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Smart Meter

DArobson
DArobson Posts: 1 Newbie
in Energy
On the 31st March 2022 at 9am the cost for this month was £110.00 but when I looked today the total cost for last month was £145.00 even though the amount used for yesterday was £3.05.  Can anyone explain why this is?

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  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 12,519 Forumite
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    The Smart has probably been updated for the new tariffs as from today.

    The IHD (I think you are talking about) is really very crude - it's not used for billing.  
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
  • Ultrasonic
    Ultrasonic Posts: 4,235 Forumite
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    I've not looked into it but my smart meter only stores a single set of tariff data (unit prices and standing charges) so I bet that as Robin9 says it's a case of the updated tariff data now being used to calculate the indicated cost of the last month. Your bill will use the correct charges for each time period.
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