Our electric bill is £367.15 for the last quarter

[Cremolatorium]

gosh that's a lot

and was accompanied by a helpful leaflet that tells you can save 10 whole pounds a year by buying energy lightbulbs. yes that's right £10 whole Brtsih Pounds.

Dh is going to have a canary

Is it electric only, cos then that's a blinkin' lot Do you have no gas & even the it's still a lot unless you're in Buck House?

Just realiesd you're running a cremolatorium, that'll have done it. They're a bugger on the juice.

Just electric.
we have oil fired central heating
a gas cooker( bottles)
we also live in Northern ireland where Northern ireland Electricity have a monopoly.There are NO other providers AND We have no mains gas provider where we live.

ROFL Jbck. The cremolatorium is run on Guinness naturally.

that's a lot, though I was hard done by with £97 a month. DH having a "canary2 made me though, never heard that one before

Were your previous bills (under)estimated?
This cant be right for just one quater, unless you live in a stately home. You will query it wont you?

Good God what was your usage????

i would check your readings and query big time!! doesn't sound right even in a monopoly!!!

i find the energy saving light bulbs are not bright enough, and yes, you may save ten pounds by having them, but you end up with a prescription for mr magoo glasses instead

Electricity was £148 a month and gas was being put up to £124 a month. Have changed supplier so hoping to not pay a smuch,have also started with low energy bulbs and no tumble drying.

Our last bill was £296.07.
We have a normal house with average electricity usage.( I mean we are not running a business or a 007 Villain's Spy HQ)
There has been a 33% increase according to the The Leaflet.( apparently to bring us in line with the rest of the UK)
We are not alone. Everyone here is talking about it.We have the highest Electricity prices in the known Universe.It would be cheaper to live on the Strip at Vegas. I just despair for elderly people living alone. No wonder droves of them are clearing off to Spain.

nearly £400 quid to watch a bit of Tv and do the feckin ironing.

Our gas and electric is £145 per month. So, £435 per quarter.

What's it cost in Spain then?

Dear God - our gas and electric costs £46 per month - how come we're so little??

not much help but our last gs/electric bill was £900 odd

Oh, do you live in a palace?

Actually, it sounds about right . We have a ke pad meter thing that was here when we bought the house, and it shows that we use £20-22 per week which would be about £100 per month or £300 per quarter. It's awful that NIE have the monopoly there should be at least one other company for a bit of competition.

Get a key pad meter fitted, they'll do it free, I know this as my neighbour just had one in. It's 2.5% cheaper (wow) and you don't notice the money going out the same as with quarterly bills.

check your KWHR, also get bill check at advice bureau, and always give monthly meter readings or even better weekly etc.

oh yeah my last quarter was £100, and i use a dishwasher, drier, washing machine, fridge freezer, separate freezer, 2 computers, games console, TV.

Electricity is expensive here in Spain too, unfortunately.

We had a 400 euro bill last winter, but I'd just had a baby and had electric heaters going all day.

I feel your pain.

Cremolatorium, Im also in NI but bill wasnt quite as high (only 2 of us live in the house, but I am a childminder)

The NIE lady on the phone said it had gone up again since the bills went out - was actually a 45% hike. They referred me to energy saving trust who "could cut my bills by 50%" but they were unable to give any advice I wasnt already following....but maybe you can check out their website.

But the current bill covers Aug/Sept/Oct when it was mostly quite warm & still quite light so nearly £400 does sound really dodgy, even for a cremolatorium in NI.

We have gas heat & gas hob - everything else is leccy - our monthly DD is £71 & our usage really doesn't vary much between summer & winter (cos computer use is the same all year round, LOL)

Have they done a catch-up meter reading?

I have worked out the energy consumed by us last year and worked out a direct debit monthly payment based on that (taking account of price increase). I will be paying Eon £100 per month to cover family of 5 in 3 bedroom terrace house. My challenge is to use less than last year and have my account in credit.