We have a big house with 2 aircon that we use mainly at night. We compared with last year at the same period (August) and it is clear that the new system is a rip-off, despite them trying to tell us otherwise. We consumed less this year yet the bill is €36.80 more for 74 Kwh less consumption al...
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...though we can argue that before the bill stopped on date of issue (27th) whereas now it runs from 1st to 30th each month.
August 2020: consumption of 707 Kwh for €136,08
August 2021: consumption of 633 Kwh for €172.88
Increase of approx. 25%
Not everybody can run washing machines at night (those who live in buildings for example) and apparatus such as fridges cannot be stopped at night.
As I said, back to high bills to the levels of pre-free market, probably because Iberdrola from which a few ministers get a kickback, complained they were losing money. Prior to privatisation, we were with Iberdrola and one month, we got a bill of €700!! Their meter was broken but they never gave us a refund, stating we had used that much electricity (something like 1500 kwh!). Strangely enough, one month later they came to change the meter! Bunch of thieves all of them!