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A very mild Feb. in Glasgow imo.
This years gas 247kWh, last year's Feb. 1316 kWh so under 20% by comparison. Feb 2021 was 1695 kWh.
Electricity up slightly because since last Feb. I bought & started using a dehumidifier on a daily basis.0 -
Detached bungalow on economy 7 with storage heaters here. I've managed to cut my consumption down quite a bit compared to last winter.
The graph is from https://energy.guylipman.com/sm/home The data is pulled from n3rgy.com1 -
We only have electric on a meter in our old stone cottage, heating is biomass but shower is electric.
Feb 2023 259kWh
2022 310kWh
2021 613kWh (still had storage heaters then so perhaps turned on for a few days)
2020 304 kWh (we turned storage heaters off when we moved in because of the expense)
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I’m on tracker now and fed up being cold at 19 degrees. The thermostat is back to 20-21 degrees, it’s much cheaper than the previous tariff so might as well be warm.4
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Was March mild? There was definitely a week or two of cold and wet. Anyway, happily below projections based on last year. Next BG 6 monthly bill is due and I'll be expecting a reduction on the £200 DD I have been paying - although the change to the new system is so bungled up they've probably lost all records!
MAR Units rate s/c unit cost total Elec 311 35.07 12.0714 109.0677 121.1391 Gas 559 10.29 8.8319 57.5211 66.353 £187.49
Last March Units below - this was the first full month with the new boiler which in itself was a MASSIVE decrease on previous months. I've just done the maths on March 2022 with current rates too, £234.95 for the monthso good thing we've tightened up.
MAR '22 Units Elec 380 Gas 785 0 -
March wasn't particularly mild where I was (East Anglia - but the bit that isn't so far from London) - and our electric use overnight last month was rather higher than I would have preferred - just over 200kWh higher than last year in fact - for a period of slightly above a month. Day rate was up too - by around the same proportion. That one is interesting though - I'll have to have a look/think about where that additional use might be.🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
EssexHebridean said:March wasn't particularly mild where I was (East Anglia - but the bit that isn't so far from London) - and our electric use overnight last month was rather higher than I would have preferred - just over 200kWh higher than last year in fact - for a period of slightly above a month. Day rate was up too - by around the same proportion. That one is interesting though - I'll have to have a look/think about where that additional use might be.0
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MuckChucker said:EssexHebridean said:March wasn't particularly mild where I was (East Anglia - but the bit that isn't so far from London) - and our electric use overnight last month was rather higher than I would have preferred - just over 200kWh higher than last year in fact - for a period of slightly above a month. Day rate was up too - by around the same proportion. That one is interesting though - I'll have to have a look/think about where that additional use might be.
It was very chilly first thing this morning again with us - but we've definitely started noticing far more warmth in the sun now so it's warmed up pretty fast once that appeared.🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
I had a bit of luck in finding a weather review for March 2023 compared with previous averages:
Wettest March in over 40 years for England and Wales - Met Office- wettest March for 40 years;
- significant lack of sunshine;
- cold temperatures for the first half of March.
My energy usage is skewed by my having fitted intelligent radiator valves, but I think that gas usage on a like-for-like basis is 25% greater than last March.
All in all, it was an awful March.I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
I was pretty much equal to March 22 in usage
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