Hello Fellow Ozbargainers Please Educate Noob Me.
So I moved to new unit like 6 months ago and I used EnergyAustralia as electricity and gas provider. Electricity bill so far has been good but Gas bill on the other hand is giving me headache. For little back ground I always been sharing houses with other people so never had to worry about gas bill since whatever comes we divide among us. We (5 people) were able to use 8.5kg LPG cylinder for about 3 weeks(20 days giver or take), that was about $20 for a refills. So $20*5= $100, so for 95 days or 100 days total bill would be $100.00.
NOW get back to EnergyAustralia.
In the new place 2 people sharing this unit, we eat out few times and cook food twice a day. My last bill was $168 on which they gave $50 signup discount. I considered that was fair since bill also included supply charge. Two days ago they sent me message saying I can send them my meter reading on provided link or they will use their estimation to finalised the bill. So I looked at gas meter and sent them the reading, this morning they sent me $257 bill and I cant figure out how is that possible.
Mind you 5 people used to cook for 20 days with 8.5 kg or 417MJ now its only 2 people, we didn't change any cooking habits BTW same as before. Gas prices are higher in the service but I knew that, what I don't understand is how much gas EA think we used. YOU can look on link please explain what to make of it. how much did I use and was that fair bill reading.
Once again this is my first time using house with gas service so I have no idea if it normal for people to get gas bills like this. Here is screen shot bil.
What can I do? Should I change my provider? Which is better option for me?
And when you called Energy Australia they said….?