My gas bill

Muz3TA

Hi,

as like millions of others my gas & electricity suppliers went bust & I was pushed on to the main suppliers.

I was originally with Ebico, they only charged for the units of gas I used, no standing charge. I am a super low energy user, my gas bill for a quarter would be £1.70.

I am now with EDF, I got my first bill from them in March, it came to £26, of that I used 2 units of gas costing 87p, over £25 in charges. I like many others submitted my readings last Thursday, I have not used a single unit of gas since my last bill, with the 54% increase I'm expecting my next bill to be around £40, for absolutely nothing.

I dread getting the electricity bill form British Gas in the coming days. & even happier times to come in the Autumn. 

Gerry1

Do you have gas central heating?

RobM99

A gas bill of £1.70? Is it worth the bother?

Muz3TA

Yes I do have gas central heating, I choose not to use it & £1.70 is far better than what I'm being ripped off for now & worse to come.

GingerTim

The simplest thing to do then is to ask EDF to remove your gas supply. If you use gas at all then you pay the standing charge.

Gerry1

Muz3TA said:

Yes I do have gas central heating, I choose not to use it & £1.70 is far better than what I'm being ripped off for now & worse to come.

So what are you using for room heating and hot water?

Muz3TA

I don't use anything for heating, a kettle for washing up, the £1.70 is the cost for showering.

razord

So, whose going to be the first discover this is a cu ft to m3 issue?

OP: Could you share a photo of your meter and a copy of the gas line on your latest EDF bill?

pochase

razord said:

So, whose going to be the first discover this is a cu ft to m3 issue?

OP: Could you share a photo of your meter and a copy of the gas line on your latest EDF bill?

He has a total usage of £ 0.87 for the last two month, 2 units of gas = less than 25KWh. Do you really think it should be only 8KWh? 

pochase

Muz3TA said:

I don't use anything for heating, a kettle for washing up, the £1.70 is the cost for showering.

There is not much you can do here. The standing charge is the same, no matter if you are using 1KWh or 10000KWh per month.

In theory you can get your gas meter disconnected and the standing charge will be removed, but that means it will no longer be your decision to heat or not to heat your flat. Also you would need an electric shower which is even more expensive than gas.

Do you own your flat, otherwise your landlord might not be happy with you disconnecting gas, and also they might have an issue if you don't heat. Some rental contract will even state that you need  to make sure that you heat enough so there is no mould.

tightauldgit

Muz3TA said:

Hi,

as like millions of others my gas & electricity suppliers went bust & I was pushed on to the main suppliers.

I was originally with Ebico, they only charged for the units of gas I used, no standing charge. I am a super low energy user, my gas bill for a quarter would be £1.70.

I am now with EDF, I got my first bill from them in March, it came to £26, of that I used 2 units of gas costing 87p, over £25 in charges. I like many others submitted my readings last Thursday, I have not used a single unit of gas since my last bill, with the 54% increase I'm expecting my next bill to be around £40, for absolutely nothing.

I dread getting the electricity bill form British Gas in the coming days. & even happier times to come in the Autumn. 

As far as I can tell there are no tariffs available without standing charges now so the only options you have is to suck it up or have the gas disconnected and switch to electric for everything unfortunately. I don't think it's that difficult to disconnect your gas and sounds like you aren't actually using it anyway. Get an electric shower and you no longer need gas. 

Of course if its not your property you are snookered.