Energy bill - To increase energy bills

posh*spice

Agent-47 wrote: »

Can anyone find a chart for utilities increase in the UK over the last decade?

No. But here is a chart for British gas production

nicko33

dori2o wrote: »

We pay £130 a month for Gas and Elec in a 2 up 2 down Terraced. We have an A rated Combi boiler, we have cavity wall and loft insulation, e have A rated double Glazed windows, we only have on the items we need on. we only have 1 or 2 lights on at a time, we use the CH very little (2 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night).

That looks like far too much for those circumstances.
Are you using £130/month of gas/elec? or just building up a lot of credit?

sheffield_lad

dori2o wrote: »

How many more increases in the price of energy can people simply accept.

We pay £130 a month for Gas and Elec in a 2 up 2 down Terraced. .

We have to accept it as the era of cheap fuel is over, gone, no more. We have no north sea gas left to subsidise us, we are in the same market as the rest of the world who are getting hungry and hunger for power.

We do have options in the form of insulation and for me the option to keep the lights on and maintain the price of our fuels fracking. The British Geological report into how much we have below our feet is out shortly, lets listen to the arguments then about if we leave it in the ground or provide ourselves with a cheap relatively clean fuel.

In terms of your bill btw, with insulated walls/loft and the type of boiler your bills should be much much lower £75-£90 per month would be far more realistic given the typical 3 bed semi is £110 per month. Maybe you are getting consumption mixed up with consumption and debt recovery, just a thought.

Radiantsoul

I guess all new homes should be built to be energy efficient. We probably do not know yet whether the future of energy supply mix from wind, wave, solar, fraking, nuclear, liquidified natural gas,etc.

dori2o

howee wrote: »

In terms of your bill btw, with insulated walls/loft and the type of boiler your bills should be much much lower £75-£90 per month would be far more realistic given the typical 3 bed semi is £110 per month. Maybe you are getting consumption mixed up with consumption and debt recovery, just a thought.

Not at all.

I've only been with my current provider for 12 months and the balance is currently £45, so even £130 a month isn't covering 12 months worth of Gas/Electric.

Add to this the fact both Gas and Electric were cut off in our house, and the surrounding streets for 4 days in June after the gas explosion.

sheffield_lad

By 2016 ALL new homes have to be carbon zero a tough tough ask, meaning gas boilers (even condensing one's), are unlikly to feature. Cue air source heat pumps. The code for sustainable building also moves up from code 3 to code 4 for private dewlings and from 4 to code 5 for social housing.

Don't forget though by 2050 70% of the housing stock will be homes already built today!

Insulating the solid walls is the next big task, its already started this year with social housing and will become more common in private dwellings via green deal it is hoped.

sheffield_lad

dori2o wrote: »

Not at all.

I've only been with my current provider for 12 months and the balance is currently £45, so even £130 a month isn't covering 12 months worth of Gas/Electric.
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I can't work it out then, even at £110 per moth that is not assuming insulated and condensing just typical. You are well above your average 3 bed and an insulated terrace as I said should put you between £75-£90

I would make sure your gas meter correlates with your bills, check if your gas meter is imperial or metric on both bill and meter. I would also check your walls are cavity not solid, depends on the age of your property but as a rule post 1930's cavity, pre 1930 solid brick. The brick pattern on the house will help you check this if you see the ends of bricks at regular intervals it is likely to be solid.

Have you moved in since Aug 2007? If so there will be an EPC for the property check on the epc register and see what the EPC says for both running costs & type of build/insulation.

nicko33

dori2o wrote: »

Not at all.

I've only been with my current provider for 12 months and the balance is currently £45, so even £130 a month isn't covering 12 months worth of Gas/Electric.

In the spirit of money saving, where's it all being used?
How many units of each do you use?

Hooloovoo

dori2o wrote: »

We pay £130 a month for Gas and Elec in a 2 up 2 down Terraced. We have an A rated Combi boiler, we have cavity wall and loft insulation, e have A rated double Glazed windows, we only have on the items we need on. we only have 1 or 2 lights on at a time, we use the CH very little (2 hours in the morning and 3 hours at night).

Just to echo what others have said, there is something wrong there. Either you are either paying off a debt due to previous underpayment, or you are building up a massive credit.

Have you checked how much you are actually using? As in, the actual number of kilowatt hours? The amount you pay per month can be very misleading and frankly is a useless comparison figure.

For my three-bed house where the heating is on for a couple of hours in the morning, and all evening (thermostat controlled), my actual usage works out at £83 per month for gas and electric. And that's with no cavity wall insulation, not much loft insulation, double glazing but old and leaky, and a family that refuse to turn off lights.

chucknorris

The cost of energy is going to increase significantly over time. The gov has committed to dramatically reduce our carbon emissions and allowing the price of fuel bills to increase will assist in achieving this.