Average energy bill query

P1CM

Hello

I appreciate this will have been asked I’m sure more than once and I’ve looked through the forums for similar questions

We are at the end of my gas/electric deal with SO Energy. To be honest I’m complete lost as to what a standard bill and usage per month should look like so would appreciate any help

We have a 2 bedroom terraced upper built in 1900s recently renovated with Hive installed. Current bill is around £102 a month for gas/electric and a renewal is looking to put it to £166 a month for a 2 year fixed. Our previous 1 bed flat with 2 people was about £80 per month

I work from home 5 days a week. I think I’m particular our heat is on too much and will be reducing use of tumble dryer. 

I’ve put the most recent readings below which are also going to be higher with Christmas etc 

I wanted to know - do these usages look about average per month? And is the £166 per month a fairly standard tariff now given the energy price rises?

ELECTRIC

05 Dec 2021

79116.0 Customer Read

 27 Dec 2021

79412.0 Customer Read

 03 Jan 2022

79501.5 Estimate

Energy Used (02)

357.8 kWh @ 23.1905 p/kWh

GAS

03 Dec 2021

5338.0 Estimate
05 Dec 2021

5454.0 Customer Read

27 Dec 2021

5669.0 Customer Read

03 Jan 2022

5720.0 Estimate

Consumption

382.0 m3

Thanks 

Gerry1

Welcome to the forum.

Unfortunately only 22 days' worth of actual measured consumption during a holiday period tells us very little.  You need to find some actual meter readings from a year ago.  Stop thinking in DD amounts or m3, compare kWh usage from actual meter reads, never estimates.

That said, comparisons with other households are still fairly meaningless because there are still too far too many variables (tropical or temperate preferences, appliance efficiencies, latitude, sheltered / exposed location, insulation, sunny / shaded etc, etc).

The average usage is 12000kWh for gas and 2900kWh for electricity.

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P1CM said:

Current bill is around £102 a month for gas/electric and a renewal is looking to put it to £166 a month for a 2 year fixed.

Hi,

is the 'bill' based on usage or what your DD is?

You don't need to fix then get tied in with hefty exit fees.

The current advice if to default to the capped rate 'fixed' until April' then see how things are.

P1CM

Hello

thanks for the reply - that all makes total sense. Meter reading from a year ago below. We had gas fitted in the house on 8 Jan last year

Energy 3 Jan 2020 - 71002

Gas 8 January 2020 - 1798.0 

P1CM

[Deleted User] said:

P1CM said:

Current bill is around £102 a month for gas/electric and a renewal is looking to put it to £166 a month for a 2 year fixed.

Hi,

is the 'bill' based on usage or what your DD is?

You don't need to fix then get tied in with hefty exit fees.

The current advice if to default to the capped rate 'fixed' until April' then see how things are.

Hello - the bill that has been offered is based on what the DD is

QrizB

You seem to be a huge user of energy. In a little under a year you have used 8400kWh of electricity (3x the average) and 3900 cubic metres of gas, 43000 kWh (3.5x the average).

Are those readings from "a year ago" actually from two years ago? You do say 2020, which is two years?

P1CM

It was from two years ago, first mistake of 2022 thinking we are going into 2021!🤦‍♂️ My apologies. 

Electric Jan 2021 - 75382.5
Gas Jan 2021 - 3115.0

QrizB

Ok, we've all done that before

Now you're just a high user. Average is 2900kWh of electricity and 12000kWh of gas (about 1100 cubic metres) per year, currently costing around £105 a month. For two people in a terraced house your use is still quite a lot.