Heating Energy Use 20/21 v 21/22?

BUFF

Looking at this week's forecast hopefully we have reached that point where my central heating will no longer be required until next October or November.
So, that being the case & barring an unseasonable cold snap it looks like my gas use over the last 12 months is ~30% down on the previous 12. Now, I know that it has seemed to me to be a mild winter so I am not surprised that I used less but the size of the drop does surprise me.
How has everybody else done compared to last year?

I have tweaked the running conditions for my CH & a little of the building fabric too since last year so it would be interesting to try to work out how much was due to weather & how much to changes. Unfortunately, the service that I used to use to normalise my consumption records for weather variation no longer seems to be working - can anybody recommend a replacement?

saveallmymoney

I'm about 10% down here in central Bedfordshire. I do think it was milder.

Effician

I believe the 8th midest mean temp winter for the UK since 1880's, we heat just with log burner & suprised how little firewood we've used this year.

Can't remember a winter where we've been able to have the doors & windows open so often,  new year was warmer than it is now.

Ultrasonic

About 14% down for me, comparing March-March time periods.

BUFF

Ultrasonic said:

About 14% down for me, comparing March-March time periods.

Looking at the temp data for last winter v this winter that's about what I figured  (~15%) so I guess it's been roughly 50:50 for the savings due to milder weather & my changes.

More feedback from others still very welcome.

Mstty

March was nearly bang on 30% reduction on last year.

BUFF

Mstty said:

March was nearly bang on 30% reduction on last year.

Thanks, can you figure it across March 21-March 22 (i.e. 12 months)?

QrizB

BUFF said:

How has everybody else done compared to last year?

My gas use is down something like 20% on the previous 12 months.

BUFF

so, just to update this at what I really hope is the end of the 21/22 heating season (ch hasn't come on for a few weeks now):
at the end of April 2022 my gas use (heating & hw) for the previous 12 months was 24% down on last year & 25% down on the average for the previous 8 years.

LADYXXMACBETH

I've halved my gas use. My electricity is the same. 
This isn't out of choice though, it's out of necessity. After a massive bill in January I decided to drop my heating to 14c and turn it off if the weather was good. 
It's been freezing cold. 

wakeupalarm

If everyone's average energy usage drops say 20% and Ofgem uses reduced average usage figures of say 9500kWh for Gas and 2500kWh for Electricity, does this lead to a price cap reduction?