Energy bills: OWWW, my eyes!
Today is a traumatic day in the Thrifty household. Our statements from our energy provider, Southern Electric, have arrived.
I have been able to scrrrrrrrrrrape my jaw from the floor and regain my composure – but it has not been a pretty episode. We knew our gas and electricity bills were going up – UK energy companies have all shuffled their tariffs skywards over the past couple of months – but we didn’t expect that the rises would be quite so steep.
We do everything by the Thrifty Book: we found the cheapest tariff using uSwitch, and we pay a fixed monthly direct debit, which qualifies us for a 5 per cent discount. We live in a brick mid-terraced house with small rooms, so our usage isn’t that high. For the past year-and-a-bit, we have been paying:
£21 ($39) a month for electricity
£25 ($46) a month for gas
Southern Electric has now written to us to let us know that from this day forth, we will be paying: (more…)
