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Gas and electric help please

Bounty1
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My energy bill has increased from £278 per month to £420 per month! I cannot understand this it’s ridiculous. We have a 3 bed semi with a 1 bed annex so 5 of us live here but no tv’s are on until the evening as we are all out until 6pm. Why would our bill be so huge? If anyone could help it would be much appreciated 
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  • MWT
    MWT Posts: 10,857 Forumite
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    It sounds like you may have moved onto an expensive fixed tariff recently.
    Can you give us a few facts to work with please?
    Who is your supplier?
    Which tariff are you on?
    What is your estimated annual consumption? (will be on a recent bill)
  • MattMattMattUK
    MattMattMattUK Posts: 12,621 Forumite
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    How much energy do you use in kWh, what are you unit rates for gas and electricity and what were they before your fixed tariff ended?
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 22,014 Forumite
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    Could you let us know your tariff and typical annual usage, please?
    All this info will be available from a recent bill.
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 22,014 Forumite
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    edited 27 January 2022 at 9:56PM
    You also had high usage problems in 2017, when you were using 20000kWh/yr of gas and 12000kWh/yr of electricity; did you manage to reduce these amounts?
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5739542/british-gas-huge-bills
    On the current standard variable tariff that amount of energy would cost £3500/yr, almost £300/month.
    Come April's new cap it could rise to £5800/yr, almost £500/month.
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • Robin9
    Robin9 Posts: 13,065 Forumite
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    edited 27 January 2022 at 9:57PM
    What is your heating please - I'm thinking electric. If so - storage rads, panel , underfloor , boiler with wet rads ?   with just gas for cooking ?  
    Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill
  • QrizB
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    edited 27 January 2022 at 9:57PM
    Robin9 said:
    What is your heating please - I'm thinking electric. If so - storage rads, panel , underfloor , boiler with wet rads ?
    OP has gas central heating; see their 2017 thread (I posted a link just before you did).
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • Bounty1
    Bounty1 Posts: 75 Forumite
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    MWT said:
    It sounds like you may have moved onto an expensive fixed tariff recently.
    Can you give us a few facts to work with please?
    Who is your supplier?
    Which tariff are you on?
    What is your estimated annual consumption? (will be on a recent bill)
    Supplier is British gas
    tariff is standard variable 
    estimated consumption for gas £997
     electric is £2700. 
  • MattMattMattUK
    MattMattMattUK Posts: 12,621 Forumite
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    Bounty1 said:
    MWT said:
    It sounds like you may have moved onto an expensive fixed tariff recently.
    Can you give us a few facts to work with please?
    Who is your supplier?
    Which tariff are you on?
    What is your estimated annual consumption? (will be on a recent bill)
    Supplier is British gas
    tariff is standard variable 
    estimated consumption for gas £997
     electric is £2700. 
    That is a hell of a lot of electricity even with currebt rates, are you running a server farm?

    How much energy are you using though, in kWh?
  • Bounty1
    Bounty1 Posts: 75 Forumite
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    QrizB said:
    You also had high usage problems in 2017, when you were using 20000kWh/yr of gas and 12000kWh/yr of electricity; did you manage to reduce these amounts?
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5739542/british-gas-huge-bills
    On the current standard variable tariff that amount of energy would cost £3500/yr, almost £300/month.
    Come April's new cap it could rise to £5800/yr, almost £500/month.
    No we didn’t sort much out from before, we had just got used to paying £280 per month. What has changed  is that my children were home schooled so were home all day and now one is living with girlfriend and other is at college all day so no one is in during the day now. We are very careful and try to keep tv, washing machine etc to minimum so really struggling now.
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 22,014 Forumite
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    edited 27 January 2022 at 10:21PM
    Bounty1 said:
    MWT said:
    It sounds like you may have moved onto an expensive fixed tariff recently.
    Can you give us a few facts to work with please?
    Who is your supplier?
    Which tariff are you on?
    What is your estimated annual consumption? (will be on a recent bill)
    Supplier is British gas
    tariff is standard variable 
    estimated consumption for gas £997
     electric is £2700. 
    OK, if those numbers are accurate you've still got crazy high electricity use to go with higher-than-usual gas use; that works out as something like 12,500kWh/yr of electricity and 22,000kWh/yr of gas.
    Put another way, you're using as much electricity as four average households and as much gas as two.
    Your bill is huge because you are using a lot of energy. To reduce your bill, use less.
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
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