hi

we have been having extreamly high electricity bills for over 2 years now since we had a digital meter put in, our bills are almost 3 times our neighbours, who refused the meter, but we are out of the house more often then we are in. there also seems to be no difference to consumption to winter or summer and when i was on maternity leave and home allot more no difference. i have a tree bed end terrece with all usual gadgets washing machine tumble dryer but this is rarley used in the summer. i have gas central heating.

i have spoken seval times with our suppliers who all say it is right but never sent some one to check. we have done a little experiment and need to know if this seems right.

we have recently been away for 10 days and whilst we were away we turned off every thing except the usual fridge freezer and the odd thing like the microwave and oven. then took the reading and in 10 days the house still managed to consume over 100 units, is this right?

any help would be greatly appreciated as at a loss as to why are electricity bill is arround £180 a month.

avci:

£180/month for electric in a gas heated house is way over as is 10 units/day while you are away with most things switched off. So something is definately not right. And for over two years. Your supplier might be entitled to trust the meter but not to says its right for a gas heated house. So that's not right.

Its good that you measured your consumption while you were away, what you need to do now is to get a handle of your usual consumption. You should take daily readings for a week, weekly readings for a month and then monthly readings.

Obviously this thread will be dead before then so report back with a typical days consumption.

There is one curious point you need to explain. I do not know how your neighbour managed to refuse the digital meter. That is the Distribution Network Operator's (DNO) perogative to fit.

There are several possible reasons for the £180/month but more consumption, supplier and tariff information is required.