I feel like Brit Gas are fiddling my energy account. Raising DD way above usage, etc. Any advice? 8 February at 12:29AM edited 8 February at 12:34AM in Energy 38 replies 1.6K views

frugalmacdugal

Hi,

danieljm said:

frugalmacdugal said:

Hi,

danieljm said:

I want to calculate the numbers down to the penny so I take take it to them and tell them to stuff it...

if that's your intention, why not just switch now?

Yes part of me is thinking of simply switching onto a variable DD. A fixed DD is just easier as I'm sharing and I can simply tell my housemate their share is X amount every month.

I meant switch supplier if you are so disillusioned with BG's fiddling.

Robin9

Surely its easier to have a variable monthly DD when it comes to sharing -  then you simply say - the bill £60.10 this month - your share is £30.10.   

57 x 1.02264 x 40 / 3.6 =  647.67 QED

NB the 40 isn't fixed  - it will vary a little from bill to bill depending on the quality of the gas.

ariarnia

also am i reading right that your using an 'average' for the cost of jan and feb due to not being there a full 12 months yet?

if so you might want to think about just using whatever you had for december as december and january are the two months were most people use most of there gas for the year. 

danieljm

ariarnia said:

also am i reading right that your using an 'average' for the cost of jan and feb due to not being there a full 12 months yet?

if so you might want to think about just using whatever you had for december as december and january are the two months were most people use most of there gas for the year. 

Yes I have took the total (KWh) as a mean for all days so far in Jan/Feb which should return an accurate enough estimate for up to the 20th this month. it isn't going to be bang on but should be very close to figure out a well informed estimate.

danieljm

Robin9 said:

Surely its easier to have a variable monthly DD when it comes to sharing -  then you simply say - the bill £60.10 this month - your share is £30.10.   

57 x 1.02264 x 40 / 3.6 =  647.67 QED

NB the 40 isn't fixed  - it will vary a little from bill to bill depending on the quality of the gas.

Yes I understand this but come the time if and when we part ways/close accounts, my cousin will just get half of any credit left, or contribute half of any debt.

ariarnia

danieljm said:

ariarnia said:

also am i reading right that your using an 'average' for the cost of jan and feb due to not being there a full 12 months yet?

if so you might want to think about just using whatever you had for december as december and january are the two months were most people use most of there gas for the year. 

Yes I have took the total (KWh) as a mean for all days so far in Jan/Feb which should return an accurate enough estimate for up to the 20th this month. it isn't going to be bang on but should be very close to figure out a well informed estimate.

ah. great. i was reading it as an average for the year and was thinking 'that can't be right'

EssexHebridean

I may be wrong but I had a feeling that BG’s new system was not supporting variable DD at the moment?

pochase

EssexHebridean said:

I may be wrong but I had a feeling that BG’s new system was not supporting variable DD at the moment?

Well spotted.They don't.