Sse electric bill for shop excessively high?

rowdy75

And yea, I have said sse are now agrrrimg with the smart meter and not using their make believe figure hence it has now gone down to £800

rowdy75

Robin9 said:

rowdy75 said:

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Also, the salon is completely separate meter, and the supplier is a different company so apples and oranges.

I appreciate that  - just amazed at the low cost for the Hair Salon.

Explained on last page or two back

ariarnia

rowdy75 said:

Robin9 said:

rowdy75 said:

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Also, the salon is completely separate meter, and the supplier is a different company so apples and oranges.

I appreciate that  - just amazed at the low cost for the Hair Salon.

Explained on last page or two back

i know it was explained but even on a low fix thats less than i think a lot of us would be expecting something like a hair salon to be using. its a lot less than normal users on residential rates. you are going to have to forgive our interest i think. when you have been on these boards for a while you get a feeling for whats 'normal' or not. your not always right but it niggles until you have the actual unit rates and meter readings. and it would be a REALLY easy answer for why your bills were much higher than would be expected even at more than a quid a unit (300-400 kwh for just some led lights feels like a lot still).  

rowdy75

Well up until the price hike my 3bed semi was about £65 a month electric so I don’t see why £150 for a property used 4 days a week is that much of a surprise

ariarnia

rowdy75 said:

Well up until the price hike my 3bed semi was about £65 a month electric so I don’t see why £150 for a property used 4 days a week is that much of a surprise

it might only be being used 4 days a week but its used for a lot more energy intensive things than most people's house. theres the normal making cups of tea and coffee and having the radio on. but then also things like heating water, hairdryers, curlers, straighteners whatever. which are some of the most energy hungry things someone can use. google says a small salon can use twice the national average (7000kwh a year) and even a 'cheap fix' at business rates would probably been higher than a residential rate at the same time.  

you might be completely right (and probably are. you know your situation). but unless you share the meter readings and unit rate then we're going to feel uncomfortable about it and probably keep mentioning it. 

rowdy75

The salon is not my domain, I don’t think it would be correct for me to post details of something that is not my own business, not that there is anything to hide. If there is a discrepancy with the bill and the usage it will get paid, but I’m quite confident it will be without the hassle sse are putting us through with our gift shop.

ariarnia

rowdy75 said:

The salon is not my domain, I don’t think it would be correct for me to post details of something that is not my own business, not that there is anything to hide. If there is a discrepancy with the bill and the usage it will get paid, but I’m quite confident it will be without the hassle sse are putting us through with our gift shop.

thats absolutely fine. just explaining why people might keep bringing it up. like i said in my first post. when i read your problem my first thought was the meters were switched and the gift shop use should be £150 and the salon could easily be using £600-1000 of electric a month (at commercial rates). you dont want to explore that and are happy thats not the case. 

but i would still say that if all you are using in the shop is some led lighting (and electric till, kettle and maybe radio) then even £800 for the shop feels high at the rates you say your on. if that does turn out to be right then you might want to spend some time trying to work out where the power is actually going (if somethings been left plugged into a back room and forgotten about)

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rowdy75 said:

 I don’t see why £150 for a property used 4 days a week is that much of a surprise

Hi,

that's only an average of about £5 a day, (4 days use, 7 days SC).

rowdy75

Why would they keep bringing it up. 

I mention sse trying to charge £7500 to run LED lights for 3 and a bit months and people say post the statements/meter reading, yet I mention the salon on a fixed rate dd of about £150 and people get their knickers in a twist and jump to say that’s low. Just comes across as some folk are strange.

Jonboy_1984

Regarding the meter change there should be sticker next to the new meter with the closing readings from the previous meter.

If you included that figure with the other requests you should be able to work out the actual annual use.