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Author	meepmeep13
Comment	Do you mean you're £200 in debt to them? If you're in credit they should be reducing, not increasing your DD. There are quite a few possible issues: 1. The wrong meter is allocated to your account. Check the MPAN on your bill against the meter in your home. 2. The smart meter was fitted recently and you have a backlog of usage that you're catching up with (if, for example, you're one of these people that didn't supply meter readings before it got fitted) 3. You're paying for a previous tenant's usage 4. The previous tenant used much more than you and the estimated usage is that much higher as a result 5. There is an error in the recorded value that got carried over when the smart meter got fitted etc etc etc Unlike what other people are saying here, ScottishPower does not charge that much more per unit than other utilities that it should make a significant difference to a 1-bed flat's bill. So you need to read the actual bills, find out what your actual usage has been, not focus on the DD amount, and work out what the discrepancy is that's caused you to get £200 in debt. As you have a smart meter, you can compare this to your actual rate of electricity use and do the maths. The chances that the metering is actually wrong is pretty slim, it's just far more likely that you've slipped slowly into debt for one od the above reasons.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/k07zhy/scottish_power_overcharging/gdgmprv/
Created	Tue 24th Nov 2020 5:18pm
Status	normal ()

Do you mean you're £200 in debt to them? If you're in credit they should be reducing, not increasing your DD.

There are quite a few possible issues:

1. The wrong meter is allocated to your account. Check the MPAN on your bill against the meter in your home.

2. The smart meter was fitted recently and you have a backlog of usage that you're catching up with (if, for example, you're one of these people that didn't supply meter readings before it got fitted)

3. You're paying for a previous tenant's usage

4. The previous tenant used much more than you and the estimated usage is that much higher as a result

5. There is an error in the recorded value that got carried over when the smart meter got fitted

etc etc etc

Unlike what other people are saying here, ScottishPower does not charge that much more per unit than other utilities that it should make a significant difference to a 1-bed flat's bill.

So you need to read the *actual* bills, find out what your *actual* usage has been, not focus on the DD amount, and work out what the discrepancy is that's caused you to get £200 in debt. As you have a smart meter, you can compare this to your actual rate of electricity use and do the maths. The chances that the metering is actually wrong is pretty slim, it's just far more likely that you've slipped slowly into debt for one od the above reasons.