Electricity bill WTF!

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LimaDelta

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6,530 posts

219 months

Saturday 13th February 2016
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Checked my electricity bill today and for the period of 25-Aug to 25-Nov it reckons I've used 13,500kWh!!!! Now this is surely a mistake, our lifestyle hasn't changed, and previously usage for a quarter has been around the 2500kWh mark. Our annual estimate is only around 9000kWh.

What could have caused this? We have LED lights in most places and gas heating. I honestly can't imagine how it can be so high. Anyone had this before? What will the energy company have to say?

I'll give them a call Monday but any advice would be appreciated!

LimaDelta

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6,530 posts

219 months

Tuesday 16th February 2016
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It seems everyone has assumed this is nP*wer - it isn't. It is SSE, and though the problem isn't yet resolved, they have been nothing but helpful so far, returning calls and maintaining a single contact person for ease of investigation. A+ for customer service.

To answer a few of the above posts, this reading was real, previous was an estimate, and the one prior to that was a real reading too, so in a six month period I have (apparently) used 15,500kWh, or about 3x the normal usage for a house/family of this size.