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How much is my electric and gas costing?
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Your electricity sounds very expensive - your gas quite cheap.(sounds like Npower?)
The price for 'units' you have been given is for kWh
An electricity unit on your meter is the same as a kWh.(so no problem there.
Your '10.82 of gas' means 10.82 gas units. These are not the same as kWh. There are 2 types of gas meter. On an Imperial meter(measures in cubic ft) a gas unit is approx 31 kWh, and on a Metric meter a gas unit is approx 11.2kWh.
I suspect you have a metric meter so you have used approx 120kWh.
It is impossible to work out exactly the cost as the "first xxxx units" vary from company to company, and indeed by tariff with the same company. e.g. BG charge for 500kWh/2680kWh elect/gas per year for their latest tariffs but 900/4512kWh for their older tariffs.
The simplest way is to just use the cheaper tariff for calculating costs and make a note that there will be a fixed extra charge each quarter for the additional cost of the higher priced tariff.(i.e. a standing charge)
So you have used electricity costing approx £4.36 and gas costing £3.08. - If you have an Imperial meter - that is £9
If the prices don't include VAT you will need to add this @5%0 -
Now you have an additional complication.
For gas Npower charge for 4,572kWh pa at the expensive tier 1 rates.(7.044p/kWh)
However Npower have 'seasonal weighting' so you pay for far more tier 1 units in the winter(about 880kWh per month) and less in the summer so your bills will be higher in the winter because so many units will cost 7p.
As it takes several weeks to change supplier, you need to do it now or wait until next Sep/Oct so you will have the summer months paying for less 7p units.
Also are you in line to get a discount after 12 months? - another consideration.
Actually their gas price is good, but their electricity prices are poor.0 -
Just a quick one.
We live in a two bedroomed semi. Two adults, one 3 year old.
Heating is gas, gas hob, electric oven, combi shower.
I'm currently averaging 6-7 cubic metres of gas per day (heating on at 6 a.m.-9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
and 13 units of electricity.
Does this seem too much (esp the gas)
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Definitely?
6 rads
heating on 10ish hours per day at the moment.
The reason i ask is that i've used more gas units in 12 months than my father in law did in 15 months (he has a 5-bed detached!!! with heating on all the time).0 -
Definitely?
6 rads
heating on 10ish hours per day at the moment.
The reason i ask is that i've used more gas units in 12 months than my father in law did in 15 months (he has a 5-bed detached!!! with heating on all the time).
Has your father in law an Imperial gas meter?(measures in cubic feet). A gas unit on that meter is 2.83 times bigger in terms of kWh than your meter. On a metric meter a gas unit is approx 11.3 kWh and on an Imperial meter it is approx 31.5 kWh.
At 6-7 gas units a day will cost you around £2.0 -
Both definitely metric. Father in law's was changed to metric three months before mine.0
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Has your father in law an Imperial gas meter?(measures in cubic feet). A gas unit on that meter is 2.83 times bigger in terms of kWh than your meter. On a metric meter a gas unit is approx 11.3 kWh and on an Imperial meter it is approx 31.5 kWh.
At 6-7 gas units a day will cost you around £2.
Both definitely metric. Father in law's was switched to metric three months before mine.
Thanks0
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