[Tali]

Electricity suppliers aren't allowed to force domestic customers into a timed contract. Of course, if your land lord is being a proxy for your electric your contract is probably direct with him.

With regards to how much each item uses, the £100 per month does seem a little excessive. Do you have access to your meter? The best way to do it is to read your meter at regular intervals.

You may also have got your units mixed up slightly. When you say your hot water tank uses 6000kWh, where are you getting that information from? The average domestic consumer only uses around 4000kWh per year.


If the hot water tank is rated as 6kW, then if you turned it on for one hour, it would cost approx 60p - ah! the penny has dropped.

But based on what you've said there, that still only accounts for around £60 per month, then you need to add on your other leccy charges. I would say around £70 per month sounds about right given the current prices.

DO you know if you're on Economy 7? If you've got electric heating, you may be on E7. Do you know if the radiator is a storage radiator? On E7, the water heater and radiators come on at night when leccy is cheaper.


Sorry for rambling; it's late.