Off the beaten track a bit but has anyone ever heard of an ESB meter reading incorrectly and is there anyway to check usage versus meter reading. A friend of mines bill with slightly above average usage is consistently around the 400 euro mark. With a similar usage neighbour registering about 100-120 euros less on the ESB bill. Any thoughts ye wise ones of the AAM.
Gone down by 2.5 % according to the examiner newspaper.
Small Article. Cannot remember what day it was and also read it online so I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to give you a page number.Sorry.
As for the Electricity meter issue. 4 people in the house. Immersion used infrequently as they have electric shower, slightly above average usage of standard electrical appliances. Neighbours estimated usage seems to be higher but bill is less. Last bill was a reading.
I had a sudden dramatic increase in my bill 2 years ago and it was July when I would have expected it to go down, Turned out it was due to an incorrectly wired new immersion switch and a bad earth, basically current was leaking directly to earth causing my meter to whizz around, :-(
What kind of increase did you experience?
How did you find out the reason?
I have had a new immersion fitted recently.
It could explain my bill being higher than expected. It is about €100 more that I expected - Immersion was installed 2 months ago.
I called Airtricity last month and they have promised to be 5% cheaper than ESB all the time. I'm thinking of changing just out of principle and just to sicken the ESB. The savings would only be about a fiver a month.
So for a high user like myself there is no decrease at all just a net increase.From the leaflet sent out by ESB with their current bills:
"The commission for energy regulation has approved an average decrease of 0.6% in regulated household electricity prices from 1/1/2009"
"The average price decrease results from the combined impact of the following"
- ESB's contribution of €300 million to all customers
- An increase of 2.7% in electricity unit charges
- proceeds from sale of certain ESB generating plant (the PSO Related Rebate)"
The PSO related rebate is worth €1.91 per month (not per bill as I said earlier), so depending on your electricity usage, the rebate might be wiped out by the increased unit costs.
The rebate is only applied to bills with meter readings from 31/1/2009, however the increased unit charge came into effect from 1/1/2009.
I called Airtricity last month and they have promised to be 5% cheaper than ESB all the time. I'm thinking of changing just out of principle and just to sicken the ESB. The savings would only be about a fiver a month.
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