Ouch of another kind...

[the_vulture]

Well, I got my first electricity bill today. It's a good news/bad news kinda thing.

I'll start with the bad, 'cause that's the way I roll.

The bill came to over 392 freakin' dollars!!!

A big "Fuck you, fuck you very much!" goes out to British Gas for not providing a suitable reference that could have spared me having to pay the deposit on this account.

The good news is, the VAST majority of the bill ($320) was the security deposit, so I won't have to worry about forking that out again any time soon. Better still, it'll be repaid to me with interest after twelve months.

The better news is that, of the remainder, the service charge and service call fees came up to over $50 (again, something I won't have to pay again).
 
The great news is that my actual electrical use, for 15 days, came out to just under $24.

Yep, that's right: my summer month costs for electricity will be under $50 a month.

Still, paying that first bill is a bit of an owie. It;s not a major one, mind you, as I was already prepared for that possibility and had budgeted accordingly, but it still makes me wince.

Comments

[1grl-revolution.livejournal.com]

YIKES!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it!

Good Grief!!

[queen-dream.livejournal.com]

Good grief!! I hope that you will be able to pay that bill off soon!

Re: Good Grief!!

[the-vulture.livejournal.com]

*chuckle* Yeah, it's a biggy, but it'll be settled next paycheque. And next month is a three paycheque month, too, so that blow will be even easier to handle.

In theory, I get the deposit back with interest after 12 months, so I guess I can look at it as putting some away, I suppose.