British Gas Night Rate Electricy

MATH

helen5 wrote:

I an shocked that you have to pay more for your daytime electricity I have had E7 for years now and didnt know.:eek:
How do I work out which is the cheapest way?

To work out what you would have paid on standard tarrif add together your day and night units and multiply by your suppliers regular day rate and add 5% vat and compare to what you have been charged on econ7 day/night rates. HTH

If you have a WM, DW and TD and run them on off peak only making Econ7 pay is not that difficult IMO. I do not have storage heating but can keep my off peak uage at 40-60% without too much trouble. In the summer I turn the gass off and use the immersion for heating water and swith chte gass account to a non-standing charge tarrif and then swith it back when the winter month arrive and I crank the boiler up again. LOL

Cardew

helen5 wrote:

I an shocked that you have to pay more for your daytime electricity I have had E7 for years now and didnt know.:eek:
How do I work out which is the cheapest way?

Helen,

There is no way for us to work out which is the cheapest solution for you as we don't know your postcode or current supplier and most importantly how much electricity you use in the 7 hour E7 period and how much at daytime rates.

To give you an example - assuming Widnes is in the Manweb area - for BG standard rates.

For E7 you will pay 27.828pence/kWh for the first 900kWh per year and then 13.274p/kWh for daytime and 2.783p/kWh for E7

For normal you pay 19.996p/kWh for the first 900kWh per year then 10.880p/kWh.

All above prices include VAT.

Taking an example where you are on an E7 tariff and use 1000kWh on E7 and 3000kWh on daytime rates(ie 25% on E7 of a 4000kWh total)
You will pay (900 x 27.828p) + (2,100 x 13.274p) + (1,000 x 2.783p) which if my arithmetic is correct is £557.50

On a normal tariff you pay (900 x 19.996p) + (3100 x 10.880p) which is a total of £517.24

So on the example above you would be £40pa out of pocket on an E7 tariff.

You will need to see what your consumption is on normal and E7 timings and look at various companies for their rates in your area to work out if it is better for you to be on an E7 tariff and which company is the cheapest.

helen5_2

Thanks for the relpys Thanks Cardew I will start to read my meter and find what I use

Cardew

helen5 wrote:

Thanks for the relpys Thanks Cardew I will start to read my meter and find what I use

If you haven't got your old bills, you should be able to get your consumption for the last year by contacting your supplier.

crossleydd42

Using Equipower via ebico, the charges for manweb (including VAT) are: full rate 12.85 pence per kWh (flat rate) and cheap rate 3.95 pence per kWh. No standing charge.

http://www.ebico.co.uk/en/open/pages/powertariffsen.php

You can see how the charges vary acc. to supplier.

I suppose you could put you annual readings, divided into, say 55% dear rate and the rest cheap rate, into a power comparison program (they're all near the top of this page!) and look at the cheapest E7 tarrif, then put the 100% into a normal tariff and compare the two to see what the saving would be.

in_my_wellies

ahhaa! I just heard the electric 'click' so I can plug in the laptop cable now! (Is that taking MSE too far??)

Cardew

in_my_wellies wrote:

ahhaa! I just heard the electric 'click' so I can plug in the laptop cable now! (Is that taking MSE too far??)

Well as most laptops consume about 25 watts, they cost roughly 1 pence for 4 hours use on daytime electricity rates.

So, assuming E7 rates are about one third of daytime rates, if you use your laptop for the full 7 hours at night you will have saved just over 1 pence!

The advantage being you would be able to listen through the night to the English cricket team being hammered by Australia.