First time on PAYG in years, 1st day readings seem double what I expect.

happyhappyjoy

In 24 hours my usage came to £2.40 so 10p a hour

What I had on during this time.

PC - 12 hours

TV - 7 hours

Large fridge and large chest freezer - 24 hours.

10 minutes for a hot shower.

Charged a mobile phone.

Used a Sleep Aponea machine for 8 hours.

Boiled a kettle twice

Last Time I lived somewhere that I didn't have inclusive bills was 5 years ago when my usage was half that.

I have a gas boiler and no heating on.

Robin9

Your £2.40 will include Standing Charges.

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.

You need to think in kWh to compare usage, not ££.  Being on a PAYG meter means your kWh rates will be much more expensive than with a credit meter, and you've probably forgotten the daily (standing) charge which also applies.

If you have an instantaneous electric shower it's bad news.  It probably uses about 10kW, so 10 minutes would use 1.67kW.You should be using hot water heated by the gas boiler at perhaps a fifth of the cost.

Check your kWh rates, do the sums and consider switching to a credit meter on a cheap tariff !  Start with Citizens Advice and 'Switch with Which?'.

happyhappyjoy

Forgot to say, yes I am aware of standing charges, its £2 a week, I also have been short term accomodation over past 5 years for a few weeks when working so had to top up a meter but this is first time I have done so as my main accomodation.

My usage now at most is no different than 5 years ago but i'd actually say less, and I haven't used washing machine yet.  if it keeps like this I will be spending over £15 a week as a single person just for electric which seems extreme.

Last time I was on PAYG was when I had zero standing charge tariffs so that may of been why too but then had higher rates.

Just seems high for a single person with low usage to be paying £15 or so a week (going by estimate will check at end of week)

2 friends whlo live locally spend £7-£10 a week and only difference is they only have a small fridge and no freezer and both have laptops rather than desktops but still this seems a huge difference.

If its like this now imagine what winter will be like.

I noticed during the night it used the same if not more than during the day, its entirely possible its just taken the standing charge off quicker and the actual usage is less, im hoping thats the reason.

MWT

As Gerry says, stop trying to compare monetary values it doesn't help.

Read your meter check the kWh you are using on the electricity and check the meter registers to see what the price per kWh is and then you can compare.

Also standing charges are usually daily, do you actually have your own account with your energy provider or is this a sub-meter from the landlord's supply?

happyhappyjoy

Own meter, and also forgot to say no debt registered on meter.

MWT

Who is your energy supplier?

happyhappyjoy

Sse is the supplier.

happyhappyjoy

Also just realised the gas is with another company, would that mean the electric costs more?

MWT

Not necessarily, dual fuel is not always cheaper than picking the best deals for each with different suppliers.

Just make sure you have your own account with each of the suppliers and that you've got the best tariff you can with each that does not have an exit fee, then check the market and see how much you could safe elsewhere.

dogshome

NO - The days when it was cheaper to have Dual Fuel are long gone, these days it's usually cheaper have one supplier for Elec, and another for Gas.

That said SSE are not in the forefront of competitive pricing, so who supplies the gas?