{"id":63898,"date":"2017-08-17T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/metric-meter-and-imperial-bills-leave-scottish-power-confused\/"},"modified":"2017-08-17T13:19:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:19:57","slug":"metric-meter-and-imperial-bills-leave-scottish-power-confused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/metric-meter-and-imperial-bills-leave-scottish-power-confused\/","title":{"rendered":"Metric meter and imperial bills leave Scottish Power confused"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI have emailed and sent photos to explain what the problem is, but to no availScottish Power seems to think I live in a blast furnace and use \u00a3400 worth of gas every month. We moved into a three-bedroom house in 2015 and registered for an online dual-fuel account. From the start, the bills, based on meter readings, have been three times what they should be. The reason is clear \u2013 while the meter is metric, the bills use an imperial correction factor. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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