How much is your average monthly electric bill?

HappyMJ

idlewild wrote: »

i have bought an BT electricity moniter that says i use around 7 units a day which over 6 months adds up too 1260 units and my electric company are trying to say ive used 2240 units i am currently paying 80 pounds a month and this is not covering the bill apparently, i had paid off a £800 bill over the christmas period to which they set me at £177 a month tariff i brought it down to £80 pounds as i was struggling to live with a bill almost more then the flat itself is worth on a monthly basis but apparently £80 is not enough they want more i only have my t.v and my computer on, on a constant basis and they are telling my i have used more units during the summer period than i did in the winter go figure considering it is a 1 bedroom flat i recon im getting royally shafted my brothers electricity bill was around £10 a week on similar usage.....
"we've been scammed again people"

Those energy monitors are inaccurate. You can rely on the meter.

When you turn a known fixed load on such as a 2kW heater does the meter show exactly 2kW of usage or some other figure?

Kernow666

i currently rent and my bills are all inclusive

am looking to buy a 1 bed flat with both gas/electric

whats the average i will pay for both per month

FireWyrm

Kernow666 wrote: »

i currently rent and my bills are all inclusive

am looking to buy a 1 bed flat with both gas/electric

whats the average i will pay for both per month

How long is a piece of string?

I pay around £100 a month for both gas and electricity and I usually have change out of that for a 3 bed semi-detached, but if I went back to NPower, even that wasnt enough to cover the basic bill. Depends who you go with, how frugal you are (and there are lots of ways to improve your consumption) and how far you are prepared to go to change suppliers if the existing one isnt providing a good service.

JasX

2 bed well insulated & double glazed modern 2nd floor inner city apartment (780 sq.ft.)

£38ish per month for electricity
-fairly high gadget count including a PC that's on most of the time, large TV, a few banks of dimmable 50w each downlights (static ones I changed out for low energy LEDs) and a few other gadgets -sky box/apple TV etc that are usually on when occupied

£6ish per month gas
-heating on a 19 DegC thermostat rarely kicks in as the apartment downstairs tends to overheat their place (small children running around I believe -struggle to get mine below 21DegC). Cooking and hot water represents most of this useage.

The above also does not account for the annual £50-£80odd I gouge out of various energy companies switching via topcashback

tgirl

I pay £70 electric in a 4 bed semi. Gas is £140!!!

ChopinonaBudget

tgirl wrote: »

I pay £70 electric in a 4 bed semi. Gas is £140!!!

God that's expensive! I was paying £120 gas and £50 electric in my old 2 bed, moved to a 3 bed semi and now pay £36 gas and £24 electric. Big differences:

The old house was open plan which was an absolute nightmare to heat. Not much you can do about this if it's the case for you, but...

We bought blankets in the new place and got really strict with the central heating, and keeping doors shut. We both cuddle up under blankets in the winter instead of sticking the heating on. 90 minutes in the morning and 90 in the evening and that just about did us except for really cold days.

Got given a socket saver from electricity supplier, then smiled nicely and got a second one I'm about to phone to try my luck for another two! They cut my bill down from £41 to £24.

I don't have a tumble drier so I line dry or clothes horse in the utility room.

I have a boiler in this rented house that terrified me when I moved here; no kidding it's out of the bloody ark. It's a back boiler with a system that looks like it's the original one (on a 1930's semi). Because of that I got paranoid about turning the heating on at all but it's paid off and I've just got notification from swalec yesterday of my lower figures. I even turned off the boiler completely in March (I don't have a dishwasher either but if I'm doing washing up I wash in cold and occasionally boil the kettle if something is really filthy)

It's definitely possible to get your bills down!

Growurown

I pay £94 a month. We don't have gas as we live out in the countryside so have oil central heating. We heat our water with the immersion heater as half the time we don't have any oil in the tank, and cooking is all electric. We ran out of oil year before last and had to try and heat the house with electric heaters in a very cold February. It was miserable and our bill soared and since then we have being playing catch up. Our bill arrived yesterday and we are £200 in credit which they say they will carry over to the next quarter. I don't think so. I am on the phone tomorrow asking for it back!

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Kernow666 wrote: »

am looking to buy a 1 bed flat with both gas/electric

What's the average I will pay for both per month

I live in a (admittedly well insulated) 1 bed flat.

I pay £31 per month, for gas and electricity.

toomanynotebooks

Ours is currently £81 for dual fuel but that is less than we use on average. We seem to be in this annoying cycle where we pay too much, build up a surplus and then the company drops it right down and we end up owing them again. Surely they can suss a sensible amount given we've been here a few years now?