Didn’t submit meter reading now have £8000 bill for two years- anything I can do?

QrizB

madrugada87 said:

So £1000 for 3 months in winter when we had 1 maybe 2 functioning storage heaters and an electric fire plus 1 tv, oven, hob in a small 3 bed semi is extreme. Also the 8k is for near 18 months.

Please tell us all the meter readings you have - opening, closing and any intermediate ones - and the dates they were taken. Until you do this we really can't be any more help.

madrugada87

the opening reading was - 
(23/09/2019)
rate 1- 09202
rate 2- 22244

oct 2020
rate 1-10885
rate 2- 24302

21/11/2021
rate 1- 20157
rate 2- 55066

final reading 31st March 2022
Rate 1- 21862
rate 2- 55066

Robin9

madrugada87 said:

pochase said:

So £1000 for 3 months in winter when we had 1 maybe 2 functioning storage heaters and an electric fire plus 1 tv, oven, hob in a small 3 bed semi is extreme. Also the 8k is for near 18 months.

You've not said but is that £8k including the £93 per month   or excluding ie £9600 ?

madrugada87

Excluding, we’ve been paying £93 a month. At one point we’d accrued £1000 credit on the account too

Gerry1

Something strange about Rate 2.  There's no way it didn't change between 21 November 21 and 31 March 22.

madrugada87

Sorry error on my part, November 21 - Rate 2 was 50130

Robin9

Odd generally.  Sept 19 Oct 20 Day 1660  very low ; Night 2100 amazingly low

QrizB

Thank you for the meter readings.

These are all meter readings that you took yourself? None of them are estimated, or taken by professional meter readers?

madrugada87

We took them all

madrugada87

I agree the first readings look low. But we always put it down to the fact that only 2 rooms had heating (in a 3 bed semi). The kids room had an electric heater but we were always too worried it was a fire risk that we refused to switch it on unless we were in the room. So we barely used it. Weirdly out bedrooms storage heater made the room too hot, so we just stuck lots of duvets on and switch the heating off. The only room we generally had heating running in was the sitting room (1 storage heater) and an electric fire.

So whilst waiting know it may look odd, it also weirdly makes sense