Highest Direct Debit for 2 bedroom flat

matchplayer

Can we have a discussion to see who has been offered the highest Direct Debit for an All electric two or even 3 bedroom flat/house in the UK.
I'll start it off at £280.31pm if you want to include the arrears then they want a total of...drum roll please....£397.46pm.
The arrears is being contested, but I have paid £300 by direct debit, which they seem to have misplaced/lost/not accounted for yet, I have phoned several times. Also another £60 for missed appointments has been agreed but not paid. That could be another £60 as they are meant to pay within 10 days. here is a copy of the email. I will be declining the offer.
Your projected annual spend = £3,363.76
Divided by 12 = £280.31
Your debit balance = £702.89
Divided by 6 months = £117.15
Total Direct Debit = £280.31 + £117.15 = £397.46
PS, this is an electric boiler, with 6 radiators connected, set at 64degrees.

Robin9

Have you any historic consumption data?

Burning £20 notes could be cheaper.

wakeupalarm

matchplayer said:

Can we have a discussion to see who has been offered the highest Direct Debit for an All electric two or even 3 bedroom flat/house in the UK.

I would assume either the Duchy of Cornwall or the Duke of Westminster.  Possibly the Emir of Qatar.

QrizB

matchplayer said:

PS, this is an electric boiler, with 6 radiators connected, set at 64degrees.

Electric boilers have a reputation for being expensive to run, and it seems to be well-deserved!

Which supplier and tariff is that, and what's your annual usage? I'd guess around 16000kWh/yr?

wild666

I think the problem with electric usage is that appliances are left in standby mode 24/7. Whilst it might not seem that a lot of electric is being used per hour it can add up to kWh's per day and hundreds of kWh's per year. I turn everything off that's not actively doing something like cooking, cleaning or keeping food cold/frozen. 

My monthly usage for gas and electric is just over £50, I have a credit of £172 from when Avro went under and only used £100 in the 60 days it took to sort out the final bill plus send the £172 credit to the Octopus account so rather than the highest DD I have a very low DD considering the recent increase in energy prices. 

In the week it took Octopus to become the new supplier my gas usage was very, very low £0 as only the red numerals increased not the black numerals, I only paid £1.18 for gas, the SC, and the electric was only £2.95. 
If I divide my Octopus usage into electric and gas, monthly, then it's £33.20 E and £11.50 G that's still less than I was paying Avro when I overestimated the yearly readings by 20% 

ChaunceyGardiner

wild666 said:

I think the problem with electric usage is that appliances are left in standby mode 24/7. Whilst it might not seem that a lot of electric is being used per hour it can add up to kWh's per day and hundreds of kWh's per year. I turn everything off that's not actively doing something like cooking, cleaning or keeping food cold/frozen.

Most appliances consume no more than a couple of Watts on standby. That's unlikely to add up to kWhs per day.

jimjames

matchplayer said:

PS, this is an electric boiler, with 6 radiators connected, set at 64degrees.

That's certainly going to make it expensive, my rads are set at 19 degrees

bagand96

matchplayer said:

Can we have a discussion to see who has been offered the highest Direct Debit for an All electric two or even 3 bedroom flat/house in the UK.

That's not really the right way to think about energy bills.  You're not being "offered" a monthly DD figure, it's based on your use.  You pay for the energy you use, and unfortunately an electric boiler with wet radiators is a terribly expensive way to heat a property.

MaryNB

I was in an all electric 2 bed flat (EPC E), single rate, and monthly average usage cost was about £90 using the current SVT. Your usage is crazy high. 

We had reduced the time the immersion heater was on right down to exactly what we needed. We didn't turn on the panel radiators in rooms we didn't use much (I don't like the heating on in my bedroom unless drops below 15). While the EPC was poor, the internal doors in the flat were excellent at keeping the heat in a single room. 

Have you checked all your appliance to see what is using such a high amount of electricity? The only thing I can think of is you have the heat on full blast a lot of the time. 

Robin9

@MaryNB  You are not comparing apples with apples. OP has the worst form of electric heating known to man; your comes a poor third with underfloor in the middle.

QrizB

matchplayer said:

Can we have a discussion to see who has been offered the highest Direct Debit for an All electric two or even 3 bedroom flat/house in the UK.
I'll start it off at £280.31pm ...
PS, this is an electric boiler, with 6 radiators connected, set at 64degrees.

OP do you own ort rent? You sound like you might be a good candidate for a heat pump.