Electricity - Yearly Spend?

Castiel said:
I was +£980ish in pocket after my Electricity and Gas usage was accounted for last year.....solar panels.
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You got the figures to back this up? Export to supply is around 3-4 p per kwh.

You got the whole street covered in them?
 
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Last year it was £60 a month. Possibly a 'bit more' in winter, but no more than £80 or so.

That was all electric and storage heaters. They are worthless things and the cheapskate builders who install them in unsuitable homes are the scum of the earth, but nearly 2 and a half grand!?! :eek:

Move!
 
£300-£400 p/month - two icecream van refrigeration compressors running for 8~ hours a day is the biggest percentage, and that's just the two at home. You don't wanna see the bill for 35 of them! Haha
 
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1-bed bachelor pad in Stafford. Gas heating and electrics. Shower runs off the gas-heated water, shower every day. Cooker has 4 gas hobs and electric oven and grill inside. Normal upright fridge/freezer. 1 desktop PC running 24/7. 2 or 3 clothes washes per week. Stick heating on when outside temp is below 5C during evenings only. Never during sleep as I sleep best when it's cold. Lighting is a mixture of old incandescent style and a few LEDs. I can't stand CFLs. Use hedge trimmer and lawn mower during lighter months. All-in, I pay about £60/month for duel fuel.
 
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teaboy5 said:
You got the figures to back this up? Export to supply is around 3-4 p per kwh.

You got the whole street covered in them?
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I believe you get a government subsidy for units generated by solar on top of what the national grid pay you. That's why companies can afford to kit peoples houses out with solar for free, as over 25 years they make a substantial profit.

By the way it would be helpful if people compared electricity consumption by quoting the number of kWh used. As there are so many different pricing tariffs around now it makes it hard to compare.
 
Malt_Vinegar said:
I just worked out my yearly spend for last year on Electricity.
I was (according to my bank statements) £2341.
Small 1 bedroom barn conversion on economy 7 with storage heaters.
All Electric, no gas heating, or gas supply.

Am I alone in thinking this is a tad too high?
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How is that possible.
2 bed apt e7 heaters and I use £70-80 from nov to mar and £50-60 rest of the year per month. And I think thats high.
Pc projector and amp on roughly 3-4 hrs most days or ps3 etc for when kids are here. At work 8-5/6 mon to fri.
 
Rough guess I pay £350 a year, probably less. No gas or anything, so elec for heating for water, cooking and light. 2 bed flat, mostly alone.

In winter I wear warm clothe, inside. I have a nice warm duvet. Switch lights off that are not needed, mix of energy saving and 100w bulbs. Work in the day so flat can get cold.
In cold spells I get an star blanket out when on the sofa.

I don't even feel feel hat I am scrimping much, could SavE a lot more using less heating and more energy saving bulbs. Most common thing I do switch off lights in empty rooms
 
vanandjuanunited said:
How is that possible.
2 bed apt e7 heaters and I use £70-80 from nov to mar and £50-60 rest of the year per month. And I think thats high.
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Maybe the OP likes it warm in the winter months?

7 storage heaters @ 2kW each will eat through electricity. If only run for 2 hours in the day, that's 28kWh. At economy 7 rates (~7p/kWh) that's £2/day, £60/month.

And as the OP has no gas, he's using immersion heating on top of that and possibly electric shower? All high kW rating.

Then you have to include all the other normal usage on top.
 
7 storage heaters in a small barn conversion!!!!!!! I have two storge heaters, one in Lr and the other in kitchen and two wall heaters in the two bedrooms. Immersion on for an hour a day with elec shower on av twice a day

Storage heaters set at 6 in winter as well with thermostat all the way up. ALso dehumidifier on for approx 10 hours - 8 overnight and two in the morning after showers etc
 
vanandjuanunited said:
7 storage heaters in a small barn conversion!!!!!!! I have two storge heaters, one in Lr and the other in kitchen and two wall heaters in the two bedrooms. Immersion on for an hour a day with elec shower on av twice a day

Storage heaters set at 6 in winter as well with thermostat all the way up. ALso dehumidifier on for approx 10 hours - 8 overnight and two in the morning after showers etc
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So much fail in your first line... Re-read the op :)
 
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Up until recently, my yearly electricity worked out at about £450. I have gas central heating and hot water, everything else is electric. It's quite low because I'm away at work half the year so electric usage is minimal while I'm away - until recently that is. I've started Folding again so I have the beast running full tilt 24/7 which I estimate will more than double my normal electricity bill :eek: It'll still be quite reasonable compared to some of the bills on here though. I'm due a bill soon so I anticipate a hefty jump in my direct debit shortly :p
 
@Op, that's hugely expensive.

Being offshore our electricity is quite a bit higher compared to UK mainland - I'm on around £1200 a year and we have electric oven but oil fired central heating/hot water.
 
Phone your energy supplier for an energy review. The figure you've quoted for your annual bill is more than a small business uses in a year. Something's not right.
 
teaboy5 said:
You got the figures to back this up? Export to supply is around 3-4 p per kwh.

You got the whole street covered in them?
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I get 43.3p per kWh (that is every kWh produced irrespective of whether it is export or not), and an extra 3.1p for export. (I pay 11p for kWh I use outside of what I produce myself). This year the FIT for my installation is 45.4p for KWh.(linked to inflation).
 
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£75 / Month Gas and £75 / Month Elec.

Average use over the past two years was

Gas: 24350.51kWh
Elec: 4659.5 kWh
 
zuludawn said:
Can you be in pocket with them so early, i thought they took at least 15 years to recoup there initial cost.
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Of course my initial investment is not part of that calculation, but the return is such that the investment would be paid within 6-7 years. (Remember I included my Gas bills in the energy costs)
 
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