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  • BUFF
    BUFF Posts: 2,185 Forumite
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    edited 1 March 2023 at 5:45PM
    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.
  • Swipe
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    edited 1 March 2023 at 7:06PM

    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.com
  • maisie_cat
    maisie_cat Posts: 2,136 Forumite
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    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)

  • Cirrus1
    Cirrus1 Posts: 61 Forumite
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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.
  • MuckChucker
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    edited 3 April 2023 at 10:54AM
    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 month :/ so good thing we've tightened up.

    MAR '22 Units
    Elec 380
    Gas 785
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,419 Forumite
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    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.
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    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
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  • MuckChucker
    MuckChucker Posts: 203 Forumite
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    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.
    I should have said, I am in Essex also, not a million miles from Chelmsford 
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,419 Forumite
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    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.
    I should have said, I am in Essex also, not a million miles from Chelmsford
    I'm a few miles west of you!

    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
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  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,521 Forumite
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    edited 3 April 2023 at 12:34PM
    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.
    Here in the centre of England, my solar generation was 177 kWh compared with 273 kWh last year, i.e. this March was 64% of last. Minimal sun.

    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".
  • Swipe
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    I was pretty much equal to March 22 in usage


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