Power..can you tell me?

Hi ya
Not meaning to be nosey. Just curious.
I have had my power with Mercury forever. Recently when moved into new house we switched back to T'Power because of the friends and family discount and also the 15% prompt payment discount...... Oh and the cheque you get once a year.

HOWEVER..I got our first bill which was for 53 days and it was $422!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With all the discounts it will be $379.


I just about died. In my whole life I have never had a power bill of over $170?
We do of course have Blake and have had his oil heater on quite a lot plus I guess he uses a bit more water etc..But still I just cant believe it.

What are your monthly bills..for how many peeps? And which company do you find cheap???

HOLY - Id die to if my bill was that much. Id probably be a bit suspect about it & check out things like your hotwater cylinder. That just doesnt sound right..

I pay 2 separate bills for power..
1 to The Lines Company (TLC) for lines lol of about $30
& 1 to King Country Energy (KCE) for power of about $60

All up i never pay more than $100p/m oh & we have wetback going in winter

ETA We also use a heatpump & dryer etc

Edited by Glow

we had a huge bill last month, but we had just replaced our leaking hot water cylinder, so hoping it will get better. i have the 2 oil heaters on for the girls, and i use the dryer far too often *cough, lazy, cough* plus the tv on all day.

but i tried explaining to x that she had to give up her playhouse disney to help us all save power, and she just didnt get it. told me to turn off my computer too even! as if!!

We've just switched to Meridian so I'm wondering how much our first power bill with them will be. We just moved house last month into a bigger place, it is FREEZING in all the rooms that aren't heated. Not much sun here yet, so it doesn't get warm during the day, but I use a clothes rack to dry the clothes and it seems to work quite well.

Last winter with Genesis our power bills averaged $220. In the summer it was about $80.

Kelpa - did you take a meter reading when you moved into the house??? The last time I got a power bill like that after I'd just moved into a house, it was because the last tenants hadn't taken a final reading, so I was paying for their power as well (power company has waaaaay under-estimated and couldn't get access to the house for an actual read). We pay around $100 a month for 2 adults, dryer used most days, we have a wet-back but hardly use it at the moment, and no electric heaters.

Oh yeah and the tv is on all day as well this side.

Ours is usually about 120 a month, but I'm scared about the actual read one which will come next since we now have an oil heater going to keep daniels room warm plus the gas heater going to keep the living room warm for me

Im with genesis and mine is pretty high too at the moment $307 was my last one and I only use the dryer once a week and have limited the shower time as well as the baths per week. I use an gas heater during the day and an oil heater at night in my room for Alize. I think mine has to do with my thermostat on my hot water cylinder so Ive rung the landlord to check it out for me. Hes hasnt got back to me yet either so first thing tomorrow I will be on the phone to him again.