Hi my last 2 esb bills have me baffled. October bill was 289, thats was a little high considering dh was home alone and in work most days and no heating or cooking!!!!!!. December went up to 550. feb bill 800e. My bills up to now were normaly between 250 and 400. 400 being xmas bill (always dearest) so it has doubled compared to last xmas. There is no aparent reason. I have compared my bill with 3 neighbours, and i seem to be using alot more units than them. Now were i can see that id use more day units the night units are double theres. we all have the same heating (storage) and are on night saver. I put my dishwasher and washing machine on at night but that it. How could i use 4000 units in the nightime? I rang them in december and the girl told me to check the reading cause it might be a diget out but it was right. We live in an apartment block but mine is a house and the metor is in the appartments. I have no gas all electic.
Frengg, is it possible to the ESB to "fix" meters at their end, if you get my drift....?
Have to say my electricity bill took also a big jump - much bigger than the 20% rise they gave themselves. And I was more frugal this Christmas. No apparent logical reason for it.
Thanks for that, i just registered on esb website and had a look at the 18months, and the only ones that are significantly different is my december and feb bills. .
Tina, beware of registering on the ESB site, did you know that once you do this they automatically stop sending you paper bills in the post?, I discoverd this recently, and don't get me wrong, I am not against e-billing, its just annoying the sneaky way the ESB are doing it, i.e they don't even tell you up front you will not get a paper bill anymore, especially when other providers offer an incentive (discount) to those who opt for e-billing.
For me it was the straw that "broke the camels back", I switched to Airtricity last week......
In our financial sector we have had under regulation, while in the Energy sector we are now over-regulated, The regulator is responsible for fixing our energy prices based on Oil/Gas wholesale rates of six months ago and now due to the bureaucracy required to re-fix prices, the energy prices will drop in April, hah!, just when we will all be switching off our gas/oil heating and extra electric heaters, nice one , :-|
Now that there are at least three service providers in residential, there is a lot to be said for full de-regulation ?
Re ESB's ebilling: I just checked their website and far from being sneaky they are upfront about the paper bills:
Fnergg
- No more paper bills
- 24 hour access to your account
- Track your bill & usage history
Surely, from an environmental perspective it makes sense to discontinue them for ebilling customers? You can always print off a copy of one if required. Airtricty's ebilling service also means you only receive your bill online and given their green credentials it makes sense for them not to send paper bills as well. Fnergg
Full de-regulation will not occur until the competition in the domestic sector is seen to be working i.e. when ESB's market share of the retail market falls below 50%. How long this will take is anyone's guess. I'd say about 4 years at least.Fnergg
....But i had to register as it was the only way i could veiw previous bill, but i thought it would be like a full bill and that i would be able to see the units but its just the amount the bill was.....
Regarding changing to board gas. A friend said she heard on the radio about changing over and that if you use allot of units in the day that you would be better sticking to esb. i will have to look into it before i change..... /quote]
Tina,
You should be able to view a copy of every bill in pdf format as well. In the Bills and Payments section of the ESB's ebilling site you will see a column on the extreme right marked "bill". Double click on the symbol and the full bill details will appear. If it that doesn't happen you need to download Adobe Acrobat to your computer.
Regarding your friend's comments - they are incorrect. BGE's rates are cheaper.
Regards,
Fnergg
...just guessing that LPG gas is expensive. At this rate a plug in heater would be cheaper!!
Just got our gas bill today, big shock went from 298 for previous 2 months to 521.00 from 6 Dec to 9th Feb - 66 days - almost E 8 per day. We were away for 10 days over Christmas so thought it wouldn't be too much higher than previous bill!
We have a new house and a condensing gas boiler. Have we it set wrong or did we really use double the gas??
Can't wait to see the ESB bill.....
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