Electric Bill £300 Every Month

IanJamie14

It's been a while since I last posted on this forum so I do apologise if this is in the wrong part of the forum 
I only have electricity in my home as its quite an old house and still has 3 old style wall heaters which are economy 7 and for hot water I have an emergen heater. I take my washing to local launderette and most of the time I will only have 2 of the heaters on and only have the emergen on for an hour absolutely maximum every other day. I use the cooker ring to boil eggs for 10 mins once a month but my bill is now over £1,700 as I just can't afford to pay every month as I'm working for minimum wage, My debt has been passed to an agency who I now pay when I get paid. Bulb came last year to fit a meter but the engineer said if he fitted it then my bill would be even more than it currently is.
Desperate for any help at all. I was with Scottish Power and changed to Bulb around 4 years ago as I was convinced I was paying way too much. 
I have asked Bulb to tell me how much 10 units cost when reading my meter and I would have an idea of how much I use daily but after several months andnnumerous emails I still not had an answer. 

EssexHebridean

You can see Bulb’s unit rates in the app I think? I’m sure I used to be able to anyway. 

You aren’t heating the water during the day are you, via the boost switch? Far cheaper to leave it set to run overnight, on the E7 night rate. 

molerat

What are these "old style wall heaters", are they storage heaters ? 

How many units are you using per day / week / month ? 

Are you supplying regular meter reads to your energy provider ?

What was the meter reading on the last bill, was there a letter after the number - E, C, A ?

What is the meter reading now ?

The unit rates will be shown on bills, on the app, on their website and comparison sites

luvchocolate

Are you heating your water overnight off peak.?

Robin9

@IanJamie14   Can we have some meter reads please ?   Go back at least 12 months and look for a set with the letter C against them (I presume you are on E7 and there will be two readings)  Read your meter NOW - take care in reading them  - some meters have dials which go in different directions; some have decimal points which can be difficult to see. A photo or two would help.

Reed_Richards

IanJamie14 said:

I have asked Bulb to tell me how much 10 units cost when reading my meter and I would have an idea of how much I use daily but after several months and numerous emails I still not had an answer. 

Very very approximately, ten units of electricity will cost you £2 or £1.30 on Economy 7.  It could be more than this; it's unlikely to be less.  

Fred2712

Read your meter at lunchtime, make a note & then read again about two hours later to see which rate has changed (the other rate won’t change), then check your bill to make sure your Day rate (the rate that changed) is also the day rate on your bill.
If not it means your reads are transposed & bills are wrong.