Winter Bills Yet?

RHYSDAD

Dual fuel with British Gas Click 6:

From Oct 3rd 2008 - 12th January 2009

Electric 852 kw/h with discounts taken off + vat = £97.63

Haven't had the gas yet but by my calculations around £160...

2 adults and two boys under three so have to (wife's orders) keep the thermostat around the 20c mark to keep the wife and kids warm. I think £260 or so for a quarter (that's been colder than normal) is allright and, as spring approaches, we'll use less. We're already a day in hand with the gas compared to last quarters use.

Primrose

For a four bedroom cavity wall insulated house we've just received our British Gas Bill for 89 days (central heating/hot water and gas hob) which works out at £2.59 per day. (649 metric units = 7247 kWh). We're home all day but once the heating goes off after breakfast, we've been trying not to switch it back on until 3.30 p.m.

Primrose

Sorry - duplicate post. First one didn't appear for ages and I thought it had got lost in the ether, so repeated.

katykatkins

Hi, i'm trying to get a comparison for our 2 bed flat - we don't have gas and have storage heaters on economy 7, although they were broken for some of the time our bill covers, and so would only work in the day. Because of this, I want to know how much extra we have paid on our bill. We got our bill and we have used, on average 25kwh a day over the last 83 days, however we were away for 10 days in this. I think the amount we are using must be really high because the bill seems massive to me! Since november 24th we have used £189 of electricity. We only heat 2 rooms in our flat, (the living room and our bedroom), turn off everything we arent using etc, but we cant get a timer on our water heater - is that what is pushing our bills up? Also, is our energy consumption actually excessive?! I've not had to deal with bills etc before!

ChasingButterflies

I saw this thread the other day but was still reeling from the shock of seeing the bill online :rotfl:

7 apartment detached house 15 rads. Billing period 21st October - 15th January.

Elec 2156 kWh £259.88 + vat
Gas 12413 kWh £454.04 + vat

On the plus side it could have been worse, I made a real effort to set the temp/timer on boiler etc as our youngest is full-time at nursery now - so it is just me at home during the day.

Every bulb is an energy saver, boiler is 3 year old condensing, house built in 1994 so has lots of insulation in walls etc. When it snows the snow stays on the roof so I think the loft is insulated enough...

Roll on summer

Fire_Fox

katykatkins wrote: »

Hi, i'm trying to get a comparison for our 2 bed flat - we don't have gas and have storage heaters on economy 7, although they were broken for some of the time our bill covers, and so would only work in the day. Because of this, I want to know how much extra we have paid on our bill. We got our bill and we have used, on average 25kwh a day over the last 83 days, however we were away for 10 days in this.

I think the amount we are using must be really high because the bill seems massive to me! Since november 24th we have used £189 of electricity. We only heat 2 rooms in our flat, (the living room and our bedroom), turn off everything we arent using etc, but we cant get a timer on our water heater - is that what is pushing our bills up? Also, is our energy consumption actually excessive?! I've not had to deal with bills etc before!

My all electric two bedroom flat has two occupants. For some strange reason we have an Economy 7 meter but panel heaters on day rate electric. We used 11.5kwh per day between mid October and the end of December, £101 total bill.

Your KWH per day is high; that is unaffected by what time of day you have your immersion or storage heaters on. We have a fridge and freezer on at all times, fourteen 50W halogen lamps on for eight to ten hours a day, TV on for four to six hours a day (never left on standby), laptop on eight to ten hours a day, heated underblanket on all night, immersion on forty five minutes overnight, washing machine used three times a week (40C max), heating on two hours in the evening (18C average) when freezing outside only.

Tumble dryers eat electric - 4KW per hour - so get an airer. Buy some cheap fleeces (Primark, supermarkets) and wear two around the house. Get a heated underblanket and heat you rather than the room. Keep all curtains closed in the evening. Air the flat daily as damp will make you feel cold. Experiment with having the immersion on for shorter periods. Boil a kettle to wash up if you run out. Have a shower rather than a bath. Consider switching to energy saving bulbs (I haven't done this yet).

:money:

katykatkins

Fire_Fox wrote: »

My all electric two bedroom flat has two occupants. For some strange reason we have an Economy 7 meter but panel heaters on day rate electric. We used 11.5kwh per day between mid October and the end of December, £101 total bill.

Your KWH per day is high; that is unaffected by what time of day you have your immersion or storage heaters on. We have a fridge and freezer on at all times, fourteen 50W halogen lamps on for eight to ten hours a day, TV on for four to six hours a day (never left on standby), laptop on eight to ten hours a day, heated underblanket on all night, immersion on forty five minutes overnight, washing machine used three times a week (40C max), heating on two hours in the evening (18C average) when freezing outside only.

Tumble dryers eat electric - 4KW per hour - so get an airer. Buy some cheap fleeces (Primark, supermarkets) and wear two around the house. Get a heated underblanket and heat you rather than the room. Keep all curtains closed in the evening. Air the flat daily as damp will make you feel cold. Experiment with having the immersion on for shorter periods. Boil a kettle to wash up if you run out. Have a shower rather than a bath. Consider switching to energy saving bulbs (I haven't done this yet).

:money:

Thanks - I really needed something to compare to! I think the majority of this might be our water heater as also it has been running too hot and boiling the water, according to our plumber...
Unfortunately we don't have a bath or a tumble drier either (though I would love one - have nowhere to put our sheets to dry!)
Our flat is really damp - we have lots of condensation even when no heating/cooking; is there anything we could do to stop this?
Also, I don't really have £130 (the extra after DDs) to give the electricity company, would they just up my DDs for the rest of the year and take that as payment? It seems from the website that they are asking for all the money right now.
Thanks for your help

alared

alared wrote: »

That`s absolutely great news.
Trouble is,it ain`t gonna happen.

To avoid getting referred to the competition commission these greedy energy companies will make a small cut (maybe 10% with a lot of trumpet blowing) about April time.

Remember they kept telling us it`s all linked to the price of oil

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well (no pun) has come down 60% since it`s peak at $147

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7843999.stm

Didn`t take long for my prediction to come true:T

Up 45%

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down 10%

tiddly_widdly

oramgepekoe wrote: »

Are you running the washing machine, except for sheets and towels, at 30C?

Sorry not been around for 3 days.

I mostly use 40C. Will it make much difference?

Magentasue

tiddly_widdly wrote: »

we got our winter bill from them last week, £225!! for the period 12th December to end of Jan!

I know in summer everything is pretty much turned off so will go down but what can we do.

tiddly_widdly wrote: »

Sorry not been around for 3 days.

I mostly use 40C. Will it make much difference?

30deg is a moneysaver but in an all-electric house, it's not going to be a significant factor. Most of your electricity bill will be charging for heating. What kind of heating do you use?

Are the meter readings on the latest statement actual (A) or estimated (E) and, do you know how many kwh you use on average daily?