PrePayment meter seems to be costing a fortune

timchild

Hi,

I have been reading the forum with some interest, to see others comments about prepayment key (and gas card) meters, as mine seems to be costing alot. On average I am spending over £1.50 a day on electricity, sometimes more and this is just in the summer (Our heating and water heating is Gas BTW).

I have a fairly small 1 bedroom flat, and I was wondering whether others have made the change from these meters to normal payment by direct debit and saved a good deal?

When I lived in a shared flat with 3 other people our combined costs, with electric heating and electric water heating was never this much.

Anyone got any good results from changing?

If I can't get it down then I might as well change to a green supplier, would be excellent to do both.

CIS

Thats very high, I have a 2 bedroom house and we (4 of us) use about 70-80p a day in electricity on a prepayment meter.

Are you running anything like an electric immersion heater or a little electric heater ?, these eat electric.

It might be worth getting the electric company to check the meter as it sounds like a possible fault to me , is their anyway some one could be using your electric ?

timchild

Well I do have 3 computers that is probably a good reason that I am getting though quite abit.

roger56

Try Ebico for an ethical stance, they charge the same regardless of payment method. They also come out around the cheapest:
http://www.ebico.co.uk

Kimberley

I have an Electric key meter and i put in £10 every two weeks (£20 a month) I also put in £10 every two weeks on my Gas card meter (£20 per month), although i'd suspect with the Gas I would put more in during the summer.

I have a 3 bedroom house and it's just me and 3 kids, so yes it seems you are paying way too much, get the meter checked out..you never know if it's faulty you may get a rebate..