Energy Prices

yeah, i just ment no one else can use it, so i just give radings

Across the Pond question here- is it your decision as a home owner what kind of meter you have?! Here in the states (in large cities that is) all of the gear up to your distribution panel is all owned and operated by the utility company. Same goes with water and sewer.

Had a smet2 smart meter fitted a couple of years ago because we got an EV and wanted a home charger which we couldn’t have if we didn’t have a smart meter. Can’t say I’ve noticed anything untoward and yes prices have risen but nothing to do with the smart meter as I got it before the leccy and gas hike and my bills never changed before that.

I’m with ovo and prices have changed for the better.

My smart meter is the gen1.

Pompeyexile Same here, I have got EV and home charger. Recently I moved to Intelligent Octopus and the price of charging my EV is amazing. I would not say that the smart meter is making me pay more for what we use. I am still trying to understand what about smart meter makes so many people to dislike it. I must be missing something.

OldGregg It’s the same over here, though sometimes we’ll have a main switch to isolate the supply after the meter, but everything after that is the responsibility of the home owner.

We don’t have a ‘choice’ per se, but the staggered/slow roll out of smart meters here means that some people still have the old style analogue or digital one way meters.

So I have finally got around to taking a look at my Octopus account. How does this compare to others?

Those standing charges are outrageous

I’m with OVO and paying 27.72p a day for gas and 41.67p a day for electricity.

Unit prices are 7.04p /kWh gas and because I’m on Economy 7 I have two prices for electricity.

At the moment the E7 time is between 1:00am to 8:00am and is 19.81p/kWh and the rest of the time its 33.62p/kWh.

I get to warm the coffee machine and have my first coffee before 8:00 every day which is a good saving.

John_Yossarian

Scandalous really

Inspector Do you not use much electric then (gas I can see - at the moment its just the hot water usage and cooking)

This is my Octopus account details….

At the moment I am paying £230 per month for both and having just looked seems I am over £1,102 in the black!
I’ll give it until the end of December when the bad weather hits and if I am still anywhere near that figure I will be asking for a Christmas re-fund and readjusting my direct debit.

Pompeyexile Your standing charge seems quite high at 54p per day , otherwise same rates here.

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