Hi ketchuplslouise, from what I recall, the majority of my bills were roughly less than half that for similar timeframes. What's your energy rate? I'm guessing it couldn't be hugely different to my supplier, though...
Are you building 2 storey, as maybe they've needed to run different equipment on your site..? Your SS will know if they have had to use anything that takes a lot of electricity to operate (Mine was single storey).
What would be of interest is the blocks beside/around you - would it be necessary to consider or investigate power theft? This can be a common practice, unfortunately. It may be worth having a look at how all the sites are running around yours, if you can't account for the cost from your block alone. I will have a look at my bills/tariff when I get a chance to give a clearer comparison
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Extra info: my build supplier was Origin, I paid roughly 22c/kWh, making my usual bills (in which the bill periods usually were between 74-103 days), costing between $~70 - $~120, including supply charge. Usage was between 38kWh in the shortest/quietest bill cycle, to 152kWh in the longest/busiest bill cycle (amount of power used).
Hope that helps, all the best with it
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Thanks for the usual helpful info PixiGT.
My supplier (default) is AGL and bill says arnd 22c per kWh. Reading for the entire 85 days is 1065 kwh total bill includes some supply charge of ~$60
We are building double storey, which obviously can contribute to higher usage but not sure if bill should double as yours.
We did see some sort of power cord running from neighbor into our lot back in early stages and have reported it it to SS. He assured us that he'll attend to it. Since scaffolds hinders our view of the site, we cannot check if it is still happening.
Anyway, i cannot imagine how I can dispute this bill so will just be paying, i guess. I'll check again with SS too and ask around neighbors building double storey house.
Will look at switching to Origin as well, which is our supplier where we live.
Thanks a lot!!!