understanding negative energy figures

daniesto

Hi all,

I am thinking of switching from E-On to Bulb. I want to use exact usage or monthly cost to generate a quote from Bulb to reflect the amount of energy I use. I know it varies from month to month specially during winter. I have below written a energy usage cost with E-on:

Your energy cost
Compare your monthly costs

Feb'19 £-32.04
Electricity £13.64
Gas £-45.68

Jan'19 £-25.65
Electricity £20.31
Gas £-45.96

Dec'18 £3.82
Electricity £29.02
Gas £-25.20

Nov'18 £66.15
Electricity £47.01
Gas £19.14

Oct'18 £68.36
Electricity £48.58
Gas £19.78

Sep'18 £57.33
Electricity £40.74
Gas £16.59

From these figures I can see what my usage cost is but what I am unable to understand is the minus figures. Anyone can shed some lights on what are these minus figures.

many thanks

Robin9

Have you also been paying a monthly DD ?


or was there an earlier gas meter reading error - now corrected.

What were the readings on the bills ?

daniesto

yes I have been paying £55 per month on DD

wakeupalarm

ALL the figures are useless for an energy quote. Use the meter readings instead.

daniesto

ah bullocks! I was hoping to use monthly usage to reduce what I am paying. There is an option with Bulb that ask you to refine your quote where you could enter monthly pay or KWH.

Robin9

Do not use use monthly payments !

If you want an accurate "quote" use actual consumption figures.

daniesto

I shall use that then.

Many thanks.

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

daniesto wrote: »

Hi all,

I am thinking of switching from E-On to Bulb. I want to use exact usage or monthly cost to generate a quote from Bulb to reflect the amount of energy I use. I know it varies from month to month specially during winter. I have below written a energy usage cost with E-on:

Your energy cost
Compare your monthly costs

Feb'19 £-32.04
Electricity £13.64
Gas £-45.68

Jan'19 £-25.65
Electricity £20.31
Gas £-45.96

Dec'18 £3.82
Electricity £29.02
Gas £-25.20

Nov'18 £66.15
Electricity £47.01
Gas £19.14

Oct'18 £68.36
Electricity £48.58
Gas £19.78

Sep'18 £57.33
Electricity £40.74
Gas £16.59

From these figures I can see what my usage cost is but what I am unable to understand is the minus figures. Anyone can shed some lights on what are these minus figures.

many thanks

daniesto wrote: »

ah bullocks! I was hoping to use monthly usage to reduce what I am paying. There is an option with Bulb that ask you to refine your quote where you could enter monthly pay or KWH.

Hello daniesto and as others have said, it's always best to use kWh when doing energy quotes.

If you've registered with our website and been with us for over a year, you'll be able to see your usage in the 'MiData' section. Please log in, go to 'My Account' and then 'Request your MiData.' Choose 'view' to see the information or 'request email' if you prefer it this way. The figures will be based on the meter readings we have on the account.

There's also information about usage on bills and annual summaries.

Hope this helps daniesto.

Malc