Gas And Elec Massive Usage

mark2004uk

Ok I think this is mad, I live in a mid 2 bed terrice, we are both at work from 6.30 till 4.00 monday to friday, we have a combi boiler for hot water and heating and a gas cooker. We have pre-payment meters fro both gas and electric as its rented, we are with Scottish power for both. RIGHT the thing is we are spending £80 per month on Elec and £60 on gas, and thats before we put the heating on for winter. Does anyone else think this is very high ???? I have asked scottish power to see if all is correct and they say it is. What the hell can I do ??? I cant afford to put the heating on at this rate!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

mark2004uk

Everything is unplugged when we are out at the mains, so theres nothing on standby, ony things that are on are fridge and freezer.

loaner wrote: »

turn stuff off?

£80 for electricity in summer/autumn months is a lot, even with an expensive prepayment meter.

Gas will probably be 5 times summer usage over the winter.

Magentasue

Yes, you need to say how many gas and electricity kwh you use daily or weekly. Also, how much do you pay per kwh for each?

Incisor

mark2004uk wrote: »

Ok I think this is mad, I live in a mid 2 bed terrice, we are both at work from 6.30 till 4.00 monday to friday, we have a combi boiler for hot water and heating and a gas cooker. We have pre-payment meters fro both gas and electric as its rented, we are with Scottish power for both. RIGHT the thing is we are spending £80 per month on Elec and £60 on gas, and thats before we put the heating on for winter. Does anyone else think this is very high ???? I have asked scottish power to see if all is correct and they say it is. What the hell can I do ??? I cant afford to put the heating on at this rate!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Spend as in use energy costing that much or spend as in pay that much on monthly payments?

mark2004uk

elec is 11.45 per kwh.

Magentasue wrote: »

Yes, you need to say how many gas and electricity kwh you use daily or weekly. Also, how much do you pay per kwh for each?

mark2004uk

Yes we use it all nearly

Incisor wrote: »

Spend as in use energy costing that much or spend as in pay that much on monthly payments?

mark2004uk

No Immersion, no long showers its too cold, we have enery saving bulbs in. I could do with getting electric heaters but what are cheaper, Oil filled, Halogen or the other ones ?

loaner wrote: »

How many kwh do you use per day?

Immersion or any type of electrical heater on? Long Showers, traditional incandescent bulbs?

Magentasue

mark2004uk wrote: »

No Immersion, no long showers its too cold, we have enery saving bulbs in. I could do with getting electric heaters but what are cheaper, Oil filled, Halogen or the other ones ?

Gas CH usually cheaper than heaters.

You haven't said - how many kwh elec and gas are you using?

bandraoi

either your fridge is very expensive to run or you're paying for the neighbours usage.

Magentasue

loaner wrote: »

£80/month at 11.45p/unit equates to 22.5 units per day, which is about double the average usage.

So you need to go around looking at what is plugged in

Unless you are clearing previous debt?

Incisor

mark2004uk wrote: »

Yes we use it all nearly

So not quite a clear cut answer then.