Electricity bill!!!!

[Westburylad]

Got it today,they are putting it up by £30 per month
MERRY BLOODY XMAS!!
Anyone else being ripped off?

[Bazza]

Anyone else being ripped off?

Yes! All of us!
I believe the cost of oil had a lot to do with the increase in fuel prices - oil went down ages ago but the price of gas & electricity hasn't budged. We can't keep up with it, it's definately going to have an effect on our christmas this year 

[cuthbert-murray]

we started off last year doing direct debits with scottish power for electric and gas combined in one standing order ,i then recieved a letter fromthem back in september telling me my standing order had to go up to £150.00 per month from £70.00 previously .
I do not use that much power i thought and cancelled the s/o.
recieved my bill 2 days later checked my meters and they owed me money.
just recieved the last quaters bill yesterday and for both power supplies it worked out at £192.00 combined, CHECK YOUR METERS!.
i now prefer to have a bill for what i use and pay it why give these companies money to sit in their accounts earning them money.

[rock chick]

most energy suppliers do a self meter read service its worth doing just so you know your bills are exact

[hermes2007]

Check your Direct Debits very carefully
Direct debit bills in spotlight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7748057.stm

I can't find a link but I read in the paper some consumers have had hundreds of pounds debited unexpectedly by the bast****.
Oil prices have fallen by 2/3 - do you see that reflected anywhere.

[memento mori]

With Southern Electric you can phone their meter line number and type in your  meter reading. However I had a recent bill which was based on an estimated reading and the estimated meter reading on the bill was fairly accurate. However I was still being overcharged and in credit.

I phoned Southern Electric and asked them to re-evaluate my direct debit and asked for a refund. The direct debit has now been reduced by approx 60% ! and they will refund the credit.

This demonstrates that having meter readings is only half the story..

[Bob De'Bilda]

I can't find a link but I read in the paper some consumers have had hundreds of pounds debited unexpectedly by the bast****.
Oil prices have fallen by 2/3 - do you see that reflected anywhere.

well petrol has dropped by about 25p litre since It's peak. But i know what you mean. Gas and electric prices, so we were told, were linked to oil prices, So why aren't we seeing a drop in these fuel prices.