I recently moved house and last night EON raised my gas bill. I'm on an old gas meter and I have used 79 units ft3 and EON have said I've used 25.4kWh which has produced a gas bill of £3.57 - this is for a month of using gas in three bedroom house with central heating on most of the day during the whole of November - Something is incorrect but I don't know what. Any ideas?
Gas amount seems too low
-
Level 5503-12-22When you moved in can I assume that you took an opening read yourself (ignoring the red numbers in the linked video)? The reading of 79 units looks about right for cubic metres rather than ft3. Double check on the metre itself what the gas units are and don't rely on the bill as Eon Next may have the meter details wrong. See this link Imperial Meters what to look for. Also with the gas bill that was raised did the start read coincide with what your actual opening read was. Finally to be clear was Eon Next the incumbent supplier of the house you moved into? When you moved in did you create an account with the existing supplier? ( which I assume was Eon Next).
Last edited by Mailman; 03-12-22 at 10:44.
-
Level 9103-12-22@Gab147
there are approximately 32 kWh in one hundred cu ft of gas (it varies a bit) so at current prices that would work out to be nearly £900.
if it were cu metres then it would be around £300. perhaps it is cu mt and some decimals have moved?
EDIT working with electricity prices instead of GAsS!! Was still sleepy I think!.
In '00 cu ft that would cost £250 approx.
In Cu mt about £90.Last edited by meldrewreborn; 03-12-22 at 12:35.
Current Eon Next and EDF customer, ex Zog and Symbio. Don't think dual fuel saves money and don't like smart meters. Chronologically Gifted. If I offend let me know by private message, but I’ll continue to express my opinions nonetheless. -
Level 403-12-22@Mailman Yes, I took the meter readings myself and changed to EON from Octopus after about 13 days. The meter readings are correct and the meter is in cubic feet I've tried to attach a photo but it is being moderated for some reason -
Level 5503-12-22@Gab147 I have PM'd you 🥂 although you have managed to crop your statement and insert a photo - perhaps try the same with your meter photo and save as a .jpg file before inserting?
Last edited by Mailman; 03-12-22 at 11:57.
-
Level 9203-12-22@Gab147
Don't forget when changing from cubic anything to kWh, you have to also apply calorific value and adjustment constants to the formula.
A cubic foot of gas is roughly 0.3kWh, so 79 cubic feet is around 24kWh, as @meldrewreborn quite rightly approximates with his 32kWh per hundred cubic feet, without the adjustment factor, which would he something around the 1.02 mark, for current gas quality, so the figures shown on that bill are right. A couple of quids worth of gas. It's the standing charge that's the killer.
But you do need to check it is indeed an Imperial and not a metric meter.Last edited by retrotecchie; 03-12-22 at 12:42.
Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player. I DON'T work for or on behalf of EON.Next, but am willing to try and help if I can. Not on mains gas, mobile network or mains drainage. House heated almost entirely by baby dragons. -
Level 9103-12-22@Mailman
My meter registers in imperial but the measure is in hundreds of cubic feet, not just cu feet. Therefore the bill is stating 79 cu ft, rather than 7900 cu ft so the charge should be 100 times larger = £250 (netting off tariff price and EPG). I wouldn't complain too much.
Powered by
