Energy Usage

FreeBear

Peter999_2 said:

FreeBear said:

matelodave said: Unless you do something really drastic to either increase or decrease your consumption (solar panels, change the heating system, buy an electric car, bit-coin mining etc) then your consumption shouldn't be much different (although a really severe winter might push it up a bit)

For me, electricity has been fairly consistent at around 1700-1800kWh p.a... Gas had been falling from 8000kWh down to 5000kWh (partly due to smart control and extra insulation). Since having a new boiler fitted, gas has been hovering around 3000kWh, but we have had mild winters for the last couple of years. Should we get a repeat of 2018 (the Beast from the East), the gas bill could double.

Octopus did suggest increasing my DD earlier in the year by about 10%. After looking at the credit that had accrued over the last year, I had about a month in hand after the winter period. Opted for a slight reduction, and should the credit turn in to a debt over Christmas, I can either increase the DD or make a one-off payment.

Wow, you're doing very well there - that's less than 5kWh a day which is amazing.

What about things like washing etc.?    Is your cooking all gas?

I'm using about 7 kWh a day and I thought that was pretty good, haha.

Cooking is all electric. Although DHW is gas heated, I'll boil a kettle full for washing up. Also got an electric shower and an EV charging point (not that either get used very much).

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Peter999_2 said:

FreeBear said:

matelodave said: Unless you do something really drastic to either increase or decrease your consumption (solar panels, change the heating system, buy an electric car, bit-coin mining etc) then your consumption shouldn't be much different (although a really severe winter might push it up a bit)

For me, electricity has been fairly consistent at around 1700-1800kWh p.a... Gas had been falling from 8000kWh down to 5000kWh (partly due to smart control and extra insulation). Since having a new boiler fitted, gas has been hovering around 3000kWh, but we have had mild winters for the last couple of years. Should we get a repeat of 2018 (the Beast from the East), the gas bill could double.

Octopus did suggest increasing my DD earlier in the year by about 10%. After looking at the credit that had accrued over the last year, I had about a month in hand after the winter period. Opted for a slight reduction, and should the credit turn in to a debt over Christmas, I can either increase the DD or make a one-off payment.

Wow, you're doing very well there - that's less than 5kWh a day which is amazing.

What about things like washing etc.?    Is your cooking all gas?

I'm using about 7 kWh a day and I thought that was pretty good, haha.

Over the past year I used 8.69 KWhs per day (averaged) in an all electric house (no gas at the property) with a heat pump. (No solar or batteries).   I could probably lower it but I'm a wimp about the cold in winter - I like a warm house.  

This is my first year so I'm quite pleased - it's been cheaper even than when I had gas heating on the early Tracker.  I'm with Fuse now so it's a fixed tariff.