Gas AND Electricity usage tripled for no apparent reason

[Clive P]

Hi,
Is it your usage that has increased or your bill? I am with EON and they change my Direct Debit with the prevailing wind. For three months it will be £50 then all of a sudden £150, then they'll change it again. My usage is the same but their demands can fluctuate depending on what they think my usage will be over the next 12 months.

Regards.

 

[ruston]

Hi,
Is it your usage that has increased or your bill? I am with EON and they change my Direct Debit with the prevailing wind. For three months it will be £50 then all of a sudden £150, then they'll change it again. My usage is the same but their demands can fluctuate depending on what they think my usage will be over the next 12 months.

Regards.

Same for me with N Power. And they still owe me money.

 

[Darkwood]

Speak with you supplier like mentioned above, and check you electric bills, you may have many estimated bills and then a real reading done- if you have used a lot more than they estimated then they may if you are on direct debit adjusted your monthly payments to catch up with the shortfall.

 

[ruston]

I was using an electric heater for back up while I was ill. They tripled my standing order in case I got into debt lol.

 

[Octopus]

As the OP hasn't been on here for over 6 hours we are speculating!

 

[assegayer]

this is why pay as you go meters are the way to go! never had any problems do it with gas aswell. that way no pesky idiots raking money out of my account. plus you will never 'owe' money in your life to any company.

 

[Octopus]

this is why pay as you go meters are the way to go! never had any problems do it with gas aswell. that way no pesky idiots raking money out of my account. plus you will never 'owe' money in your life to any company.

But you do pay a premium for that facility!

 

[assegayer]

But you do pay a premium for that facility!

Really?? i don't remember paying anything. or do you mean extra on the actual cost kwh. it seems cheaper in the long run to be honest. especially if your away just leave 0 on the meter and empty the fridge. no paying gas or electric for holidays

 

[Poptasticdave]

Wading in with my size 11's I'd say the dumb .. I mean "smart" meter is likely the problem. So far the only people I know who have had them in have either found that for years they have been having under-estimated bills and now have a huge debt to clear or that the meters are reading "fast" compared to the only ones. Three families I know are having major trouble with BG who are insisting that the smart meter is accurate and that the old meter "must have been reading slow, so you've been having cheap electricity but we won't retrospectively charge you, as a gesture of goodwill". If that theory is correct then most meters in the UK must be reading "slow" .... somehow I think the new meters reading "fast" seems more plausible to me ... would the utilities really have left meters reading slow for years and not checked or done anything?????? I can't believe that they would.