....