Just went and checked the letterbox, in there was our electricity bill and OMG it's fricken huge .....i heard that electricity was going up but come on this is ridiculous it has doubled since our last bill period.
I'm ringing them to find out what the go is but i've now been on hold for 37mins 43secs and im getting sick of hearing 'thankyou for waiting,be assured your call has advanced in the queue' ....not only am i going to have a HUGE electricty bill but soon it will be a HUGE phone bill to follow...Grrrrr
I saw this on ACA recently - apparently sometimes your usage is 'estimated', and this almost always leads to HUGE overpayments. Check the figures on your bill, and check what your meterbox says now. Does the bill have daily usage breakdown on there? You can work out what your meter SHOULD be reading if their numbers are right, and if they're not, you've gota a case!
Thanks for reminding me, our last one was double the norm for us, and I meant to check it at the time - will do it when I get home!
I have a payment that I set up via scheduled Bpay payments each week so that when my bill comes in it doesn't hurt so much. It helps with the summer electricity for the ducted cooling and the winter gas one for the ducted heating! They are still big and nasty but not as nasty as they could be...
It increased by 23% or something didnt it last year ?? We got a shock last bill too. Normally pay around $600 for the winter months...last year we paid $800 approx...
Westy, are you with Ergon? Our bill was a lot higher than usual. Everyone in our town had a higher than usual bill, even people who spend half of the quartely billing period away from home had a higher bill. If you are with Ergon, they will write on the bill in bold, capital letters, that the meter reading was estimated, or that the previous bill was estimated and therefore the current one will seem a little larger than usual (Can you tell we've had a few of these ones due to a dog)
Also, i think on the right hand side of the page, there is a column which states the approximate date for you next reading. Go and read the meter yourself and work out roughly how much you think the bill will be. Their website tells you that it is x amount per kwh, with a minimum amount first...and well...it's a load! I divide the $$ amount by the kw used for the previous period and get the kwh in cents, then multiply it by the meter reading I just took. Don't forget Ambulance and their min charge for hot water, plus if you are on a different tariff for other stuff around the house, etc and whatever else is on your bill
Doesn't the fee to come and check the meter suck! I read our meter a few years ago and when i worked out our bill, I freaked out (i had worked out it would be over $1000) I called Ergon and said, I think there is something wrong with the 30 year+ old meter, when i told her the current reading, she laughed at me and said "No one would have a bill that high" Turns out we came in just over $1000 instead of the $1400 I had anticipated! Also turns out, they hadn't read the meter the previous quarter!
Electricity Bill ...OMG!!!
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