Hidden Rise in Gas price.

Milkie208

Has anyone else noticed that Shell has increase the Calorific value of its Gas since the 1st July from 39.7 to 40.3. I Have look back for the last year and it has slowly increased ever price rise.

Calorific Value *2 x 39.3 (July 2022)  note * 2 The amount of energy released when gas is burned.

Am I to understand that Gas gives off more enery now that a year ago or is this another sneaky way of gettig more money from us?

MultiFuelBurner

The higher the calorific value means more energy output.

laidbackgjr

When gas has a higher calorific value you will use less volume so whilst a cubic metre of gas costs more, you get more heating / cooking done, so overall should be cost neutral.

double_dutchy

Shell and other suppliers have no control over what calorific value they use. The figures are provided by the National Grid and suppliers are required to average the daily values over the billing period, rounded to one decimal place

Netexporter

Am I to understand that Gas gives off more enery now that a year ago

There is more LNG in the mix, which has a higher calorific value than North Sea gas. But as others have said, the calorific value varies all the time.

The_Green_Hornet

Calorific Value data can be found here --> https://data.nationalgas.com/find-gas-data

[Deleted User]

We do like a good conspiracy on this forum. Suppliers have, in the past, been fined for using fixed calorific values.


https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2014/08/supplier_guidance_on_cv_calculation.pdf

Scot_39

Milkie208 said:

Has anyone else noticed that Shell has increase the Calorific value of its Gas since the 1st July from 39.7 to 40.3. I Have look back for the last year and it has slowly increased ever price rise.

Calorific Value *2 x 39.3 (July 2022)  note * 2 The amount of energy released when gas is burned.

Am I to understand that Gas gives off more enery now that a year ago or is this another sneaky way of gettig more money from us?

If the calorific value of the gas has gone up - your boiler etc should be burning less volume of it - for the same heat output.