Combined Electrical & Gas Bills

Nov202011

Hi,

Apologies if this message is posted in the wrong section.

I have recently received a large Electrical/GAS Bill, it is twice the usual bill (twice the bill from previous period last year). The property is a rented apartment. Meter readings were taken in Mid July 2020, and again in Mid November 2020. Estimate readings were used for the Mid September 2020 bill. The Gas section of the bill is average with previous bills however the Electrical section is twice the usual. I have gone back through bills from November 2019 until now, the average electrical usage was 6.6 units per day (Kwh i believe) from Nov 2019 to March 2020, average electrical usage was 4.8 units per day from Mid March 2020 to Mid July 2020 (no one was in apartment in April 2020 & only 1 person from Mid May 2020 until Mid July 2020). The average electrical usage from Mid July 2020 to Mid November 2020 was 13.2 units per day.

The other tenant returned to the apartment in Mid July 2020 and has been working from home since. I work as normal (not from home).

Has this happened to any else? Would working from home see this much of an increase?

Thanks

L1011

6.6 extra units a day could very easily be explained by WFH, particularly if a higher performance computer is in use (a 600w workstation will use 4.8 units in an 8 hour working day, for instance); and/or they have a tea/coffee habit; or they're using an electric heater in the room they work in to avoid heating the entire house; or any number of other things that they're using power for that they weren't before.

Nov202011

Thanks for your response.

The apartment is very warm, we never have the heating on.
I suppose the other tenant would be cooking lunch each day, and they do drink coffee often.