How Much Do You Pay?

DC89216

For your Gas and Electric and what kind of house to do you live in?
I am with British Gas and I am spending roughly 100 pounds per month for both. 
Is this normal for this time of year? I've just recently moved into a 3 bedroom, 3 floored house (just myself and partner), having spent the last 5 or so years in a 1 bed flat, with a cheaper monthly bill.

Verdigris

2.6p/kWh plus 17.85p daily charge for gas. 12.04p/kWh plus 19.13p daily charge for electricity.

Gerry1

It's a fairly meaningless question because there are so many variables: in/out all day, building efficiency rating, boiler efficiency, terraced/semi/detached, room areas and heights, cool/tropical etc. You might end up comparing chalk and pears.

Does the £100 per month refer to the DD or to the bills?  They're not the same.

If it's the DD, you may not necessarily be paying your way.  If it's the bills, it all depends on the season and the weather.  And you may be on a rip off tariff anyway, so if you must compare to others, think kWh not ££.

Far more important to make sure you're on the cheapest tariffs, remembering that separate suppliers can be cheaper than dual fuel.

pallyman

Also different areas have different tariffs,But you are definitely going to see a rise in bills from a 1 bed .

Verdigris

It's a fairly meaningless question because there are so many variables:

That's why I answered the way I did. The only things that matter are the unit rate and the daily charge. The daily charge is more significant for low usage and less important if you use a lot of energy.

Hasbeen

DC89216 said:

For your Gas and Electric and what kind of house to do you live in?
I am with British Gas and I am spending roughly 100 pounds per month for both. 
Is this normal for this time of year? I've just recently moved into a 3 bedroom, 3 floored house (just myself and partner), having spent the last 5 or so years in a 1 bed flat, with a cheaper monthly bill.

Did you compare tariffs when you moved in or just went with the existing supplier?
Are you spending a £100 per month with DD or using a £100 per month actual usage?

Robin9

You cannot begin to compare a 1 bed flat with a 3 bed 3 floor house !
When you moved in did you give meter reads to the supplier and then change to BG ?   What consumption figures did you give to BG - that's what's driving your DD. 

 Garbage in  =  garbage out

What were you moving in reads and what are they now ? You do read your meter every month don't you ?

JGB1955

I currently pay 

Electric Standing Charge 14.70p per day

Electric Unit Rate 12.99p per kWh

Gas Standing Charge 14.70p per day

Gas Unit Rate 2.39p per kWh

All rates include VAT at 5%
Works out at £64 per month for a 4 bed house.  But that is meaningless as my tariff is no longer available......
Our annual consumption is based on 3400 kWh for electric and 10.800 kWh for gas.  This month is the first bill over £100.

Chino

Gerry1 said:

It's a fairly meaningless question because there are so many variables:

On the contrary, it's a reasonable question for someone wanting to see how their monthly energy costs compare with those of others in similar sized properties.

Gerry1

Chino said:

Gerry1 said:

It's a fairly meaningless question because there are so many variables:

On the contrary, it's a reasonable question for someone wanting to see how their monthly energy costs compare with those of others in similar sized properties.

Size isn't everything.

An old, poorly insulated stone house in Aberdeen on a BG SVT with both people at home all day will have very different billing amounts compared to a sunny new build in Torquay on the cheapest tariffs with both people going out to work.

Mickey666

Gerry1 said:

Chino said:

Gerry1 said:

It's a fairly meaningless question because there are so many variables:

On the contrary, it's a reasonable question for someone wanting to see how their monthly energy costs compare with those of others in similar sized properties.

Size isn't everything.

An old, poorly insulated stone house in Aberdeen on a BG SVT with both people at home all day will have very different billing amounts compared to a sunny new build in Torquay on the cheapest tariffs with both people going out to work.

Even then, it's a difficult comparison because what temperatures are we talking about? I have a fairly large house so I don't even try to heat many of the rooms and those I do are usually only at about 19C, which is probably too cold for many people.

Sad old git that I am, I have remotely connected thermometers in many of the rooms and can check their temperatures via a local web page.  A few figures as I type are:
Outdoors: -2.6C
Kitchen: 19.6C (with UFH)
Sitting Room: 20.3C (with the wood burner alight)
Drawing Room: 6.3C
Main Bedroom: 14.3C (but also an electric blanket, so the bed is toasty warm
Guest Bedroom: 3.6C
If I kept the whole whose at, say, 21C then I'd be using a great deal more than the £120 or so I current spend on gas & elec each month (averaged over a year).  So probably not a useful comparison.