Don't understand why it costs so much to power a 1-bed flat!

macman

Forget phone chargers, lights and hair dryers. What matters is heating and hot water, these will account for the vast majority of your usage. You didn't get a £250 bill for July, you got a £250 catch up bill for the last 6m after you finally submitted a meter reading after 6m of estimated readings. as your DD was set too low.
Your total usage is quite normal given that you presumably had the heating on from December to April?
Without E7, you are on the most expensive method of heating and hot watering an all electric property

[Deleted User]

The Eco 7 figures are meaningless without the day and night figures . Be aware that many Eco 7 meters do not scroll around to show the various day/night.total but Ampy type meters just default to show the reading equating to the time of day or night you view the meter. There is a button to scroll through the three readings.
Only the day and night readings are used even if you are billed single rate only tariff. The total reading or just one reading alone is never used for Eco 7 billing. Suppliers would estimate if they only recieved one reading from the customer
Suppliers would have to change the meter to single rate to only use the total reading . This could have happened ,but the occupier would have to check the meter to see if the other readings were showing

macman

No they wouldn't. Some suppliers will total the two registers to allow you to be on a single rate rate tariff with a dual rate meter.

gardner1

The only 2 readings worth noting are 23rd july 18 and 21st dec 17
You used 5207 kw in 7 months which works out about 8900 for a year just multiply consumption by pence per kWh.....its not hard and add £89 per year for daily standing charge,which in your case will give you a bill for about £1280 per year give or take a few quid
So a DD of about £100 a month should do it

gardner1

OP why did you change to bulb.....as there are loads of cheaper companies or did you succumb to the Eco friendly, renewable, fresh etc and fall for the £50 a pop referral of which you need about 4 to make it pay
In the cold light of day most people just go for the cheapest supplier.......why pay £200 a year more

Bulb are £115 a year more expensive for me and that's with my electric only being 4500 kWh a year

Andy_WSM

gardner1 wrote: »

OP why did you change to bulb.....as there are loads of cheaper companies...

Without knowing the OPs postcode you can't be sure of that. Unlike Gas, Electricity prices are postcode dependent. There is no one size fits all, therefore for some Bulb may be the cheapest option, for others not.

gardner1

Andy_WSM wrote: »

Without knowing the OPs postcode you can't be sure of that. Unlike Gas, Electricity prices are postcode dependent. There is no one size fits all, therefore for some Bulb may be the cheapest option, for others not.

I'll have a bet with you now that there isn't a place in uk that bulb are the cheapest for electricity

Al_Ross

dearbarbie wrote: »

I can only think of one thing - my boiler. There's a mystery switch in my kitchen that I'm wondering, could it be an immersion/water heating switch and I'm just paying to power that 24/7?

Yes your immersion heater switch is usually located in the kitchen.If that is switched on 24/7 it will eat up electricity.Normally folk switch there immersion on about an hour before they need hot water to shower,bath etc then switch it off when done.

wurley

First thing - If you have constant hot water (on demand) and it isn't a boil as you use type - That is likely the reason your bills are so high. You're hardly there (your own admission). Keeping hot water hot is VERY expensive. Here's how to check how much it's using...

Read your meter at bedtime then again in the morning - How much did you use?... :eek:
Next night read your meter again. Then turn off your hot water over night... Read the meter again in the morning...How much did you use? :j

Post your findings :beer:

C_Mababejive

This seems to be a combination of poor insulation properties of the flat. I have a two bedroomed house using gas for heating/hw/cooking and of course electric. The projected annual spend is about £650