hi please could someone help me out im with british gas and have a prepayment meter i have had this meter in for about 13 years
and like to pay this way as i have no shocks when the bill comes.upntil march this year i used to put on about 15 per week i would consider myself a high user we live in a 3 bed terrace 4 people someone at home all the time and 2 teenager so all the light s are on telly and computer on all the time i also use the dryer alot so maybe 1 everyday/. in march my electric has gone up to 30 per week and to keep to this i now watch what im donig no more drying or light left on always turning things off at the plugs .i took a week reading when i was being careful it went sumthing like this mon 086391 tue 086431 wed 086465 thurs 086512. please does this look like a normal usage or is it high any help advise would help me thank you ann

dogbety123,

I'm looking into this for you and hope to have something back within the next couple of days.

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dogbety 123,

From looking at your readings it appears that they do seem to follow the average consumption.

Annual consumption for electricity in the UK avergaes out at about 3300kwh per year. Broken down (and not taking into account seasons) the average daily consumption averages out at about 9kwh per day.

From your readings i assume that the end digit is in red (or a different colour to the rest of the reading) and therefore the average daily consumption from these figures is about 4kwh.

I hope this helps.

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Scott Byrom
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hi,, i dont think its you,, i currently have both gas and electric three teens,, have a timer for the heating,, for one hour in the morning,, and and back on in the evening for 3 hours,, same as you for washing and drying,, between both gas and electric i am currently using £45 per week,, i heat the water over night.. i switch it on at 1 am,, yes i get up to do this, and turn it off at 5 am. i cant afford, i have now turned of the heating, and told the kids to wear more clothes as its cold in the house, im disabled and cant afford the heating... i think having a pre paid meter you pay more for that option. i worked out that quarterly, im paying just under £600 sorry if that sounds depressing, but its too expensive

sukishere,

Can you please give me some more details with regards to your supplier, tariff and consumption for both gas and electric.

I really want to look into this for you as £45 p/week seems to be very expensive. That's over £2000 a year???

Please copy the list below into an email, enter your details and send it to scott.byrom AT moneysupermarket.com.

Postcode:
Gas Supplier:
Gas Tariff:
Annual spend/consumption(kwh):
Payment method:
Electric Supplier:
Electric Tariff:Annual spend/consumption(kwh):
Payment method:

Also, with your disability you may be entitled to an allowance. I'll look into this for you when i receive your details.

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Scott Byrom
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hi there i was just reading through these articles because i spend alot of money a week/month/year on electricity.

i was with british gas on pre pay and have just switched to npower
i recently recieved a end of service bill from british gas and i spent £1600 last year on electric.
the reason i find this rediculous is because i dont leave in a big house i leave in a small one bed falt with my girlfriend and our one year old son. i have put £90 on my elctric in a week and a half.
i also have storage heaters that if used seem to drink electricity like mad. this is the first time i have lived on my own so is this a normal average amount or is it high???

njs22,

That really does seem to be alot of electricity. My original concerns are from you saying you live in a flat and that possibly you're paying for more than just your own electricity. That is only a first thought though so lets not jump to conclusions.

As with the other customers on the forum, can you let me know your postcode and old tariff details. Energy prices differ between regions hence why your postcode is so important to our comparison tool to provide you with an accurate figure. Also, if you know your average consumption that would also be useful.

To give you an idea of the average energy consumption levels in the UK, they stand at 20500kwh for Gas and 3300kwh for Electric. Using these figures the "average" Electricity bill should be about £500 per year. To spend £1600 on electricity is therefore pretty extortionate.

Send me your details and i'll look into this for you.

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Scott Byrom
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hi there scott im sorry i got the amount wrong the £1600 was wrong

from what i can make out from the completely confusing summary is that between june 05 to october 06 there spendage was £1000
the say the total consumption for that period was 1958units kwh.

im well confused with this electricity stuff

my postcode is BS34 7HU

also i have switched to npower two weeks ago and now even more electricity is getting used was it a bad move????

njs22,

Are you on a prepayment meter?

If you are then this may have something to do with the excessive energy bills.

Prepayment meters (where you pay for your energy by buying tokens or topping up a 'top-up card') are used to help customers budget their energy suppliers but also to help customers pay off energy debt. If this is the case then your energy bills can include a payment which goes towards this debt.

Let me know.

Scott Byrom
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hi ther scott

got home last night and decided to call british gas and sort all of the problems out.
it turns out i should have paid £220 for electricity used but because the meter is on the blink
and from the look of things has been from the moment i moved in i have been paying to much.
so thankfully the good people at british gas are going to refund all that over spent money for the past year
june 05 to june 06. which is great, what is not great is i have been paying british gas for npower's electricity supply
and now have a battle on my hands to reclaim the overspent money between june 06 to present.
what a headache !!!!!!!!!

Excellent news njs22!!!

That should be about £800 then!?

You should speak to npower about your situation and if possible get npower and british gas to liaise with one another to help resolve this situation.

Let me know how it all fans out and if you need any more assistance just let me know.

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Scott Byrom
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Hi
I just got my final bill from British Gas and was veru shocked as I had used £150 of electricity in 37 days - this was between August and September, so not exactly the middle of winter! This seemed very high to me! I live in a two bedroom semi with my two kids and partner. We are out of the house form 6 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon. We do not use electricity for heating nor cooking. We have a computer which is on for 2 - 3 hours a day, two tv's a fridge freezer and washing machine and tumble dryer - both do a load a day. I have now been checking the meter daily and it seems to go up by about 20Kwh a day - it is obviously a concern as i am obviously now using more than I would have been in August! My meter is also very old - about 10 years ago the main house fuse blew and an engineer had to come out and change it - he commented at the time that "you don't see these very often these days!" Is it worth having this checked or does this seen like normal consumption?
Thanks!

Colette,

The UK averages for energy consumption are 20500kwh for Gas and 3300kwh for Electric. The Electric consumption works out at 9kwh a day but obviously you need to take in to account seasonal factors. With this in mind, i'd say that 20kwh p/day at this time of year sounds about right.

However, £150 for 37-days does seem high.

Are you on a prepayment meter?
Have you recently changed supplier?
Which tariff have you moved to?

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Scott Byrom
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I'm not on a prepayment meter - i was paying £82 a month to British Gas, although that wasn't covering the bills
I have just recently changed to N-Power, but I am yet to have a bill.
And I honestly couldn't tell you which tariff, but I switched on line on the N-power website, so I think it is a standard duel-fuel tariff.

Would it be worth looking into Economy 7? and who do I need to see about that? Would it be N-Power?

Economy 7 is only really beneficial to customers who use about 20% of their energy consumption in the middle of the night i.e. if you're working shifts.

Have you looked at our comparison tool to see which is the best tariff available to you?

It's easy to use and could save you a bit of money.

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Scott Byrom
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