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Canyoudigit

Canyoudigit

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Just been informed our bill going up from 140 to 440, WTF, where to even start with that.
Has anyone else got any advice on what to do moving forward, obviously going to ring them but just wondered if anyone had already gone down that road.
TIA
 
You can tell them to set the DD lower than that if you think the lower amount will cover actual usage.

Apart from that I think you're in the same boat as everyone else in waiting to see if this shower of a government offer any further support for these unaffordable bills.
 
You need to look at what your annual usage is and work out the cost and divide by 12

440 is £5280 a year which means you're either an extremely high user at current svr rates, have an existing debt balance carried forward or what you're posting is the fixed price they've offered you rather than svr. If you have more details I can point you in the right direction.
 
Tell them you want to pay your bill monthly and not by direct debit. You will probably go on a high rate but you will pay no were near that amount. I only pay for what I use and have told British Gas that I’ll not pay them any extra just sit in their account
 
Have you got a large debit balance? do you provide regular reads? Sounds like you're switching from a fixed tariff to a standard variable rate tariff and were possibly underpaying?

Best thing you can do is provide monthly readings so your bills are in line with your usage. this means the industry has a better idea of the amount of energy you actually use and so when they calculate you estimated usage for the upcoming year your monthly payment will be more in line with what it should be.
 
Kosovo said:
Tell them you want to pay your bill monthly and not by direct debit. You will probably go on a high rate but you will pay no were near that amount. I only pay for what I use and have told British Gas that I’ll not pay them any extra just sit in their account
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Then you'll pay a lot more in winter because of seasonal variance. The monthly payment is meant to be an average of your total yearly usage /12.

Paying a higher unit rate will always work out more expensive.
 
Vzzzbx said:
Then you'll pay a lot more in winter because of seasonal variance. The monthly payment is meant to be an average of your total yearly usage /12.

Paying a higher unit rate will always work out more expensive.
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Ive been whth BG for 8 months and my highest bill was £171 when I first moved over to them in Jan/Feb. My last bill was £140 but they tried to set up a DD for £220. £220 is not my average yearly bill
 
Kosovo said:
Ive been whth BG for 8 months and my highest bill was £171 when I first moved over to them in Jan/Feb. My last bill was £140 but they tried to set up a DD for £220. £220 is not my average yearly bill
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Soon will be
 
Don't have direct debit. I just bite the bullet and pay when I get the bill. Won't pay them one cent more than they are due.
 
Kosovo said:
Ive been whth BG for 8 months and my highest bill was £171 when I first moved over to them in Jan/Feb. My last bill was £140 but they tried to set up a DD for £220. £220 is not my average yearly bill
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Unless you are in a long term fix you'll be lucky for it to be £220. £220*12 is £2640 - the svr is due to go to over £3500 in October and expected to be over £4k in jan

We are 2 adults in a 4 bed and our dd is £278 based on the fix we took. Your last bill was low because it's summer so your heating is off except for hot water, in winter it will rocket and if you dont have a higher DD that will cost you about £120 extra a year for average user and your bills will be massive
 
asredastheycome said:
Don't have direct debit. I just bite the bullet and pay when I get the bill. Won't pay them one cent more than they are due.
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The only reason they set the DD higher is to average the usage over the year, if someone is only paying for what they use throughout the summer months you will end up having to pull out a fortune throughout the winter. Its usually cheaper by DD too
 
Managed to get it down to 340 ! , still an absolute fortune but having to cut corners elsewhere is going to be a very common theme.
Following a phone call to vermin media have got bill down to 76 from 129.
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
You need to look at what your annual usage is and work out the cost and divide by 12

440 is £5280 a year which means you're either an extremely high user at current svr rates, have an existing debt balance carried forward or what you're posting is the fixed price they've offered you rather than svr. If you have more details I can point you in the right direction.
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Surely his £140 has been calculated on his usage too?

That's not heavy usage.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Surely his £140 has been calculated on his usage too?

That's not heavy usage.
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I'd assume £140 was from a previous fix which has ended, without knowing the details it's tough to know but a 12 month fix taken a year ago could easily be £140 a month. Or it could be a monthly dd of £140 but usage is higher and he has a debt balance to cover.

Or it could be that he's received an email offering a fixed rate at £440/month, if he does nothing he will go onto svr as you have to agree to a fixed rate.

£440 wouldn't be svr price unless he is running things like hot tubs.
 
Canyoudigit said:
Managed to get it down to 340 ! , still an absolute fortune but having to cut corners elsewhere is going to be a very common theme.
Following a phone call to vermin media have got bill down to 76 from 129.
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Can you post the name of your new tariff and what your unit use in gas and elec was? It'll be listed on your last bill.

£340*12 is still £4k so that sounds like a fixed rate deal to me unless your usage is quite high.

That said if it is a fix, probably look cheap in 6 months
 
Some of these figures are crazy. For example we are 2 adults in a 4 bed house and our actual usage in summer is £120pcm on the standard variable tariff. I work from home too so the electric is on all day.

I have been paying £200 a month since April to build up some credit to 'try' and soften the blow come winter but I'm braced for the DD going up to about £300.
 
We are currently on a 2 year fixed (ending this December) and are paying around £100 per month for 3 of us in a 3 bed detached (house is roughly 20 yrs old so fairly energy efficient).

Just checked our usage for the last month (albeit we had a week away and spent a lot of time in the garden).. £35 in electricity and £15 gas! Currently in credit to the tune of about £200 so hopefully can build up a bit more of a cushion before the price is hiked up at the end of the year!
 
MolteniArcore said:
Some of these figures are crazy. For example we are 2 adults in a 4 bed house and our actual usage in summer is £120pcm on the standard variable tariff. I work from home too so the electric is on all day.

I have been paying £200 a month since April to build up some credit to 'try' and soften the blow come winter but I'm braced for the DD going up to about £300.
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I've been doing the same (albeit I'm a single person in a 2.5 bedroom house) . Last months bill was 117, I've been paying 200 a month to build up a credit so i don't get a shock (not that i will... working in the industry I've got a spreadsheet to calculate my bills based on readings that allows me to try out different unit and standing charge rates) . I'm currently £500 in credit.
 
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