I received my latest utility bills on Saturday from Coop/Octopus Energy. It was quite easy to do a comparison as the bill had been split into two halves 20th March - 2nd April and 2nd April - 28th April.
Electricity Standing Charge
Was 19.6p per day Now 45.60p per day
Gas Standing Charge
Was 22.71p per day Now 25.92p per day.
With such a whooping increase in the electricity bill how can we hope to economize our usage. Our electricity bills are more or less the same all year round unlike the gas, so how on earth can we cut down.
No one has yet explained to me the reason for such a huge increase in the standing charge.
