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Extortionately high gas bill - even before the hike!
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There's a clue in the thread title - "Extremely High GAS bill"Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill3
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Benny2020 said:Still don't know whether the flat is gas or electric.Yes we do, the title of the thread is "extortionately high gas bill".Also, 4-5000kWh/month is rather a lot for a 1-bed flat whether it's gas, electric, oil, LPG or district heating.For reference my 3-bed semi used around 1000kWh of gas in December, 1500kWh in January, 900kWh in February.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.0 -
If it's measuring in cubic meters, yes.Benny2020 said:My meter reads 1 unit on the meter for 11.2 kwh of gas as do most i thought?
11 cubic meters of gas per day would be a crazy amount in a one bed flat though.0 -
Yes, i missed that, so it is 11 units a day for a month.0
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Benny2020 said:Yes, i missed that, so it is 11 units a day for a month.Well that's what we're discussing.It's only 11 units a day if the meter is metric and it's been correctly converted to kWh by BG when billing.It could be 4 units a day on an imperial meter, with BG billing that correctly.OR it could be 4 units a day on an metric meter, with BG wrongly billing that as 4 hundred cubic feet.
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.1 -
I don't think it's helpful to use the term 'units' as you are as different meters have different unit 'sizes'. Giving the actual volume is less ambiguous, or indeed using kWh. Just trying to avoid confusionBenny2020 said:Yes, i missed that, so it is 11 units a day for a month.
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A good point.2
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Thanks for all your replies so far. Just to clarify, I'm talking about gas units. My mum has a gas oven and gas central heating, but barely has the heating on due to her exorbitant bills!
Maths has never been my strong point, but looking at the bills I'm pretty sure they've been calculated correctly.
However on checking "My Energy Supplier" online, whilst all the other properties with the same postcode are listed, the flat above my mum's isn't which seems like a somewhat alarming coincidence!0 -
She or you needs to switch off all gas usage and then look if the meter is still running, when the other tenants are in.2
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But before that you could do what someone has already suggested and see if the meter and the bill are both metric units.2
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