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Utility Bills
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not sure best category and wonder if anyone understands this
I use little gas, one appliance only, so the pay as you go meter is or has been ideal up to now. In the last six months to a year the money going in has been more and more, and so i phoned the gas company and asked them why i appear to be paying a lot more and this is what i was told
that they now levy a daily standing charge as the governments asked all the utility companies to make their bills easier to understand. so that charge which wasn't there before has hiked my expenditure for gas double what it was a short time ago.
I use little gas, one appliance only, so the pay as you go meter is or has been ideal up to now. In the last six months to a year the money going in has been more and more, and so i phoned the gas company and asked them why i appear to be paying a lot more and this is what i was told
that they now levy a daily standing charge as the governments asked all the utility companies to make their bills easier to understand. so that charge which wasn't there before has hiked my expenditure for gas double what it was a short time ago.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's because suppliers who had no standing charge were charging a higher rate for the first few units and then a lower rate for subsequent units, and that was deemed to be being used to confuse people or disguise prices. So now they have to offer a fixed price option plus a single unit rate. Go on a price comparison site and see if you can find a better deal, either with the same supplier or elsewhere
Utilita do a tariff without a standing charge but I am sure that their p-per-therm isnt the lowest - swings and roundabouts -
If you are a tenant then you will need the permission of your landlord to change.
[ if e g you are a six month tenant and you dont use the gas for the final month then you are not keen to pay the 30 d standing charge and someone has to. IN this was a tenant can transfer some of the bill on to the Landlord. Yippee ! that is why his permission is needed. ]
If you are a tenant then you will need the permission of your landlord to change.
[ if e g you are a six month tenant and you dont use the gas for the final month then you are not keen to pay the 30 d standing charge and someone has to. IN this was a tenant can transfer some of the bill on to the Landlord. Yippee ! that is why his permission is needed. ]
joko, its a distinct possibility , however i just had my electricity bill and having a problem over that, have no idea why my electricity varies so much, and it's not like its a houseful of people, i am careful, frugal even,
don't leave lights on, switch off everything off when going out, or to bed, either that they have whacked the prices up as well.
don't leave lights on, switch off everything off when going out, or to bed, either that they have whacked the prices up as well.