11,000 kw pa - Help with Electric Usage Audit

Noble1001

Does anyone know of a company that can come into your home and conduct an Electricty Usage Audit. My BG Forcasted Usage (and consequential bills) is: Estimated annual consumption11,246 kWh; Estimated annual cost*£3984.12. Three adults (my wife and 19yr old step son) live in a three bedroom semi. Whilst I know we have alot of appliances and tech in the house I am struggling to identify the main culprits. Even when we went on holiday recently the house was using 10 plus kw per day. I really need somene who knows whats what to conduct an inspection of the house and a) tell me what is driving the high usage (i.e. single items or cumalative of everything)....does such a service exist??
Note: I thoroughly expect our electricty usage to be higher than average given the list of appliances that we have (I will spare you the list) however, this feels excessive.
Many thanks

chris_n

Are you heating with electricity or something else? Are you on E7 or a single rate? Do you have a smart meter?

Spoonie_Turtle

No need to pay anyone!  There are plenty of knowledgeable members here who can point you in the right direction to investigate usage.

A list of appliances would be very useful.

[Deleted User]

Start with anything that gets hot, or makes something else get hot, or stops things getting hot.

One other thread here that might particularly help:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6379621/oct-price-cap-increase-likely-to-push-energy-bill-to-over-10k-for-a-family-of-4/p1

Noble1001

chris_n said:

Are you heating with electricity or something else? Are you on E7 or a single rate? Do you have a smart meter?

No...all our heating is via Gas Central Heating

[Deleted User]

Noble1001 said:

chris_n said:

Are you heating with electricity or something else? Are you on E7 or a single rate? Do you have a smart meter?

No...all our heating is via Gas Central Heating

Immersion heater?

macman

Gas cooker? How do you heat your hot water?
Why 'estimated' annual usage? Assuming you have lived in the property for at least a year, go back over your bills and confirm the actual kWh usage. Don't ever rely on a supplier's own estimates.

Sea_Shell

Maybe the forum needs to come up with an equivalent of a "statement of affairs" but for energy.

A list of all the likely appliances that a household may have, that you can check and tick (or cross) off.

With additional headings for how your home/water is heated.

[Deleted User]

Sea_Shell said:

Maybe the forum needs to come up with an equivalent of a "statement of affairs" but for energy.

A list of all the likely appliances that a household may have, that you can check and tick (or cross) off.

With additional headings for how your home/water is heated.

That's a great idea - is anyone good enough with the forum search engine to find out if anything like that has been done before?

macman

I think it would be better to educate people into the reality that up to 80% of their energy usage is heating and hot water, rather than obsessing about how much their router uses, and whether it's cheaper to boil a kettle with gas or electricity.
The majority of those asking 'why is my usage so high?' tend to list in detail their electrical appliances, but don't even mention how the property is heated and hot watered.

Krakkkers

Can you list some of the appliances and tech? no need to employ anyone as you know what you are using and people on this forum can give you the likely power consumption of those items.