Yes, I went into my water account & increased my DD by ÂŁ1 (back to what i was paying) as because of when I get my bill, a little while after, they always increase there prices BUT they don’t alter my DD so I end up owing them money so I now make sure I’m a little above there recommended DD so that it covers the price increase.
Now admittedly, we are meant to now get reduced prices due to the effective refund of some money but there is no details about that yet or when we will actually start to get it so I figure, leave my DD as it was plus I got ÂŁ14 in credit so hopefully this will cover the next year’s bill and then if the credit increases sufficiently, then the following year I’ll just go with the recommended as I’d have the credit to help offset the increase.
As for Gas & Elec, I’m waiting on my bill to see how much credit I have as in theory I should end up with probably 98% of the Gas payments for last 2 months & Octobers payment (as payment is made on 1st of each month) in credit, only deduction will be the standing charge. So waiting to see. I think I’ve only used 2 units of gas since July as not had heating on.
Elec is always accurate as that’s a smart meter so that’s always correct, the Gas is still the standard one as I’m tempted to change it BUT at the same time, its located outside the front of property so they can come and read it any time they want to so from that point of view, its no real issue. Plus with the Gas smart meters, they use batteries and displays can go dead etc so means having to keep getting them changed every few years as apparently they tend to replace the meter as opposed to fit a new battery (no clue why that is unless battery isn’t changeable?).
Personally I like to keep a bit of credit on my gas account as that helps when winter comes round, if its cold etc, at least I not got to find extra money, I know I got credit to cover it. It is surprising how quickly the credit goes though in the winter months.
Kev
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