To wonder how I’m supposed to pay these prices? Energy bill calculated using KwH.

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I’m on a standard variable tariff as my fix ended in Winter 21. I currently pay £250 per month via direct debit which I’ve now cancelled as my supplier is continuously increasing the direct debit .

I’m disabled and I need heat to prevent an exacerbation in symptoms. I also have a disabled child at home. I plan to use my heating only for 4 hours per day and hope it will be sufficient. No baths, just showers. We have old style radiators so I can’t limit heat to one room.

I’ve calculated my usage based on last winter’s kWh and the new increased costs means I’ll have to pay £650 per month over winter. It will decrease in summer but I still have to find winters payments .

I am sickened to the core by this. AIBU to think this is not a tenable situation?

We did the same after a year in which our supplier accrued many hundreds of pounds over & above our usage. I set up a standing order that moves money across each month to chip away at our quarterly bill, the difference being we are in now control of how much we transfer.

I too cancelled my DD when they told me they were increasing it from £250 to £350. I've set it back up now at the original £250 and even that is more than I can afford. I'll have to go into arrears. Nothing much else I can do. They can't have what I haven't got to give 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes Friars23 I was on a very good fixed rate until April this year.

I'm with OVO and have been really satisfied with their service. Especially the 5% interest that they pay me on any money in credit on my account.

After having a succession of dismal experiences with British Gas, ScottishPower, Eon and a couple of other providers whose names I have repressed it was a huge relief to find OVO and I have stayed with them for 4 years.

They are currently advising me to up my direct debit to £203, but since I have a few hundred quid saved on the account I'm able to put off doing that for for a while longer.

YANBU. I'm in the same boat needing heating due to disability. It feels unreal right now that this can even be happening. I'm so sorry op