Water rates changing

[klondike]

It seems than Anglian water are changing my water rates. The letter says it's a trial for those on meters and the Northampton area has been added to the trial.

There will be a fixed annual charge of £52.25 which that say is unchanged but I never knew there was a standing charge with water.

1 May to 31 August £3.9698 per cubic meter
Rest of year              £2.6882 per cubic meter

They say it means I'll pay a bit less which I rather doubt.

[Ashy]

A bit less than the Schweppes factory.

[klondike]

Just checked my last bill dated October 2024

They have a rather odd opinion of what is cheaper.

On that bill there is a day charge and cost per cubic meter shown
Cost per day 10.13p = £36.97pa
£2.0954 per cubic meter   

So that appears to be a £15.28p or 41% increase in standing charge and 59.28p or 28.29% increase in the lowest cost per cubic meter and a lot more for the 4 summer months.

[Mups]

It seems than Anglian water are changing my water rates. The letter says it's a trial for those on meters and the Northampton area has been added to the trial.

There will be a fixed annual charge of £52.25 which that say is unchanged but I never knew there was a standing charge with water.

1 May to 31 August £3.9698 per cubic meter
Rest of year              £2.6882 per cubic meter

They say it means I'll pay a bit less which I rather doubt.

Klondike,  when you say 'Northampton Area,'    do you mean only Northmapton,  or do you mean Northamptonshire?

I've not had any notifications that I can remember?   When was this?

[klondike]

I got  the letter a couple of days back. It just says "We're extending our Seasonal Smart Tariff  trial into new areas, including Northampton."

I also misread it - that £2.6882 per cubic meter is apparently the standard tariff next year. Mine on this scheme will be £1.9998 per cubic meter on the cheaper months so slightly less than this year but with a bigger standing charge.  I'll work it out later as I'm getting ready for fishing.

Sums.
The average tariff on the trial is £2.6565 pr month which is where their "cheaper" comes from at around £0.03p per cubic meter cheaper but only it you use no more water over the 4 summer months which seems unlikely to me. Its also an average boost of 26% over last year's rate. So it looks like we'll both be getting a close to 30% increase in our water rates next year.

[Mups]

Thanks for that, Klondike.    That seems a big increase doesn't it.  
I haven't had any notification so far,  so will have to wait and see.

[Alex]

I haven't received any notification either, I'm still waiting to see by how much the council tax will rise

[klondike]

Might only be here but regardless of the change of tariff the numbers given show that there is a big increase coming for everyone in the Anglian Water area and I suspect all the other too but by varying amounts.