We just got our first bill from our new electricity company that switched to in February this year - damn changing to Smart Meters and billing issues in Victoria - but saying that I was quite surprised by how much it was (or how little depending on how you look at it).

Our billing cycle went for a total of 21 weeks 3 days from 26 Feb - 24 Jul (so a lot of winter with 5 split systems going and the clothes dryer everyday) and our bill totalled $2,356. I have been making monthly payments to the account since we transferred and we also get an 18% Pay On Time Discount so this works out with the discount our bill totalled $2189, less payments made in advance and I've just had to pay the balance of $990.

It works out our average weekly spend is $110 per week so I'm thinking that once summer is here and with the payments I make monthly to cover most of my bills I should actually have a credit in my account over the summer months to cover the winter times.

So all up I'm pretty shocked that my electricity was so cheap.