Average Electricity Costs Poll 14 July 2005 at 10:36AM edited 30 November -1 at 1:00AM in Energy 417 replies 327.6K views

cinereus

mkgirl1981 wrote: »

I'm quite shocked at how much people pay.
I live in a ground floor 1 bed flat, I'm the only one who lives here.
It's all electric & I have 1 storage heater in the living room & 1 in bedroom. Bathroom has a wall mounted fan heater.

I work quite long hours so when I'm at work I'm out for about 12/13 hours.
On my days off I usually spend one day at home relaxing & doing some housework & one day going out.
I usually leave the heater on in the living room quite low & don't use the one in bedroom as I have an electric blanket so put that on for a few mins if I'm cold.

I pay £9 per month dd and I still build up a bit of credit.
Am I just incredibly lucky? Or is anyone else similar to me paying roughly the same?

Yes! I have a one-room bedsit with one electric heater I run on the lowest setting for maybe a couple of hours a day. I'm spending over £40/month at the moment. I don't even drink tea or cook very often.

oldtractor

my electric bill has just gone up to £29 a month! am looking to switch to cheaper.

JLS1901

Our electric has gone up from £18 a month to £46

paulmapp8306

I wish I could get £46 per month.

I had solar panels fitted a month back - which has reduced my Elec bill somewhat. Im, stil around £60 per month though. My combined Elec/Gas is around £120 per month, and Im on the cheapest tarrif according to Uswitch and CTM.

OK - its been cold so the heating is quite costly, and its a 4 bed semi with 2 kids using electronic gizmos, BUT I has A+++ appliances everywhere, I monitor my usage and generated power and run things like washing machines when the panels are generating enough. I also have double glazing, loft and cavity wall insulation.

psocial

My electricity bill during summer goes up to 6k and during summer it goes to 2.5-3k.. But last summer it went above 6k, first it use to come at around 6k and now it comes between 8k

DragonQ

I've always had gas central heating so electricity costs have never been that high. Because it's been cold, I've had the heating on for ~4 hours a day for the last 4.5 months (very rarely had it on constantly, maybe a couple of days). This costs ~£40pm. My total winter gas bill was a fair bit higher than last year, when the heating was only needed for about 3.5 months. In the summer though I use ~£8 per month (20 minutes of hot water a day, plus gas hobs). Electricity usage was about £30pm with two people, and is now £36pm with three.

I expect my electricity costs to go down a little when I move into my own place next month - less uses of washing machine and tumble dryer, no hair dryers and far fewer laptops and gadgets. I will have electric hobs though, plus a power-hungry home cinema system and desktop PC. At least my only use for gas during the first 6-8 months will be hot water (via a new Band A condensing boiler), so that will hopefully drop below £5pm.

So basically I'm an average electricity user and very low gas user.

Candy53

My bill is due in a few days, so I've worked it out, and it comes out at just over £46 a month.

I've been using the dryer none stop over the winter, up until this mild period started, as there are 4 adults in our house.

So, not bad, seeing as we are on a standard tariff.


Candy

DragonQ

Agreed, that seems good for a 4 person household during winter on a standard tariff.

JennyJames

My electricity bills are more than £30 in winters....

DavidP24

Had a shock when I moved to new flat, Landlord said Electricity was "SO CHEAP" so I left storage heaters at the setting with it on higher when we had the snow.

My bill was effectively £178 a month for the quarter, really is heat or eat, so turned off hot water and heating.

Still costing £50 a month for a two bed flat PC, Microwave, Kettle, Oven and fridge are only things left and a bit of TV for 2 hours a night.