
Thinking of changing to a time of use tariff but wondering how the billing works. If the tariff is based on a simple normal/peak/cheap rate then I would expect the monthly bill to show x kWh used at normal rate, y kWh used at peak rate and z kWh used at cheap rate (although I don't actually know if this is how these bills are presented and someone may be able to enlighten me).
My question is what happens when the tariff is based on half hourly variable pricing. Do you get a bill at the end of the month showing the amount of energy used in each (up to 1488) time slot together with the rate applying (again up to 1488) to each time slot giving up to 2.2 million sub totals; which seems unlikely. Or is it perhaps the case that you just get a total figure to pay and have to take it on trust that it has been calculated correctly. My guess is that the truth lies somewhere between the two and I would be interested to learn from anyone on this type of tariff what sort of detail is presented on their bill.
