Surely if the last bill under the old unit charge was an actual reading then all future usage under the new charge will be correct.
If the estimated usage is too high you can just ring up with a reading for an accurate bill.
There is no reason why the usage should be less in Oct Nov than in Dec Jan. I do not have electric heating.
The reading (number of units consumed) is the bit that's estimated, the rest of the invoice, number of days Standing Charge, Months' of PSO Levy, VAT Rate are at the going rate and are fixed. The Rate per Unit is the contracted rate - was the contract period up?The current reading is estimated, so the number of units charged is an estimate too.
Ah yes, the mysterious 10 to 12 day elapsed time from the date of the meter-reading, estimated or actual, to receipt of the invoice. The ESB (oops they're Electric Ireland this week) have told me the reason for the delay is the time it takes for ESB Networks to transmit the reading to them, which is nonsense in the 21st century. It may also be a manipulated elapsed time to help justify the €1.2 bn spend on digital meters we don't need. It may also be the time i takes to transmit data to Fujitsu or Siemens to produce invoices and have them posted back to Ireland from The Netherlands or LuxembourgThe estimate was on 11 Jan and for a period of 66 days. Today is 22 Jan that makes it 77 days.
My actual reading for the corresponding periods were 679 and 1172 units. I don't have electric heating but sometimes use an electric rad.The bill at the discounted rate was for 697 units, the bill at the full rate was estimated at 1454 units. I'm still very suspicious. There is no reason why the usage should be less in Oct Nov than in Dec Jan. I do not have electric heating.
The ESB (oops they're Electric Ireland this week) have told me the reason for the delay is the time it takes for ESB Networks to transmit the reading to them, which is nonsense in the 21st century.
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