£291 for gas and electric

Gneiting

3 bed house, in good order
2 adults and baby
Estimated bills
Why am I getting charge so much?

molerat

Per week, per month, per year ?

Estimated bills says it all, never allow your supplier to estimate your bills.

Give you supplier actual reads at least monthly.

How much are you paying per kWh and daily charge ?

Have you got any actual meter reads at all ?

Robin9

Estimated bills

You will get accurate bills if you give regular readings. When did you last read your meter ?  Hopefully more often than a recent poster who didn't read his meter for 4 years and is now expecting a bill for £6000 as he prepares to move house.

matelodave

Probably because you've used it all - TBH you haven't told us anything useful except that your bills are estimated which is probably the crux of your problem. A bit more info and you might get a bit more sense back
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Is the bill for a week, month, or year, is it for gas, electricity or both. What sort of heating have you got. What tariff are you on (how much per kwh for gas, leccy, standing charges) when was the last time you read your meter and sent in an ACTUAL reading, what is the ACTUAL reading now. Do you pay by direct debit or when the bill comes in. Sounds as though you need to try a bit harder to try and understand how your bills relate to your consumption by reading the meters and checking them..

Neil_Jones

Gneiting said:

3 bed house, in good order
2 adults and baby
Estimated bills
Why am I getting charge so much?

The key word in this quote starts with the letter E.  And that's going to be the cause of the issue.

Posts about being charged too much is one of the most common complaints on the forum, and 99% of the time they are self-inflicted.

Gerry1

Probably most or all of the classic mistakes:-

• Estimated bills
• Electricity used for heating
• Immersion heater boost switch left permanently on
• Failing to understand that a Monthly Direct Debit is only a contribution to a kitty
  
• Dreadful tariff....