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We have gas central heating and a combi boiler.EssexHebridean said:Sorry - I added the following to my post after you replied:One significant question here is possibly how exactly you heat your home allowing that you are presumably electric only but on a single rate tariff?
Also - check that the immersion heater hasn’t been left switched on as that could account for the additional use1 -
But the readings/cost you are talking about are for electricity?BearBear71 said:
We have gas central heating and a combi boiler.EssexHebridean said:Sorry - I added the following to my post after you replied:One significant question here is possibly how exactly you heat your home allowing that you are presumably electric only but on a single rate tariff?
Also - check that the immersion heater hasn’t been left switched on as that could account for the additional use🎉 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 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
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Ah yes sorry. So we wfh but nothing over the norm. Also have a hybrid car we charge.EssexHebridean said:
But the readings/cost you are talking about are for electricity?BearBear71 said:
We have gas central heating and a combi boiler.EssexHebridean said:Sorry - I added the following to my post after you replied:One significant question here is possibly how exactly you heat your home allowing that you are presumably electric only but on a single rate tariff?
Also - check that the immersion heater hasn’t been left switched on as that could account for the additional use0 -
Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!🎉 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 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her1 -
But Eon don’t have one. 🤷🏻♀️EssexHebridean said:Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!0 -
Octopus and British Gas do and you are free to change supplier whenever you want.BearBear71 said:
But Eon don’t have one. 🤷🏻♀️EssexHebridean said:Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!2 -
Yes - this. It’s logical that if your current supplier don’t provide a tariff that suits your needs, then you change supplier! If the supermarket you visit doesn’t sell the apples you like, you’d got to a different supermarket wouldn’t you!MattMattMattUK said:
Octopus and British Gas do and you are free to change supplier whenever you want.BearBear71 said:
But Eon don’t have one. 🤷🏻♀️EssexHebridean said:Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!The thing is, you use is a long way above “typical” - so yes, your bills are going to be high. To give you an idea - right now, your use in a month would keep my (essentially) all-electric home running for 2 months, in midwinter. That would include my heating and hot water requirements too. You’re using in the region of 5x as much as a “typical” user with gas and electric might use.Changing to a tariff which means that the charging of your car, at least, costs a fraction of what it does currently is surely a no brainer? Assuming you are happy to charge the car overnight, of course?🎉 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 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
I appreciate all this. But our circumstances are that we work from home so run a home office too. My original query is still that *extra* electric charge as we’ve been working from home/charging the car for the last 2 years. It’s only the Feb period that exceeded other months. But clearly there was an increase in electricity use somewhere despite our gas going down. But thank you for all the useful info you’ve given me. 😊EssexHebridean said:
Yes - this. It’s logical that if your current supplier don’t provide a tariff that suits your needs, then you change supplier! If the supermarket you visit doesn’t sell the apples you like, you’d got to a different supermarket wouldn’t you!MattMattMattUK said:
Octopus and British Gas do and you are free to change supplier whenever you want.BearBear71 said:
But Eon don’t have one. 🤷🏻♀️EssexHebridean said:Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!The thing is, you use is a long way above “typical” - so yes, your bills are going to be high. To give you an idea - right now, your use in a month would keep my (essentially) all-electric home running for 2 months, in midwinter. That would include my heating and hot water requirements too. You’re using in the region of 5x as much as a “typical” user with gas and electric might use.Changing to a tariff which means that the charging of your car, at least, costs a fraction of what it does currently is surely a no brainer? Assuming you are happy to charge the car overnight, of course?0 -
Yes - we have wfh considerations in the mix here too - although we have found it really hasn’t increased our use much at all. But yes - your use during the February billing period was somewhere about 8 - 10 kWh per day extra by my rough calculations - which you will definitely want to track down as that is approaching a “regular household”’s daily use figure all on its own!🎉 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 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
EssexHebridean said:Ok - well the car would make a difference - surely you’d be better on an EV tariff as that’s a lot of additional use at standard rate at the moment!Would that work as well for a hybrid as a pure BEV.Do they actually necessarily eat a lot of power - seen total charge estimates lower than 10kWh for some models ?Some plug in hybrids don't seem to store much energy - like 25-30m worth rather than 150-300m+ for a pure BEV.But if used at all - just like a house - cabin heating, screen heating to defrost etc - will likely be increasing the power drawdown - even at low mileage (disproportionately so as a fraction of total charge the lower the actual mileage I guess) over cold snaps.And what about the impact on day rate - do the tariffs charge more - like a typical E7/E10 contract to compensate - wiping out a lot of cost saving for the lower hybrid vs BEV charge ?0
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