New Flat all electric...help me!

rp1974

I think your agents not helping you here at all.Citizens Advice have this to say:https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/energy/energy-supply/get-a-better-energy-deal/switching-energy-supplier-if-youre-a-tenant/#:~:text=You%20can%20usually%20still%20change,energy%2C%20check%20your%20tenancy%20agreement..Really dont mean to put any kind of dampener on this for you,if the agents behaving in this way before you move in then alarm bells would be ringing tbh.At the very least get in writing all things regarding the energy supplier from the agent,then deal with supplier personally,not through a third party.Aware this sounds preachy,not intended at all,just cant bare seeing people end up being taken advantage of.

Talldave

Never ever allow letting agents to get involved in setting up energy supplier contracts.

Gerry1

Rikkka said:

Look the agent told me that the registration is something that they always do. Anyway now I'll speak with them to understand.

They'll do what's best for them, no doubt trousering a £50 referral fee from Bulb, and probably another £50 for one of their chums.  Guess who pays for that largesse - YOU !!

Tell them to stick it where the Bulb don't shine. 

If you don't have storage heaters, consider a single rate tariff.  Don't don't bother changing the meter, many will just bill both registers at the same rate (but not Bulb).

SnowTiger

Rikkka said:

The agency told me that they are going to do the registration, Bulb is the supplier.

I usually guesstimate a unit of electricity costs 15p.  Therefore the three units you mentioned in another post would cost about 45p.  I pay a little less.

These are Bulb's prices in my area.  They may differ in yours.

Tariff name Bulb: Vari-Fair Electricity

Tariff type: Variable

Payment method: Monthly Direct Debit

Unit rate: 15.071p per kWh

Standing charge: 19.16p per day (£69.94 per year)
Exit fees: £0.00

That's the only tariff they show me.  Exit fee is £0, so you should be able to switch to an alternative electricity supplier any time you choose at no cost.  That assumes Bulb doesn't offer a hidden tariff the agent puts you on.

Bulb estimates the annual usage for a two bedroom, all electric, flat is 3689kWh, giving an annual cost of £625.96.

For my area Citizens Advice comparison tool guesstimates an annual use of 2,900kWh and, going with the cheapest supplier they show (Symbio Energy), the annual cost would be £392.29.

I'm very sceptical about the kWh estimates both suggest.  They seem low to me.

Gerry1

SnowTiger said:

I'm very sceptical about the kWh estimates both suggest.  They seem low to me.

That's because you didn't specify an E7 meter, so they assume that you have gas, oil or LPG etc for heating.

With E7 they quote for 4200kWh.

Smodlet

Seriously, OP, you need either to get a handle on this now or resign yourself to being shafted; I suggest you pick one.  The very fact you have found this site and are posting here would suggest you are not a fan of being shafted so you need to step up and take control.  None of us can give you much of an idea what your electricity usage will cost because we can see neither your contract nor your flat from here.

The best advice I can offer is to listen to Gerry1 and many others here; I have learned a great deal from them and was not exactly clueless before I came here.  Read your meter and send readings every month on the same date.  Take ownership of your energy supply and do not allow your agent/landlord/whoever to have any involvement in your contract with your energy supplier.  

So what if you have never done this before?  None of us had ever done this before until we had to; we all learned, so can you:  That is what this forum is for.  None of us have ever done anything until we have, right?  That's what life is about, if you want my opinion:  Learning.  The day we stop doing that we might as well stop living, don't you think?  Sure, it can feel scary but, again, that is what this forum is for and there is always more to learn here.  I still am.

SnowTiger

Gerry1 said:

SnowTiger said:

I'm very sceptical about the kWh estimates both suggest.  They seem low to me.

That's because you didn't specify an E7 meter, so they assume that you have gas, oil or LPD etc for heating.

With E7 they quote for 4200kWh.

I see.

Even that seems low.

Gerry1

SnowTiger said:

Gerry1 said:

SnowTiger said:

I'm very sceptical about the kWh estimates both suggest.  They seem low to me.

That's because you didn't specify an E7 meter, so they assume that you have gas, oil or LPD etc for heating.

With E7 they quote for 4200kWh.

I see.

Even that seems low.

They're Ofgem figures.

macman

Rikkka said:

Look the agent told me that the registration is something that they always do. Anyway now I'll speak with them to understand.

Absolutely not. You are the bill payer, you choose the supplier and do your registration. All they need to do is agree a closing read with you.

macman

Either find a supplier who will bill you on a single rate tariff by totalling the dual-rate meter numbers, or insist that your LL replaces the meter with a single rate one.  He has obviously replaced the original NSH's with those convectors, but left them on E7.  Sadly all too common, as he doesn't get the bills.