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Sim28

Can anyone help me... Basically I got a statement from e-on saying my yearly projected amount is £916 in a 2 bed property, all electric economy 7 heating but and this is a big BUT Since January I have already put on well over £250 prepayment. So all in all works out at about 1,500 a year so near £600 over charge! Why would this be so high?. E-on aren’t telling me anything!.  Tia 

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.  Unfortunately with so little information it's not possible to offer any useful advice.  You need to say whether you're on a prepaid or credit tariff, and to work in kWh not £.  To understand your bills you need to take monthly readings, and to shop around you need to compare the annual cost for your measured annual kWh usage.

If you're on a prepaid meter it will cost you a lot more.  Think about switching to a credit tariff.

Sim28

Ok well it’s prepaid meter, credit is not a choice and 4800kwh per year if that helps 

Raxiel

Sim28 said:

Can anyone help me... Basically I got a statement from e-on saying my yearly projected amount is £916 in a 2 bed property, all electric economy 7 heating but and this is a big BUT Since January I have already put on well over £250 prepayment. So all in all works out at about 1,500 a year so near £600 over charge! Why would this be so high?. E-on aren’t telling me anything!.  Tia 

You can't take the January/February usage and project that across the whole year. The majority of your energy will go to space heating, which will be significantly less in the summer. If you're using £125/m in the winter, £916 doesn't sound unreasonable to me.

Also, the £916 is only an estimate, you only get charged for what you actually used, it could be a lot more or less if your usage deviates from 'typical'

Sim28

Ok well I will wait and see if it changes if not I will be back. 

Thanks for the help. 

Robin9

Sim28 - it's easy to do your own sums - just look at how its done on a bill
Very roughly about £900  -   ie as per the estimate

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

Sim28 said:

Can anyone help me... Basically I got a statement from e-on saying my yearly projected amount is £916 in a 2 bed property, all electric economy 7 heating but and this is a big BUT Since January I have already put on well over £250 prepayment. So all in all works out at about 1,500 a year so near £600 over charge! Why would this be so high?. E-on aren’t telling me anything!.  Tia 

Sim28 said:

Ok well it’s prepaid meter, credit is not a choice and 4800kwh per year if that helps 

Hello Sim28 and welcome to the Forums.

Already some great advice on here - thanks all. As Raxiel says, these summaries are only estimates of how much electricity we think you'll use over the next 12 months. They're based on what we know at the time such as the amount of electricity used over the previous 12 months and the current prices plus VAT at 5%. Any changes to this usage or the tariff prices will change the figure estimated.

These summaries are meant to help customers better understand their energy usage so they can make informed decisions about the best way forward, Whether that's by saving money by saving energy, changing tariff, switching supplier, having a different type of meter or some combination of these.

I agree with Gerry1, it's always best to look at usage in terms of kWh rather than monetary amounts. This will help you find the most accurate results when using things like Price Comparison sites.

At this time of year, it's likely you'll be using more than in the warmer months to come. If you follow Gerry1's advice and take regular meter readings, you'll be able to build up a picture of how things are going and where it might be possible to cut down on how much you're using. There's a tool on our website to help with this. It's the E.ON See. It's available on the landing page when logged in and gives you information about the amount of electricity you're using and how much you're spending. There are also some energy saving tips that might be of interest.

Hope this explains Sim28. Please let me know if you need any more information as happy to help.

Malc