Power Mad

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004 at 1800

Our last electricity bill totallyed 81 UK Pounds for the quarter. That’s 27 pounds a month for the less mathematical people out there. This might not seem surprising, until you consider the following details. We run, in our household, the following electrical things:

  • Fridge Freezer
  • Washing machine
  • Vacuum cleaner
  • 2x PC’s
  • 6 100w lightbulbs
  • PC peripherals occasionally, such as scanner, printer, etc

That’s it.
No TV, no stereo, no ambient lights, no novelty electronic goods, nothing. The heating is gas, the lights aren’t on all the time, we don’t have a power shower, the cooker is gas and we don’t have anyone living in the basement we don’t know about.

So… what the hell is going on ? We’re with Powergen and although they’ve admitted raising prices all across the board (Along with most UK providers) it still feels like we’re being skimmed somehow as we have a tiny amount of electricals compared to some people, yet are paying more on our bill than anyone else I know.

I don’t know how you go about working out how much you should be paying, asking Powergen would be like asking the tax office if you really have to pay that much with, naturally, their answer being “yes” every time. Anyone out there got any ideas?

4 Comment for “Power Mad”

  1. Gareth Ablett Said this on

    power companies dont charge ou for the power you used but what they expect you to use you should phone them up and see what the think you meter should be at and then tell them what its really at and see if they over charged you.

  2. zimmer Said this on

    Switch everything off, then watch the meter. Is it still registering?
    Bring in individual items to see what effect they have..
    I thought you guys were electronics wizards? where is your curiosity and your methodical working approach? And that hairdryer you bought off Del Boy? is it a Black & Decker model ? :)

  3. zimmer Said this on

    Oh, and what about the central heating pump and timers etc?

  4. j Taylor Said this on

    did you read the meter or was it an estimate? our bill is about the same but we run a tumbler dryer and some times heat our water!

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