there are several reasons why your bill has gone up so much

you could be being charged for the new meter, with a charge being taken off each time you credit your key

your electric charges may have been capped, and the capped period may have ended to the price you pay for your electric has increased - check the price you're charged for each unit and see if you can get a better deal elsewhere

you may have a debt that is being taken off weekly

it does seem a lot when you're hardly using a lot of electrical appliances, but i would trade in the convector heater for an oil filled radiator, as convector heaters are the most expensive to run

i also live in a 3 bed mid terrace, and was at one point paying £150 per month, but changed companies and now pay £95 !! - won't name them in case it's considered defamatory but it's worth shopping around

i actually use 2 storage heaters, also use energy efficient bulbs, but with 3 teenagers in the house, the computers, consoles, tv etc are always on so i am a high user, but my bill is still the same as yours, so there must be a problem somewhere...

also, it may be worth testing your appliances, oven, washing machine etc, just watch the dial going round when they are in use to see if there is a potential problem somewhere, and also write down how many units you use each day, to see if there is a huge spike at a particular time...

hope this helps, good luck, Mandy x

We recently had our old pre-payment meter changed from the old card tokens to the ones that use the electric key things. Our consumption was fine beforehand but seems to have leaped enormously since the installation of the new meter. It was about £15 a week, it's now around £25 a week which i can't handle.

I live in a 3 bedroom mid terrace house where we have no gas supply. Everything is electric, we have electric storage heaters (which we never use, i'd rather just wear a thick coat), electric water heaters which we try never to use, a small convection heater in the lounge and electric cooker. We're quite energy concious so i can't see how we're racking up such a bill when all it is is 2 showers a day, cook a couple of meals, a couple hours of tv, energy saving lights and as it's quite cold at the moment about 4 or 5 hours with the convection heater.