How much is your ESB bill?

Heroditas · 08-01-2013 08:19PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

A year ago I would've suggested you switch to bord gais. Nowadays though there's no difference between them and Electric Ireland in terms of cost savings. I wouldn't touch Airtricity with a forty foot barge pole.

That does seem excessively high though even for a bill during the winter months and not including heating in a one bedroom apartment!

Always worth checking Bonkers.ie - they're very accurate at showing how much you can save on your electricity and gas.
You'll always save if you keep switching. Energy companies bank on a certain percentage of customers not switching, hence why they can offer new customers attractive rates for the first while.

Jet Black · 08-01-2013 08:22PM

€340

Last bill i received was September and this one was estimated.

IM0 · 08-01-2013 08:23PM

Moghead wrote: »

Is the bill an estimate?

and more importantly does he know he has to submit meeter readings

anyway OP, watch the lights that are on in rooms no one is using, but dont get mental about it, be somewhere in the middle of not giving a **** and being anal about it.

watch the spot lights on the roof kind of lighting. 4 or 5 on in a room is 4 or 5 times the prices of a normal bulb!!

also there are energy saving bulbs, use them in rooms not in much but pop in often and just leave the light on all the time before bed when switch off again. also are you in alot? then bills will be higher obviously
and bills always much higher in winter for obvious reasons

SCOOP 64 · 08-01-2013 08:26PM

Jet Black wrote: »

€340
Last bill i received was September and this one was estimated.

thank god for that , i feel better now:D

Best username ever · 08-01-2013 08:27PM

wush06 wrote: »

Can you give any links to the ones you use. Thanks

here you go.

NegativeCreep · 08-01-2013 08:28PM

anamara86 wrote: »

Received my ESB bill today and nearly cried - over 200e for a one bedroom apartment, and this does not include heating. Don't feel like we've using more electricity than normal and for such a small place, it seems so high.

So it got me wondering, on average, how much is your ESB bill and how big is your home?

The Bills are estimated OP. Ring can ring them and see how much it actually cost and you can pay that amount instead.

Czarcasm · 08-01-2013 08:28PM

Heroditas wrote: »

Always worth checking Bonkers.ie - they're very accurate at showing how much you can save on your electricity and gas.
You'll always save if you keep switching. Energy companies bank on a certain percentage of customers not switching, hence why they can offer new customers attractive rates for the first while.

Thanks for that link, would've saved me an awful lot of trouble there before Christmas when I was doing up my annual budget! I was going through reams of utility and electricity bills and paperwork to determine the best value providers for the coming year.

As it turned out I was still better off staying with Bord Gais for electricity, Smart Telecom for broadband and telephone, and Sky for television.

Witchie · 08-01-2013 08:29PM

carpejugulum wrote: »

pic or it didn't happen

Thats my last bill!

anamara86 · 08-01-2013 08:31PM

NegativeCreep wrote: »

The Bills are estimated OP. Ring can ring them and see how much it actually cost and you can pay that amount instead.

Meter was read, not estimated

Hippies! · 08-01-2013 08:31PM

4 bed house. Average bill is €300

Hippies! · 08-01-2013 08:32PM

anamara86 wrote: »

Meter was read, not estimated

Was the last bill estimated? Maybe you didn't pay enough last time and it's added onto this one?

garbanzo · 08-01-2013 08:41PM

4 bedroom house: I pay Flogas a flat €63 per month for gas which covers central heating, cooking hob and hot water. ESB get the grand sum of €83 per month for lighting and electric shower. Spreading the bills out over the year on an even amount basis avoids the "billshock" that often occurs in winter when you can least afford it.

Have embraced LED lights in recent months and am awaiting seeing any payback. House is loaded with insulation (i.e. attic, walls etc) and have just installed a composite front door which also makes the place hold the heat better. Maybe that is helping us keep costs low-ish.

Hippies! · 08-01-2013 08:43PM

Lights cost f**k all lads.

naughtysmurf · 08-01-2013 08:44PM

Witchie wrote: »

Thats my last bill!

So, you are all huddled together for bodywarmth in one room in the dark then

anamara86 · 08-01-2013 08:45PM

garbanzo wrote: »

4 bedroom house: I pay Flogas a flat €63 per month for gas which covers central heating, cooking hob and hot water.

With Flogas for gas too and must admit the bill is always moderate in comparison.

LoonyLovegood · 08-01-2013 08:47PM

It was €135 for a three bedroom apartment with four girls in it in the last bill. Have to admit, I was happy with that - the heaters here are the awful storage ones.

Hippies! · 08-01-2013 08:48PM

CTYIgirl wrote: »

...for a three bedroom apartment with four girls in it ....

Nice

cena · 08-01-2013 08:53PM

180 or so. It used to be about 300

Realtine · 08-01-2013 08:56PM

Best username ever wrote: »

Don't just go out and buy the first LED's you see now, you need the ones that equal 50 watts of halogen bulbs. There are crap ones on the market too.

thanks for this Im going to look into this also - my last ESB bill was over €300 for two months:eek: so actively seeking to lower it - no immersion, no drier, but washing machine and dishwasher is used at least once a day - gas heating. But we do have spot lights so I dunno maybe?? i'm going to give it a go just a bit confused about the different type of light bulbs tho

Witchie · 08-01-2013 08:58PM

naughtysmurf wrote: »

So, you are all huddled together for bodywarmth in one room in the dark then

Ha ha. I am in the sitting room with the tv on, main light on, on the laptop with my mobile phone plugged in while my youngest son is in the kitchen probably with all the lights on doing his homework and the house is toasty warm due to the oil fired central heating which has cost me €700 in oil already this winter.

Oldest son has only just gone back to college.

Paddy Cow · 08-01-2013 08:58PM

Recently moved into a one bedroom apartment and got my first esb bill last week for €258.30 :eek: General electricity was €32.96 and heating was €170.16. The storage heaters have gone off and more jumpers will be going on

the groutch · 08-01-2013 09:00PM

'bout tree fiddy

(can't believe we got to the 2nd page without anyone saying that)

Chorcai · 08-01-2013 09:07PM

Our ESB was 190 for a 2 up 2 down house, we are gone most of the day and we haven't got a clue why it's so high. Deffo looking into what's on and off around the house now.

Sarn · 08-01-2013 09:08PM

I'm in a one bed as well. I haven't received my bill yet but the previous year's bill up to the end of December (71 days) was €124, but that also included heating. As suggested it could be due to an underestimation in the previous period.

Heroditas · 08-01-2013 09:18PM

Chorcai wrote: »

Our ESB was 190 for a 2 up 2 down house, we are gone most of the day and we haven't got a clue why it's so high. Deffo looking into what's on and off around the house now.

Between your fridge and freezer and also the likes of a house alarm, TV on standby and the likes of the Sky box and modem all plugged in, you'll typically use 2.5 units of electricity just from that alone.
At about 19c per unit (including VAT), that's about €28 every two months alone.

Best username ever · 08-01-2013 09:19PM

Hippies! wrote: »

Lights cost f**k all lads.

I have replaced 22 halogen 50 watt bulbs, which were on about 35 hours per week. This costs me €56.63 euro using 335.50 units per bill. The same 22 bulbs using 3 watts is costing €3.40 per bill, using 20.13 units of electricity.

It's saving me money.

Paddy Cow · 08-01-2013 09:21PM

Best username ever wrote: »

I have replaced 22 halogen 50 watt bulbs, which were on about 35 hours per week. This costs me €56.63 euro using 335.50 units per bill. The same 22 bulbs using 3 watts is costing €3.40 per bill, using 20.13 units of electricity.

It's saving me money.

22 light bulbs :eek: Do you live in a mansion?

Kettleson · 08-01-2013 09:26PM

Witchie wrote: »

Thats my last bill!

Are you sure this is bimonthly?

Airtricity issue bills monthly.

strobe · 08-01-2013 09:27PM

IM0 wrote: »

and more importantly does he know he has to submit meeter readings

Hi man, how's this work? Have you to ring them before they bill you with the meter readings, or do you wait for your bill and then ring in with the meter reading if you think the bill is high? Or what's the deal? What happens then, do they send you an adjusted bill or take it into account on your next bill or how's it work?

BostonB · 08-01-2013 09:28PM

Witchie wrote: »

Have a 5 bed house with 2 teenage sons, smartphones, playstations, laptops etc and my airtricity bill averages out about €90 every 2 months.

I'm baffled how you are doing that. Unless its estimated and doing it too low and they'll re-adjust it in one big sum.

How much is your ESB bill?

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