gjs

We just had our first electricity bill through - $371 for 48 days usage.Am in shock! :scared:
We are in a three bed house.We have a gas fire in the lounge,and have been using an electric heater in the babies bedroom at night,daughter has a fan heater which she uses to warm up her room at night,just before she gets into bed - we don't use anything in our room.
No tumble drier and the water is heated with gas.Cannot believe how high this bill is.
Just wondering if this is about average,if not any tips on how to reduce it?

sj oldfield

Ours is always that amount, even though we are all out during the day, and no electric is being used!!! That is without the aircon running and the spa is also turned off at the mo!

worzel

Our bill runs at about $150 / month which is fairly average.

mrsperthforme

Bloody hell, we haven't had one over $ 120

rangersman

are you sure the meters were checked or is someone else got a feed from your house, we have just payed ours for sixty days and it was $101, there has to be a answer to this

spalen

pool pump?

gjs

Our meter is outside and the bill doesn't say it was an estimate,but will be phoning AGL tomorrow to check that this amount is right.Also that we're not paying for the next door neighbours leccie as well!!

gjs

No pool.




Don't think we could aford to run one at those prices.

binbird

If you are with TruEnergy you are probably paying ours! We have been renting for 10 months and haven't had a single bill - we did have someone come round though about 4 months ago and threaten to cut us off as we hadn't paid. We said, get us a bill and we will pay.... we are still waiting.... and we move out next week! Have told the people taking on the lease to sign up with a different provider so our bill doesn't come to them!

B

worzel

You get your electric from AGL? They are a gas company (Australia Gas Light) - it isn't gas and electric together is it?

gjs

No,had a separate gas bill already- and that was over $100 for a month.

Fiona&malc

just paid my qtrly bill tonight, it was $705 no pool pump, we are all out during the day, the last qtr was $683 !! no idea why its so high. we are with Origin.
gas bill per qtr is usually about $80 - $90

Siren & Brian

Family of 6 $190 for 60 days, hot water on gas. Heater on Gas. Pool, water bed, wife home all the time kids dont know where the off switches are, so really not bad at all.


Sounds like the OP little heaters are left on a lot which suck up the power. Also is there any connection fees in that, could attribute about $100 of the total bill.

Desire

We pay a standing order of $160 a month all year round.
It covers us. No gas (apart from husbands backside )everything electric in the house.

Pollyana

I think when we moved in here we had to pay some sort of deposit or something for the electric - maybe it includes something similar - or just a connection fee as above
Also, in Qld it includes a surcharge to pay for ambulance cover - is SA the same?