TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 1, 2022 Report Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, oowee said: The original smart meter were not so smart as they are unable to control appliances. Those in the second roll out are far better. I have heard that with the older style meter that they wear in your favour with age. I wonder if that true with the latest stuff? Either way when prices are moving significantly its better to be in control of your own data rather than have it the meter read directly. How do you think that would make any difference? As prices are moving upwards I am happy to pay as I use it. You still have to pay for what you use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 last night they were interviewing old gulls about energy costs...one of the old girls said she was at her whits end as she was now paying £278.00/mth energy bills what the hell is she using to heat her home.........that sounds very very excessive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 1 minute ago, ditchman said: last night they were interviewing old gulls about energy costs...one of the old girls said she was at her whits end as she was now paying £278.00/mth energy bills what the hell is she using to heat her home.........that sounds very very excessive But that is below average! 13:25 Hrs and I have spent £1:88 so far today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 1 minute ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: But that is below average! 13:25 Hrs and I have spent £1:88 so far today! my usage works out at £3.00/day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) Current 'cap' prices are; Gas = £0.07 per KWh Electricity = £0.28 per KWh (on peak) Source https://www.nimblefins.co.uk/average-cost-electricity-kwh-uk So if you are on electricity - that is a little under 1000 KWh or 33 KWh per day. I would say that for electric heating that may be par for the course. In the current weather I used 85 KWh yesterday in 24 hours (75 KWh gas and 10 KWh electricity) but it is a large house, only moderately insulated (old house) and most people would find it 'cool'. Edit - my 85 KWh as above costs £4.71 inc standing charges of £0.44 on my current tariffs Edited April 2, 2022 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samboy Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 I've got 2 smart meters and just had my winter quarterly gas and electricity bills in. £117 elec. £192 gas. So not too bad. Only have the heating on a couple of hours a day unless really cold. I'm in most of the day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 All these price rises in heating homes I reckon there will be a big push for people wanting to return to the office 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Lloyd90 said: All these price rises in heating homes I reckon there will be a big push for people wanting to return to the office 🤣🤣🤣 As long as they don’t have to drive there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, Smokersmith said: As long as they don’t have to drive there!! Yes, best get the bicycles out. Perhaps the times of people being sat in their houses in mid winter in a t-shirt and shorts, with the heating up to max, are coming to an end? 🤷♂️ Martin Lewis reckons it’s time to stop heating the house, and heat the person … wonder if he means people need to put a good jumper and pair of socks on like they used to before every house had central heating. Whilst I can see some people will struggle, I am out for a drink with my wife today before working these evening. There’s plenty of people put splashing the cash on alcohol and expensive food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 5 hours ago, ditchman said: last night they were interviewing old gulls about energy costs...one of the old girls said she was at her whits end as she was now paying £278.00/mth energy bills what the hell is she using to heat her home.........that sounds very very excessive You do have to wonder what is being used if that is what they have to pay and get nothing back. I worked out we pay around 2.79 a day.. To be honest I think to be able to be warm, heat your water, clean clothes, cook etc and it cost you 2 to 5 pound a day it's not to bad. But then if it gets worse it's all down to cutting back on the luxury, no sky subscription for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 Ours is around £4- £5 a day for gas and electric and that's with a new boiler I fitted last year with an unvented cylinder which retains a lot of its heat over night as it doesn't lose heat via the open vent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 6 hours ago, ditchman said: last night they were interviewing old gulls about energy costs...one of the old girls said she was at her whits end as she was now paying £278.00/mth energy bills what the hell is she using to heat her home.........that sounds very very excessive That’s pretty much what they’re estimating us to be at. We’ve moved in fairly recently so unsure how accurate that estimate will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, JTaylor91 said: That’s pretty much what they’re estimating us to be at. We’ve moved in fairly recently so unsure how accurate that estimate will be. £10 quid a day...bit expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, ditchman said: £10 quid a day...bit expensive Bargain that! We have an ASHP which is on continuously, obviously it cycles itself to maintain the needed/commanded flow temps. House is always at a constant 20 degrees, 24hrs a day. Her ladyship likes it that way and so that’s how it is. It was costing a lot more than a tenner but made some adjustments and all is good, but still expensive. We do however, get almost £1300 back from the governments RHI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigroomboy Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, Jaymo said: Bargain that! We have an ASHP which is on continuously, obviously it cycles itself to maintain the needed/commanded flow temps. House is always at a constant 20 degrees, 24hrs a day. Her ladyship likes it that way and so that’s how it is. It was costing a lot more than a tenner but made some adjustments and all is good, but still expensive. We do however, get almost £1300 back from the governments RHI Well as long as your CoP is above 2.5 which nests almost impossible for it not to be in this country, should be more like 4 most of the time then you will be spending a lot less even without the grant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted April 2, 2022 Report Share Posted April 2, 2022 my electric is £40 a month, my gas is £32 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B725 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 The new price rates started on the 2nd now its just over £7 a day and not been as cold or on as long, there really is going to be hardship for an awful lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 On 02/04/2022 at 19:41, Jaymo said: Bargain that! We have an ASHP which is on continuously, obviously it cycles itself to maintain the needed/commanded flow temps. House is always at a constant 20 degrees, 24hrs a day. Her ladyship likes it that way and so that’s how it is. It was costing a lot more than a tenner but made some adjustments and all is good, but still expensive. We do however, get almost £1300 back from the governments RHI what is the Governments RHI please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted April 5, 2022 Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 Renewable Heat Incentive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 11 hours ago, Stonepark said: Renewable Heat Incentive Which closed to new applicants on the 31st of March this year. It has however, been replaced with a grant system I believe ( I may be wrong of course as having obtained the RHI, we no longer keep up with what’s available) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 21 hours ago, derbyduck said: what is the Governments RHI please ? it's a scheme where the tax/duty payer pays for some of some people's energy. It's one of the reasons bills are so high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbyduck Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Jaymo said: Which closed to new applicants on the 31st of March this year. It has however, been replaced with a grant system I believe ( I may be wrong of course as having obtained the RHI, we no longer keep up with what’s available) thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) On 02/04/2022 at 20:23, mossy835 said: my electric is £40 a month, my gas is £32 a month. Crikey thats good. Here electric was about £75 but now £100 (.28p kwh) a month and oil was £65 but now £89 (89p a litre) a month. Logs I have my own supply but if I bought them that's a further £20 a month. House is super insulated led lighting throughout. When I moved into the house, before it was rebuilt, it was heated on electric powered central heating, the house was uninsulated. At that point electric alone was £15+ a day in winter. Edited April 6, 2022 by oowee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 got another bill (lecky) in today.....paid it......the cost of lecky has now gone from last month...£1.20/day........has gone to £1.44p/day...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted April 12, 2022 Report Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, ditchman said: got another bill (lecky) in today.....paid it......the cost of lecky has now gone from last month...£1.20/day........has gone to £1.44p/day...... That's very cheap. I'm quite frugal with electricity (though I do use it for cooking and have fridge/freezer and separate fridge and freezer) and use 10 KWh per day, which even on my older fixed tariff is £1.83 plus £0.235 standing charge, so a touch over £2 a day. Edited April 12, 2022 by JohnfromUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.