Calculating energy usage

nuffznuff
nuffznuff Posts: 28 Forumite
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It's time for me to review my energy deal and I'm trying to calculate how much I've used in the last 12 months.

To do this, I have taken the meter readings from Sep 2024 and the readings from Oct 2023 and come up with a difference in KW/h.

I have then fed them into MSE's own energy comparison site and the payments quoted are around half what I'm paying now, which makes me suspect I've gone wrong somwhere.

Have I been too simplistic in calcuating my energy usage?

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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 12,474 Forumite
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    Did enter the gas as m3 or kwh ?
    4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 + Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy
  • MikeJXE
    MikeJXE Posts: 3,839 Forumite
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    Is this for dual fuel ?

    Meter readings for electric are kWh 

    Gas readings are not and need to be converted 
  • Gerry1
    Gerry1 Posts: 10,800 Forumite
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    Your DD figure may also be based on a different annual consumption estimate.
  • nuffznuff
    nuffznuff Posts: 28 Forumite
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    MikeJXE said:
    Is this for dual fuel ?

    Meter readings for electric are kWh 

    Gas readings are not and need to be converted 
    I've converted the gas figure and fed that in - now looks more realistic. Thank you.
  • MeteredOut
    MeteredOut Posts: 2,672 Forumite
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    Have you checked a recent bill? Many tell you what your annual usage is (or projected to be).
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