Just had a bill from Bulb and confused!

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Can anyone help me with my bill please before I ring them tomorrow? Mainly the gas bill although electricity one has some odd things on it too.

I'm with Bulb. July/August bill - Energy used 114.4 kwh @ £7.089 p/kwh (last year used 9kwh/day, this year 4kw or 0.56/day.

August/September bill - Energy used 714.5 @ £7.089 p/kwh (last year used 9kwh, this year 22kwh/day or 1.88/day.

The only thing that has changed in the house is more showers by one person - wasn't here in June/July.

Does it look odd to anyone else?

Thanks as I'm struggling here!

Is the first an estimate and the second an actual reading?

Are the bills based on readings?

Is the extra person someone who'd have 15 minutes in the shower a day? That would account for most of the extra with a power shower

Any holiday periods last year?
More working from home?
1 digit wrong on reading?
Unequal months?

Thanks for replying. I did submit a reading on Aug 26th so they estimated but only 4 units higher than the reading I gave. Looking at it now, I've been charged for 64 units and not 4. I don't understand the price either. I thought it wasn't going up until October.

You have paid the same per kwh but as you used more energy you paid a higher price

Re the showers, I'm not sure but he was only gone a month and other bills have not been like this at this time of year. It's a shower run off a combi boiler.

"I don't understand the price either. I thought it wasn't going up until October."

No they went up in April to about 7p a unit already. Gas will be around 15p a unit in October ( unless you are on a fixed rate)

Got it @dementedpixie! I wasn't looking at the day rate properly.

Next question - sorry - bill states 26th Aug customer read 9175 then 4th Sept estimate of 9179. Meter units used 64. That's not right is it?

I'm making a right tit of myself here - it's 64 units from 2nd August. Think I'm ok now.

Glad you got it sorted. Shower not such a big deal with combi boiler anyway