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Daily usage on 3 bedroom house with E7 all elcetric.

edmond
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After getting my last energy bill from Powergen i decided to keep a record of my daily usage to see if it is worth changing supplier.
I have a 3 bedroom house with storage heaters, E7 billing, 2 adults and 2 under 3's.
Everything is electric, i have a gas supply but do not use it.
for the last month my avergae daily useage has been 14 units usage peak and 29 units night time. thats 43 units a day. does this sound to much or would this be right for a house and family of this size?
I am thinking of moving over to Scotish Power and there capped rate till 2011

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  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    For an all electric house that sounds quite reasonable. Your "daytime" usage is very similar to mine - I have gas for hot water & central heating.

    Gas is a much cheaper way of heating your house, but in your case you would have to fork out a considerable sum to get gas C/H installed.
    Certainly go for the cheapest supplier !
  • mute_posting
    mute_posting Posts: 810 Forumite
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    edmond wrote: »
    i have a gas supply but do not use it.

    Why not?

    Gas is about 3p /kwh so is almost certain to be cheaper than the cheapest electric, even taking into account in-efficiencies.

    HTH

    MP
    :confused: I have a poll / discussion on Economy 7 / 10 off-peak usage (as a % or total) and ways to improve it but I'm not allowed to link to it so have a look on the gas/elec forum if you would like to vote or discuss.:cool:
  • edmond
    edmond Posts: 292 Forumite
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    Why not?

    Gas is about 3p /kwh so is almost certain to be cheaper than the cheapest electric, even taking into account in-efficiencies.

    HTH

    MP

    i realise gas is cheaper than electric but i cannot afford to have central heating installed.
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