Scottish Power - 2 bed flat in a high rise, storage heater - Electricity costing £270 per month?

JRSC01

I wonder if i can ask if someone else though this excessively expensive as the home has normally 3 storage, and 2 wall mounted heaters in the home (council tower block) and obviously hasn't got gas installed, but has a 2-rate meter, and only heaters on in winter are 2 of the storage heaters instead of the whole house. but currently seems to be costing around £270 per month for he total electricity costs, i honestly thought that initially there seems to be a hell of an bill to pay. The house also has a heated water tank that is only switched on every 2 night also now. But i wondered if anybody has any thoughts as what i can do initially, The bills are with Scottish Power. I am relaying info so don't have all the info just now, but i went up and sat for a while but it didnt seem like much electricity was being used that would cost that amount of usage.

JRSC01

in context my house with electricity and gas costs and use the average things the same without the storage heating, my bills are around £80 per month total dual fuel.

Scot_39

There is no fixed answer I am afraid.

Saw 1 post from elderly customer on a studio flat - over £300 pm whole back.

And he said the flat was cold all winter.

If a lossy flat - if single glazed, drafty, even living room out of the sun etc it all makes a difference.

As does the temperature its being kept at.

21 will be £100s more pa than 18 etc - obviously weighted to winter months. 
The often quoted figure is £100 pa per degree C - but suspect that was old gas prices - not current - and even E7 electric off peak generally more expensive.

And SP have a few weird legacy tariffs that don't get that cheap off peak rates I some regions.


Figures in kWh and the tariff rates / payment method might help.  There is no  fixed e7 price rate - some MSErs posted were paying 6p, some 18p in last 3 months for off peak.

Pay by bill rather than DD - that can be a 10% premium at EPG discount rates on SR - E7 etc ??

£270 It's not a comfortable number, but nor is it unbelievable.

Scot_39

There are things that can be done - some cheap to conserve energy in future etc  film on windows, draft excluders if communal halls unhet and drafty doors etc - but without knowing more.....

Try to get usage and rates - and see if owner ould be willing to swap supplier.

Then try a few quotes, or see likes Octopus or  edf tariff tables - in the rate cards thread here in the forum.

SP do not have a good rep, but some remain loyal thinking  it's the old national S Power - when in reality its now just  another foreign (Spanish - 100% since 06)  supplier.

What tariff meter arrangement- do they know - 1 meter, 2 meter etc - it can change ease of moving.

E7 unlike single rate - has seen swapping for price in recent months.

JRSC01

thanks for the input, i think i am going to dig a little further with this to check it is OK, and ask similar houses, neighbours as they are all i think on the same heaters

Robin9

JRSC01 said:

thanks for the input, i think i am going to dig a little further with this to check it is OK, and ask similar houses, neighbours as they are all i think on the same heaters

It can be very difficult to compare what are apparently similar properties - different number of people, life styles, at home/at work, some are prepared to shiver/others like it cosey ....................

Rosie1001

Im the same ..two storage heaters … pay £220 a month …edf . 

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Hi,

what is your annual usage, day/night split, and what are your rates?

theoretica

2 night storage heaters charging for up to 7 hours a night, say 2kW each (you can presumably look up the power) x 30 days = 840kWh a month

Average night rates on E7 = 18p  so about £150

So - which of my numbers in bold are wrong for that property?  Where is the rest going?  Water heating?

Swipe

Seems crazy. Detached bungalow, no cavity wall insulation and I have 4 storage heaters 3.4KW, 2.2KW, 1.7KW, 1.2KW in use on various settings throughout the year (living room 18C and others 14-16C) and my off peak usage amounts to around 7500KWh and 1250KWh during the day. using prices from 1st April that works out at £160/month. 

markin

The DD could simply be to high for the actual usage.