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Cleri Dec 7th 2008 3:32 am

Re: Electricity Bills
 

Originally Posted by Mitzyboy (Post 7045752)
Ours is about €90 a month

Looks like the pools make a big difference then?...presuming Jdr has a communal one :huh:

crispy Dec 7th 2008 3:41 am

Re: Electricity Bills
 

Originally Posted by Cleri (Post 7045763)
Looks like the pools make a big difference then?...presuming Jdr has a communal one :huh:

Yeah, I think JDR's is communial but who would dare go in it when he is in there.;) Cleri do you pay monthly, bi-mothly or quarterly?

Cleri Dec 7th 2008 3:44 am

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Originally Posted by crispy (Post 7045788)
Yeah, I think JDR's is communial but who would dare go in it when he is in there.;) Cleri do you pay monthly, bi-mothly or quarterly?

Monthly,at our request,and we read it regularly and phone them,so we don't get any nasty shocks...(been there,done that :ohmy:)

bobd22 Dec 7th 2008 6:54 am

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Originally Posted by Cleri (Post 7045797)
Monthly,at our request,and we read it regularly and phone them,so we don't get any nasty shocks...(been there,done that :ohmy:)

Translation from enessa site
The Royal Decree 1578/2008 of the Ministry of Industry, published last September 27, makes it obligatory for Distribution Enterprises of electricity bill, as of Nov. 1, on a monthly basis. This law is applicable to domestic supplies

jdr Dec 7th 2008 7:16 am

Re: Electricity Bills
 

Originally Posted by crispy (Post 7045788)
Yeah, I think JDR's is communial but who would dare go in it when he is in there.;) Cleri do you pay monthly, bi-mothly or quarterly?

Oi, I`ve got a shower too.....
Two bed apartment, cooking and heating by gas, but plasma tv, pc etc on quite a while, much less than the UK bill.

poshnbucks Dec 7th 2008 11:14 am

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Originally Posted by jdr (Post 7046223)
Oi, I`ve got a shower too.....
Two bed apartment, cooking and heating by gas, but plasma tv, pc on quite a while, much less than the UK bill.



Noooooooooooooooooooooooo :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

lynnxa Dec 7th 2008 5:05 pm

Re: Electricity Bills
 

Originally Posted by crispy (Post 7045740)
Over a 12 month period ours works out to about 90 per month, we have aircon in the summer and warmair in the winter, the summer bills june , July and August are the highest, in the region of 240 for 2 months as we have the pool ticking over at least 12 hours a day and aircon. Also cook with leccy but heat hot by gas.

ours goes up to around 50 a month in the hottest summer and coldest winter months - thats a lot for us - and there are 4 of us!

our landlord seemed to think we had found a way of by-passing the meter!!

Loco Pedro Dec 7th 2008 7:42 pm

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We are considering changing to the dual meter but find Iberdrola very difficult to deal with.
They repeatedly charge us an excess on our bills because we use more than 500 kWh per month. One time they dramatically undercharged us and on the subsequent enormous bill, they charged a huge excess amount for over-consumption per month even though it was their mistake. We argued with them but got nowhere.
Is there a regulatory body to whom we can complain ?
They appear to be a law unto themselves.

jurdyr Dec 8th 2008 10:52 am

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Ministry of Industry and Energy in spain are here http://www.cne.es/cne/Home

jurdy

jurdyr Dec 8th 2008 11:01 am

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dont for get price are going up in jan 09 again

jjh Dec 23rd 2008 6:01 am

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Received the bill today, from 17 November to 17 December so it´s started already. Not gone out of the bank yet but, clearly, it will go out this week.

helenba Dec 24th 2008 12:36 am

Re: Electricity Bills
 

Originally Posted by crispy (Post 7041742)
Had a look at our last bill an there is nothing on it that say the bills will be monthy, will have to wait and see what happens. I wish my leccy bill was 30E a month I'd be well chuffed.:thumbup:

we can beat that we are on solar and wind generater cost us nothing . we cannot get leccy as we are up a mountain near sorbas. helen

poshnbucks Dec 28th 2008 1:04 pm

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http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...%3Den%26sa%3DG

poshnbucks Dec 28th 2008 1:07 pm

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Originally Posted by helenba (Post 7096920)
we can beat that we are on solar and wind generater cost us nothing . we cannot get leccy as we are up a mountain near sorbas. helen


Lots of wind after the Brussels on the 25th eh :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Peter Squires Dec 29th 2008 6:07 am

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Originally Posted by fionamw (Post 7042199)
Which has reminded me to post a cautionary tale: about six months after buying/moving in, we received a gigantic bill (think it was water) & the only possible explanation was that being deep in campo they hadn't been reading the meter & we were copping for the bill(s) of the previous owner who during that time had emptied, repaired & refilled the pool..... we couldn't get out of paying, of course. So estimates/meters not being read can sneak up & bite the wrong person on the bum:frown:

Same here! Despite being told that the previous owner would have paid the electricity bill up to the time he left, I was not expecting a high bill as we have only stayed in our house for 3 days after buying it - just noticed that 107 euros has been paid out of my bank to the electricity company!

Bit rich as the previous owner was only paying 30 euros a month.

Happy days :(


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