Monthly energy usage - 700 KwH energy usage. - 2 bedroom apartment

aarrgghhlnln

Hi all,
I was hoping for some advice regarding my energy bill. 
I'm living in a 2 bedroom apartment with my partner that's rated for B EPC, and we turn everything off when it's not in use yet I'm seeing very high energy usage over the last few months roughly, Nov 850, Dec 850, Jan 775.

The apartment is electric only no gas at all, but it's meant to be very efficient and so is the boiler a nibe f470.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Gerry1

You have the worst possible set up, which will always be prohibitively expensive.  Your usage is not excessive.  If you rent you need to move to somewhere with gas.

Biscuit_Tin

aarrgghhlnln said:

Hi all,
I was hoping for some advice regarding my energy bill. 
I'm living in a 2 bedroom apartment with my partner that's rated for B EPC, and we turn everything off when it's not in use yet I'm seeing very high energy usage over the last few months roughly, Nov 850, Dec 850, Jan 775.

The apartment is electric only no gas at all, but it's meant to be very efficient and so is the boiler a nibe f470.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Welcome to MSE.
I'm not quite sure what advice you are seeking about your energy bill, but to reduce the cost you need to (a) reduce consumption and (b) ensure you are on the best possible tarrif for you.

Here is a useful article on how to reduce consumption
https://www.moneysupermarket.com/gas-and-electricity/energy-saving-tips/
(Your energy supplier should be able to provide further advice too)

Here is a useful article on how to get yourself a good supplier/tariff
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/you-switch-gas-electricity/

Gerry1

Make sure you include suppliers such as Neon Reef that MSE and MoneySupermarket leave out.

RelievedSheff

Your usage looks about right for this time of year and certainly isn't excessive.

You are using electric for heating which is the most expensive form of heating. 1kWh of electric is around 14p where as 1kWh of gas is around 2.5p.

Mee

I use about that in a year for a 1 bedroom apartment, but then I do have gas central heating.

Talldave

RelievedSheff said:

Your usage looks about right for this time of year and certainly isn't excessive.

You are using electric for heating which is the most expensive form of heating. 1kWh of electric is around 14p where as 1kWh of gas is around 2.5p.

They're using ASHP, so it might be worth asking in the LPG, Heating Oil, Solid & Other Fuels sub-forum whether it's operating optimally?

aarrgghhlnln

I guess I'm still struggling to understand how the EPC rating can be so high and the estimated energy costs be so low yet it be so expensive?

Talldave

What price are you paying?

aarrgghhlnln

Sorry I should have mentioned this at the start, but I'm currently changing to a cheaper tariff. It's more getting the energy usage down I'm concerned about, or finding alternatives.

Talldave

In my experience the estimates of energy costs in EPCs are utter fantasy.

ASHP knowledge is a bit specialist, I wonder if that's where a lot of your consumption is going?