Council Heating Charge

beyondreason4

This is my first post on this forum, and I urgently need help with a problem that has been very troubling to me, for the last 18 months.  I live with my disabled wife in a Social Sheltered Housing block of 8 flats a small marginal 1 bed flat with all electric supply only, my annual electric bill was £2500 approx for April 23/24 timeline and on target at least for the same cost for 24/25 period this is due to a £1700 network annual heating charge and a £800 variable tariff smart meter supply from my own chosen electricity supply company. Ofgem own figures for my complete electric usage in this sort of accommodation is between £1150-£1450, and I accept mine would be towards the upper end of this figure, but you can see I have at least a £1000 surcharge added, how do I address this problem and stop this draw on my fixed limited financial resources.

BarelySentientAI

Network heating is notoriously expensive, not covered by the price cap, and there is no real transparency of how costs should be calculated.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/19/uk-households-with-communal-heating-facing-350-rise-in-energy-costs

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/jan/08/tenants-with-shared-heat-systems-shocked-to-be-back-billed-for-hundreds

https://www.cibsejournal.com/news/heat-network-customers-face-huge-increase-in-bills/

Regulation power over heat networks was only decided to be given to OFGEM last year, and the regulations are not yet complete. 

Albermarle

You might be better off posting in this forum, which is mainly about energy bills etc .
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