Electricity Sky High???

[evedawn]

Ok so someone pleaaaaaaaase tell my maths is wrong.

We appear to be using 200 units of electricity per day (we don't have any gas supply so all heating showed etc are electric)

My rate per unit is 0.92


Does this REALLY = £20 per day!!!!!!

[buildersmate]

I can confirm that it is DEFINITELY possible for an electronic meter to be set up wrongly from the outset. The most likely scenario if this has happened is that it has been set to record 10x the true figure.
18 months ago I was involved in managing an estate of multiple properties and about 150 individual meter points. The contract was a commercial one, not domestic, but the principle beyond how the cock-up can occur is the same. One of the properties was switched to a digital meter and the annual cost of the electricity increased from £4k to about £40k pa. Complaints fell on deaf ears and by the time I inherited the problem it had gone over 2 years of inflated bills. In the end these stupid people only accepted their error when we got a parallel meter fitted to cross-check the first one and it turned at only 1/10th the rate.

These meters have initial set-up inside them, and it is possible for the meter managing company (who are often not the same as the utility company) to mess it up.

But is this meter newly-installed?

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Before we get too involved on this thread we need facts about demand.
200kwh of energy in an all electric property can easily be achieved especially in a large property.We need some facts eve before we can conclude.

[evedawn]

thank you to all who answered yesterday. I apologise that I was non communicado for much of the remainder of the day. We had soemwhere we needed to be all afternoon / evening.

Firstly to answer Bright Spark. we have no storage heaters but rather 7 x standard electric wall mounted heaters. We generally only have 4 on. We also have underfloor heating downstairs in kitchen, dining room, entrance way and lounge. We use 2 electric showers (3 adults = 3 x showers / day) and we have a "boiling tap" in the kitchen. Other than that there is a washing machine (maybe 5 x loads a week?) , telly, double fridge, oven etc...the standard.


Yesterday we were ALL out much of the day and all wall heaters were turned off (uderfloor on) 2 x showers taken and the usage was 117units in 24 hours.

[evedawn]

Oh infundibulum we are with OVO. Apologies for not replying yesterday. After my post we left the house and were not back till late evening so didn't log back on. X

[BRIGHT SPARK]

Hi eve....some assumptions made here..
4 HEATERS @3Kw for 10 hrs =120Kwh
Underfloor htg.10Kw for 8 hrs =80Kwh
Water heating 3Kw for 3hrs =9Kwh
Showers 10Kw for15 mins x 6 showers =15Kwh
Oven/hob 5Kw for 2 hrs =10Kwh
Washer 3Kw for 2 hrs = 6 Kwh
Dryer 3Kw for 2 hrs = 6Kwh
Lighting/tv/fridge/freezer/etc 2 Kw for 4 hrs = 8 Kwh TOTAL 254 Kwh

This is what the average family of 3 adults would consume in your property...you can add or omit as to your own demand may vary.

[evedawn]

Thanks brughtspark. Perhaps the readings are right then? :( I just wonder where ovo (supplier) guestimated. I did tell them when I signed up it was big electric only house, 3 adults etc etc . Dunno why they said £49/month. It's on direct debit so perhaps I just shan't submit metre readings ? It's not law that I have to submit readings monthly...tho I guess they'd eventually send around a meter reader then?

[BRIGHT SPARK]

If you reduce my assumptions by 20% it will equate to your possible 200 units a day however, I suggest you could get a local electrician to do a 'demand check' for you to give you peace of mind.

The estimation from your supplier of £49.00 per month is grossly under estimated for an all electric property with your demand.

Could you ask a neighbour in a similar all electric property for a comparison.
Best of luck with the outcome

[factor-fiction]

I agree that £49 a month seems far too low for a property that has no gas. I would estimate £80-90 a month minimum.
But £20 a day is exceptionally high and can't be right, even in winter and even if you are extravagant

The meter may be faulty but I would have expected the previous owner to have spotted this and had the problem rectified.

To put your mind at rest I'd tell OVO you are struggling to read it and can they get it read and show you how to do it. They may say it'll have to wait a few months until they get to you, but it's worth asking

[BRIGHT SPARK]

FF..have you not read my above post...or do you not agree with the figures?

[factor-fiction]

I read it don't think I need to analyse all your figures, brightspark, as I am sure that a bill of £20 a day =£7300 a year cannot be right.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

I agree ff however we are just exiting the heaviest demand period.During the late Spring the demand will drop significantly to about 30% as the heavy loads reduce.I have this conversation with clients on a regular basis and have carried out many demand checks.Eve has a compounded problem because apart from water heating all the space heating is energised during peak time rate.

[factor-fiction]

The best way to test it is to turn most things off and just leave on something for which the kwH should be known, and take readings at the start and end of a short period- say 1 hour