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Today the postman came with my npower electricity bill.
i know this is trite, haha. but i like trite. it is the small little things like this that gives me a flavour of what a person’s life is like. so i do this for it gives me a flavour of what my life is like for me to look back on years from now, if i live that long. haha.
you may well ask who cares what my electricity bill is, and rightly so too. but this blog is for me to look back on what i did or felt even if it is the most mundane thing ever. also it enables me to keep a record that is easily accessible to me as to what my utility bill is like and to monitor my usage.
my npower bill 1stoct2014-6jan2015. it is effectively the autumn quarter oct-dec.2014
kwh used over 98days 324
@15.880p /kwh = £51.45
VAT @5% = £2.57
total = £54.02
0.55p per day
3.306 kwh per day
added.john wrote to give me his costs, when i asked him.
he wrote ‘Records do show I spent £91 for the quarter July – Nov in elec and £19 in gas’. unfortunately he did not give me the details. i would have loved to see the details.
later he wrote that the £19 for gas was because of the standard charge, as he used very little gas. that would explain it, as that bill was for the summer months, and by rights the gas bill should be near zero. this is why i object to a standard charge… you pay for gas even when during the summer your gas central heating may be switched off.
There was a govt electricity rebate of £12 (govt electricity rebate) taken off the previous bill. that would explain why a lower amount was taken from my direct debit last quarter.
from my own experience, it is clear to me that utility bills can be very low.
all those people who say their bills are high are using up more power to heat up their homes, which dont need it.
recently i read a couple in costa rica i think who said they need the cold weather payments that pensioners in uk gets because they have to prevent condensation water streaming down their walls by keeping the rooms heated. u can see what a fallacy it is. all they have to do to prevent condensation is to open the windows a bit. but because they are afraid of the cold, ( how cold can it be in costa rica for goodness’ sake), they keep the windows tight shut, and so condensation from their own perspiration makes the walls stream.
a lot of life is doing what appears to be contradictory… opening the windows a notch so there is some ventilation, can prevent condensaton.
but who would have thought that, isn’t it? it sounds so illogical.
they would argue we are cold allready and u want us to open the windows? are u mad???
as for feeling cold just wear more layered warm clothing. it has even been studied that cold can make u lose weight as it makes your body metabolise more to generate the heat.
range of temp in costa rica is 28C – 22C.
They were featured because they will lose the winter fuel allowance given to all pensioners abroad, but that is going to stop from this year. (for those whose country have winter temp above the south england average 5.6C)
Previously, people were only eligible for the winter fuel payment if they moved abroad after the age of 60. But a ruling by the European Court of Justice, insisted that any eligible expat should receive the payment, whenever they left Britain. The judgement meant that costs to the British taxpayer nearly doubled. link and another one daily mail link
that explains why the govt is stopping it from this year 2015 for all those who retired abroad if their average winter temp in the country they are in is above 5.6C, southern england’s average winter temp.
it is £200 for those between 60 –80yrs , after that it is £300. only one household can get it.
i think this means if there are two over 60s in that house/flat, it means one gets £200 , the other gets £100.
i think the max payment is £300 a year for a household.
it is not income related, so a millionaire over 60yrs old can get it. like i said, this country really treats its over 60s really really well.
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