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Gas Bills

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  • 11-02-2009 12:33am
    #1
    syniod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭


    Has anyone else thought that their latest gas bill outrageously more expensive.
    Its just that I thought the Bord Gais and ESB got their latest request for a charge increase rejected, so why does it seem more expensive?
    Anyone have any info?


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    #2
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Is this an economics question, or an extension of the Joe Duffy debates?


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    lindtee
    Registered Users Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭lindtee


    My last gas bill was for €264, which was a little more than I would have liked(but that was estimated). My ESB was €151, which wasn't too bad at all,especially over christmas.

    On Joe Scruffy, people were on about 700,800,900 euro bills...maybe there is a glitch in the system, who knows? Not Joe Scruffy anyways.


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    bubblesxxx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭bubblesxxx


    Totally agree, just got a bill for 460!!! That just cant be right


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    #5
    ardmacha
    Registered Users Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    People were ranting on Joe Duffy about the amount of their bills. A bill has two things the volume and the price per unit. If it is higher than last year then it either reflects more usage or the higher price per unit. The usage figure may well be up owing to colder weather or it may be a meter misreading. Yet there was rant after rant with little discussion of the actual number of units used, people seemed to be quicker to ring Joe Duffy than compare the bill with the meter!


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    MysticalSoul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,266 ✭✭✭MysticalSoul


    My bill was €10 lower for the same period last year, at €91 for 2 months :D. The rates did go up in the latter part of 2008 though, and I would say that has accounted for some of the increase, and yes, I would say, it has more to do with the actual usage, and people not being careful. I have the thermostat set at 20, and I have found that is comfortable for me.


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    #7
    MOH
    Registered Users Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    Discussion about it here last week (search, ten seconds) Gas bills


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    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    It's very...convenient...for Bord gas to have estimated bills (which invariably underestimate usage) before a price increase, and then to get a proper reading at the higher price...so more units are charged at the higher price.


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    blast05
    Closed Accounts Posts: 256 ✭✭blast05


    It's very...convenient...for Bord gas to have estimated bills (which invariably underestimate usage) before a price increase, and then to get a proper reading at the higher price...so more units are charged at the higher price.


    Bang on there ..... although still doesn't explain my case of going from an average of 150-200 to 467 this time ...... and this time last year my wife was at home full time on maternity leave but not this year.


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    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    It's very...convenient...for Bord gas to have estimated bills (which invariably underestimate usage) before a price increase, and then to get a proper reading at the higher price...so more units are charged at the higher price.

    the ESB do the same when they have an increase they estimate the reading and it is usually wildly exaggerated


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