Gas reading too high?

[Deleted User]

This is what I got today:
The reading entered is 13068 (consumption of 568 based on the previous reading). The estimated/expected reading is 12747 (consumption of 247). This reading is greater than the upper threshold of estimated consumption (494) configured for this meter type.

Seems like I've used quite a lot of gas from March-May this year despite it being pretty hot and me not using much gas.

What's the first thing to check? I'm going to ask a boiler person to do a boiler check. What else should I do? Any ideas? And is this figure way high up there?

Martin's Energy Club displays gas units as Kwh for some reason.

Robin9

Are these your readings ? taken direct from the meter ? or are they estimated by your supplier (in which case the bill will have a letter E against the readings.

Can you post a copy of the bill - removing your personal data.


PS What do mean by "got today" ? Bill in post, on mail, online ?

[Deleted User]

It's readings I took myself today when entering meter readings. It's 494 m3 more than the reading I took two months ago.

Robin9

What sort of meter have you got ? The clock type where the clocks go in different ways, a mileometer type or a modern digital display

Some of these are very difficult to read and there can be a decimal point which is easily missed. Beware the first screen you see may not be m3 - on mine you need to press button 9 on a miniature keypad.

[Deleted User]

Looks like this one

[Deleted User]

Robin9

On that basis your reads are the first five numbers and you have ignored the last three ?

Kitchen_Sink

Sorry, it may be me being thick, but perhaps you could assist me to understand better

Deleted_User wrote: »

This is what I got today:

Got from where? Your supplier?

Deleted_User wrote: »

The reading entered is 13068 (consumption of 568 based on the previous reading).

Presumably this is the reading you took from the meter today. Am I correct?

Deleted_User wrote: »

The estimated/expected reading is 12747 (consumption of 247).

Where does this come from? The supplier?
What does it relate to? What the supplier would have estimated your reading should have been today?

Deleted_User wrote: »

This reading is greater than the upper threshold of estimated consumption (494) configured for this meter type.

Presumably this relates to the reading of 13068 you took today?

So do I take it your previous reading was 12500 ? And that was from 2 months ago?
Was that reading an actual one, or an estimated one?

Deleted_User wrote: »

Seems like I've used quite a lot of gas from March-May this year despite it being pretty hot and me not using much gas.

Even using your figure taken today, 568 m3 of gas is about 6300 kWh
6300 kWh over 2 months (so 3150 kWh/ month) whilst high is not excessive.

You'll have to ask whoever told you it was "greater than the upper threshold of estimated consumption (494) configured for this meter type" to explain why.

Deleted_User wrote: »

What's the first thing to check? I'm going to ask a boiler person to do a boiler check. What else should I do? Any ideas? And is this figure way high up there?

The first thing to check is what you have been told, and why

Deleted_User wrote: »

Martin's Energy Club displays gas units as Kwh for some reason.

All comparison sites use kWh. Whilst the meter measures consumption in m3, you are charged based on kWh as that is the amount of energy you are consuming.
You cannot do a direct comparison from m3, as the calculation to convert to kWh depends on a variable (the calorific value) that can differ over time and by supply region.

Robin9

Deleted_User wrote: »

................ The estimated/expected reading is 12747 (consumption of 247). This reading is greater than the upper threshold of estimated consumption (494) configured for this meter type.............

I also am confused by these figures - is the 12747 what you expected/guessed or a suppliers estimated figure? What on earth is the "upper threshold of estimated consumption configured for this meter type ?

[Deleted User]

hi KitchenSink

No, you're correct, good point, let me clarify this a bit:

This is what I got today when I entered my meter reading of 13068 on the Green Network Energy website. My previous reading was 12500 (not estimated) that I entered two months ago.

"The reading entered is 13068 (consumption of 568 based on the previous reading). The estimated/expected reading is 12747 (consumption of 247). This reading is greater than the upper threshold of estimated consumption (494) configured for this meter type."

Seems like I've used quite a lot of gas from March-May this year despite it being pretty hot and me not using much gas.

What's the first thing to check? I'm going to ask a boiler person to do a boiler check. What else should I do? Any ideas? And is this figure way high up there?

Martin's Energy Club displays gas units as Kwh for some reason.

Robin9

So this "the reading entered ....." is an auto generated message.

It's only saying that's above average and averages mean very little when comparing properties for consumption. They don't know if you are a 6 person household living in a 3 bed semi or 1 person in a 1 bed flat.