Gas and Electricity Bills

Now's here a thing.

Here in the UK, you can pay for your gas and electricity bit by bit each month, using a system called direct debit, straight from your bank. I guess it's the same almost anywhere. This means you can budget your fuel costs over the whole year and not feel the pinch too much in the winter months.

When we moved to our new house, we forgot to set up our direct debit for a couple of months and so there was a little bit of a deficit when we did. This meant the direct debit was higher than it needed to be as we were playing catch up.

A couple of years down the line and I've looked to see we built up a bit of a surplus!!

Here's the rub. The utilities shout quick enough when WE owe them money. But when THEY owe us money they're strangely quiet!

I guess the moral of the story is

Check your gas and electricity bills regularly. There might be a pleasant surprise for you.