EON are charging me £90 a month for electricity, that seems insanely high to me?

Robin9

Your gas meter is on the right.  On it is a yellow label - this gives the date it was installed and the reading (probably 0000.0)  Press A or B to liven up the screen - what is the reading ?  Give us this info and a reading to BG

You are making a fundamental mistake - you need to think in terms of kWh not £'s. 

niktheguru

On your left picture the electricity meter is to the right of the paper sheet on your consumer unit (its the ones with the keypad on it.) Looks like a "secure" branded meter. You need to press the 9 and 6 key if it is 2 rate, but i'll let someone more familiar with them to explain in what order they're pressed.

On the second picture that is the gas meter. If you press A (the red button) the meter reading will show. (press it several times, it will cycle through menus)

niktheguru

Also, you seem to have at least an electricity smart meter. Might be worth calling EON to ask what your "annual estimated consumption", however if they cant tell you because you were on pre pay till last week, perhaps ask if they are willing to give you a meter read from a year ago.

Gerry1

The electricity meter is immediately to the right of the Circuit Details notice.  You probably need to press 6 a few times to read it.  The readings are probably described as R01 and R02 or Rate 1 and Rate 2.  The gas meter has the yellow label on it.  Make sure you use the m3 reading, not kWh.

What is your heating?  If you have gas central heating you shouldn't be using any electrical heating because an electricity kWh costs about five or six times as much as a gas kWh.  Ditto the immersion heater(s) should be switched off.

Similarly if you have GCH you shouldn't need to be on Economy 7 because it's likely to be cheaper with single rate.  You don't need to change the meter, many suppliers will just bill the two registers at the same rate.

MrH86

Gerry1 said:

The electricity meter is immediately to the right of the Circuit Details notice.  You probably need to press 6 a few times to read it.  The readings are probably described as R01 and R02 or Rate 1 and Rate 2.  The gas meter has the yellow label on it.  Make sure you use the m3 reading, not kWh.

What is your heating?  If you have gas central heating you shouldn't be using any electrical heating because an electricity kWh costs about five or six times as much as a gas kWh.  Ditto the immersion heater(s) should be switched off.

Similarly if you have GCH you shouldn't need to be on Economy 7 because it's likely to be cheaper with single rate.  You don't need to change the meter, many suppliers will just bill the two registers at the same rate.

I have gas central heating which I never use. I use a 2000w electric heater maybe 2 hours a day as I don't have a radiator in my room. According to the unit it only uses 37p/hour.
I will call EON tomorrow, but when I spoke to them a few days ago it was over a 2 hour wait time so I wanted to avoid that again.
I tried getting to the meter but it's very difficult for me as it's under the stairs and I have a crumbling spine, so it's very painful. I will try again in a bit.

Robin9

Are you using the electricity to get hot water ie with the immersion heater..  That's the expensive way - possibly a £1 a day - gas would be about 20p.

MrH86

Found this in my welcome bundle.

Gerry1

20.408p/kWh hour is very expensive.  Single rate should be available at around 14p/kWh.  Ditto, the standing charge is a rip-off.  Gas should be available at less than 3p/kWh, so it's time to add a radiator !  Basically you're doing absolutely everything wrong.  It's like running a car on cans of lighter fuel.

Your IHD should allow you to see the meter readings, even if it's gone dumb, although the tariff details would then not be accurate.

Grumpy_chap

MrH86 said:

Found this in my welcome bundle.

That's an expensive tariff.  Both unit rates and standing charges.  Time to shop around.

Also, if you can heat space in the house and water by gas it will be much cheaper.  Changing 4kWh/day electric heater to 4kWh/day gas will be a saving worth having.

MrH86

Grumpy_chap said:

MrH86 said:

Found this in my welcome bundle.

That's an expensive tariff.  Both unit rates and standing charges.  Time to shop around.

Also, if you can heat space in the house and water by gas it will be much cheaper.  Changing 4kWh/day electric heater to 4kWh/day gas will be a saving worth having.

Gerry1 said:

20.408p/kWh hour is very expensive.  Single rate should be available at around 14p/kWh.  Ditto, the standing charge is a rip-off.  Gas should be available at less than 3p/kWh, so it's time to add a radiator !  Basically you're doing absolutely everything wrong.  It's like running a car on cans of lighter fuel.

Your IHD should allow you to see the meter readings, even if it's gone dumb, although the tariff details would then not be accurate.

OK thanks guys, seems they are taking me for a ride a bit then. Is a standing charge not normal? I will try to find a better supplier.