Power bill

[garthy]

my last one was $1439 for the 1/4, 4 of us in the house....3 of them girls

I reckon I'd do some personal harm if my bill got that high.... good luck buddy

 

[girdheinz]

$1892

 

[Steman]

im not looking forward to my next bill. the a/c was on for about 4 weeks straight and i live on my own. gonna be interesting

 

[bpb02]

Yeh well good to see we are all in the same boat mine seems to be the cheapest going around, although i do live in a very small 3 bedroom house

 

[anntay]

We used less power as our last bill was huge and I wanted to avoid that happening again, this time it was $200 more expensive.

yer same my last bill was nearly $500.

 

[Jungletrans]

You can save money with the insulation scheme , you wont use much power when your house burns down .

 

[mungus]

Here in NSW, peak energy costs 36 cents/kwhr, the shoulder rate is 14cents/kwhr, off peak is 11 cents/kwhr. My energy bill has risen around 30% int last 12 months. My average bill is now $600 per quarter. My family and I have reduced consumption by approximately 25% however the bills have still crept up. We now set the AC at 26.5 deg (still feels cool when you come in from outside) we wont use the dishwasher unless really necessary and if so only after 10pm. I once switched to AGL however that automatically added around 10 % to my bill. This includes my solar hot water..... we will never win.

I'm on the smart meter, except my rates are 35 cents, then 12 cents than 9 cents.
My last bill was $700 per quarter and I almost died, let alone you guys getting bills over $1100 !!!:shock:

 

[Kitah]

Jeeze, how much electricity do you guys use? some in the thousands? woah! My last one was $145, but granted I wasn't here for a month. before that it was $235 (went up during summer due to the 24/7 use of fans, and occasionally the aircon when it was unbearable- it was $190 before this), and thats with two people living in one unit.

 

[Sock Puppet]

I had air con installed in Dec. I'm not looking forward to my next bill. Having said that, I have loved the air con this summer (plus the insulation done prior to the a/c).

 

[CodeRed]

I havent gone below $1500 for the last 3 quarters despite getting new insulation (and th rebate) last June . Might have to think about a second job just to pay for electricity

 

[Fireflyshuffle]

ok soo im in the same boat here.. Got my bill last week $1600!!!!!!!!!! and to top it, i have moved house and havent even had my reptiles on this property since 1st week of Jan, meaning my bill would only have a months worth of reptile lighting on it.. And its $400 more than usual!! Im not even using anything at the old house!grrr waiting for it to sell. I rang them for question it but they dont care, the bill still has to be paid.

 

[Snake_Whisperer]

I'm in the exact same boat bpb, don't know what the hell that is about. No aircon or even fans, just a gouging power bill. You folks into four digits though, geez! I guess I should stop moaning about $475!

 

[redbellybite]

Between electricity and phone(landline and mobile) it is KILLING meeee ....:x:x:x
I cant believe the BS prices that these companies justify in charging ...it has become a luxury to be able to have bloody both !:evil::evil:

 

[TahneeMaree]

At these prices it may be worthwhile in the long term to invest in a solar panel, then any extra energy you supply to the grid YOU get PAID for (my understanding of it) They're exy but not too bad compared to the bills some of you are getting O.O

 

[Chris1]

yikes, my bf freaked last time when ours was $450 even tho i pay 2/3s cos of the critters,....

id love to see hs face if it was over $1000,...!!

.....im thinking this one should be smaller since i dont have an airconditioner,....and there was alot less critter heating over summer. fingers crossed!!

 

[Lovemydragons]

We don't have a choice of electricity suppliers here in Melbourne, there is one supplier per zone and that's it. But what we found out recently is that you can choose a different administrator. Because our bill (yes the sheet of paper) is printed and sent to us by another company (not the supplier) we get about 3-4 cents cheaper rate!!

Not sure if everyone has the choice to change this, but I would investigate your area to see if you could save money!!

 

[CodeRed]

At these prices it may be worthwhile in the long term to invest in a solar panel, then any extra energy you supply to the grid YOU get PAID for (my understanding of it) They're exy but not too bad compared to the bills some of you are getting O.O

The solar panel rebate ($8k) is means tested so those who can afford to install the panels dont get the rebate. Pretty stupid planning by the govt and no wonder no one is taking up the offer. If they removed the means test I would certainly fork out the $15k to install panels.

 

[TahneeMaree]

yeah lol, I think my dad just got in on a deal where the gov gives you a 10k intrest free loan to make your home green or something, personally I was gonna look into getting one I can just place in the yard to run my rep stuff on as the parentals are discussing upping my board because of them lol. anyone got any idea on the pricing of general solars that store power to batter?

 

[Colin]

I have a gut feeling that theres a lot of guess work and averaging in peoples electricity these days. years ago someone actually physically read your meter and these figures were used for the calculation of your usage.. but I honestly cant see every meter being inspected and read several times a year and from my bills I received in the last year think this is a strong possibility.
one bill jumped almost double from the prior one yet not much difference in usage would have occured. the most recent one has gone down by $200 plus but again its been roughly the same usage through the last three bills.

same appliance are used throughout the three bills in approximately the same usage so I cant understand the differences when all three bills should be roughly the same.

 

[Sturdy]

Didnt QLDers get a raise in their $ / KW charges.