use the TNB app and monitor your daily usage since you got smart meter now. Check the meter reading, is it similar or close enough to your latest bill?

Tempered got many ways one. Some are obvious some are not.

But there is a possibility that another bill is coming. They will study the bills and then they will know if it’s tempered. Nowadays they don’t need to argue with customer anymore.
They even know which road got irregular meter usage.

ys ..legal and easy to install.

july was so hot, you can run without AC?
hard to believe.

could be a misread of next door's meter mistakenly charged to your address.
there have been such a cases before.
unless you have no neighbour immediately next to you.

My pama dun let me. Blame myself for being useless b40 poorfag kenot afford to pay housebills

mine is reversed

at old house using old meter, average kWh is 200-300, billed rm180-rm250 monthly.

then in june i move in to new house, using smart meter. july no reader come check since the neighborhood is very new (infact only 3-4 house were occupied including mine). early aug, 1 day after i ask tnb to send meter reader, a guy (tnb meter reader) come and check the meter. but didn't leave any bill.

then i check using tnb app, shows there usage is 500+ kWH but billed only RM179.. i mean that was too CHEAP if following my previous experience. yesterday paper bill left in mailbox, and total amount need to pay is RM238 (rm179 for june usage + rm58 for july usage).

using 1 1hp aircond every night turn on 10pm-8am, then my gaming pc only off once in a week.

First 200 kwh is only 43.60. Next 100 is 33.40. Total 77.00 for residential. Total 137.90 for commercial tariff.

You are a very generous customer or is an accumulated bill.

This post has been edited by mini orchard: Aug 11 2021, 09:12 AM

I have been hearing all these bill spikes after changing meter and was worried myself when mine was required to change. To my surprise nothing much changed, everything is like usual. 3 people, no aircond, around RM80-90. Recently sister started WFH so only then it rose to RM100+

Yes, my whole family has not used aircond at home for ages. In fact the units are now just decorations

You can install your own meter to check TNB's meter but that is only for your own information. Don't expect to use it to challenge the bill because TNB will not accept your meter's reading. In the end you will still need to get TNB to check their own meter by making an official request at the TNB office stated in your bill.

One reason why the new smart meter may incur a higher bill is that they are more sensitive than the old mechanical meters which may not move when the consumption is below a certain threshold. However the bill should certainly not be doubled so you can suspect something is wrong. However there is also a possibility that your old meter may have been tampered with if you are not the first owner or you are a tenant.

This post has been edited by KennyKB: Aug 11 2021, 09:49 AM

Having a sub meter is never to challenge smart meter reading. Is an indication to inform tnb that there is an error in the reading. One has a better chance of tnb checking instead of mere lip service.

Evidence is not to challenge but to show that a person has a case for further action to be taken....similar to police reports.

Second tier tariff stops at RM77 (200 kWh * 21.8sen + 100 kWh * 33.4sen). Anything above would follow tier 3 tariff that is 51.6sen, which is the rate I'll use for this particular case since our baseline usage has already been well within this tier before the additional power usage from WFH.

Her setup is 1 laptop + 2 24" monitor. I take laptop as 30W (my gaming laptop usage when doing office work), whereas both monitors total at 40W (average consumption for the model found from web).
Lights would be 36W. Ceiling fan can be negated since otherwise she would be using it in her room.
So total extra wattage = 106W.

I think she's working longer than 8hrs x 22d but we'll just leave it at that.
0.106kW x 8hrs x 22d x RM0.516 = ~RM9.63

Pretty much tallies up despite the abundance of variables at play and estimations I have made.

Edit salah titik perpuluhan

This post has been edited by Chanwsan: Aug 13 2021, 10:46 AM

Solved, read first post

what was the difference Kwh between tnb meter and the commissioner meter
how many % usage higher . tnb vs comm meter?

so means the new tnb smart meter is faulty ?

Around 1.8 to 2 higher on the new TNB meter
TNB Said it was calibration error, not faculty

so lesson to learn is TNb smart meters are NOT error free.

whatever TNB explain is ... in short they installed a Faulty meter .
how did this escape the factory Quality test ... points to poor factory process.

my opinion . if your bill jumps more than 30 % you may have cause to complain .



This post has been edited by Momo33: Nov 23 2021, 02:44 PM

thank you TS i facing similar problem. will try ur solution