Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)

200sols · 2025-01-09T06:25:04+0000

Same no of bedrooms here but age, insulation etc plays a big part.

Last 30 days I've averaged 60kWh but yestday used 110 with the heating on all day. These are the most expensive days of the year.

Gazanimal said:
Thanks for all the info. Very useful comparison.

For reference, I'm in a 4-bed detached, with a lot of the TRV's on very low (1-2) in some rooms that aren't being used with others on 3-4, so it's interesting to see what you guys are using. Electric I'm not too worried about as I have to use it as I work from home, but normally my PC heats the room well enough

MichaelAwkward · 2025-01-09T08:38:31+0000

200sols said:
Same no of bedrooms here but age, insulation etc plays a big part.

Yes it’s basically pointless to compare without knowing these specs. For example, we’ve used 11kWh gas per day in Jan so far in a 2 bed well insulated flat but obviously that doesn’t scale to 22kWh for a 4 bed flat and is completely different to a detached house.

Gazanimal · 2025-01-09T09:56:12+0000

All correct, however my main concern has been my boiler, rather than my overall heat loss for example, as it's as old as the house which was build in 2005 and is probably due for replacement.

chrcoluk · 2025-01-09T10:07:08+0000

arknor said:
don't they have a lot more wind.

hope this gets built

Steam Packet set to oppose ambitious plans for world's largest tidal barrage

The ‘dam’ like structure would stretch right across the River Mersey

www.iomtoday.co.im

Seems to be Nimbys even for this.

chrcoluk · 2025-01-09T10:08:04+0000

CaneyJ said:
Tomato energy working out well the first week after switching from Agile.

Smart meter tracking estimates show I'm saving over a pound a day; Tidy.

I am switching over tomorrow on the 10th.

Its long term future doesnt look good, but I will take advantage of Ofgem's all in consumer protection and wide the lifestyle tariff wave.

Pyr0m@nI@]{ · 2025-01-09T10:09:52+0000

142 kWh of gas used yesterday
large 3 bed semi, but might as well be detached, built in 1800's

bigmike20vt · 2025-01-09T10:55:36+0000

ouch that is a lot!. I just checked and on the coldest day so far this winter we used 60kwh (3bed 1960s semi but with wall*** and new loft insulation)

***which has come with its own set of problems and not sure i would reccomend.

but its hard to compare directly as i live near Cambridge which is not really comparable to those who live say in Newcastle or Scotland.

Beans on toast Dave · 2025-01-09T11:25:42+0000

tracker for me tomorrow is 37.95p, ive just called and changed to another rate, due to switch to tomato on the 15th
so a little more stable till then

BUDFORCE · 2025-01-09T11:31:15+0000

Holy **** 42.65p p/kWh here tomorrow.....

BUDFORCE · 2025-01-09T11:38:36+0000

Fingers crossed it stays sunny tomorrow as forecast at least the solar will take the edge off that

Puzzled · 2025-01-09T11:59:14+0000

Beans on toast Dave said:
tracker for me tomorrow is 37.95p, ive just called and changed to another rate, due to switch to tomato on the 15th
so a little more stable till then

Tomato has a fixed rate of 20.9704p/kWh which seems a bit lower than others. Just don't want to end up with another supplier who goes bust

Uther · 2025-01-09T12:21:32+0000

40.95p/kWh for me tomorrow. ****.

Welshman · 2025-01-09T13:22:04+0000

38p for me..... lets hope the suns out

b0rn2sk8 · 2025-01-09T13:57:00+0000

I’m surprised you guys are still bothering with the tracker.

Uther · 2025-01-09T13:58:14+0000

b0rn2sk8 said:
I’m surprised you guys are still bothering with the tracker.

Dreams that it might get better again. I'm starting to doubt it.

Welshman · 2025-01-09T14:01:38+0000

b0rn2sk8 said:
I’m surprised you guys are still bothering with the tracker.

nothing else to really switch to yet without battery storage

MichaelAwkward · 2025-01-09T14:08:58+0000

b0rn2sk8 said:
I’m surprised you guys are still bothering with the tracker.

Why wouldn't you? It was always going to be higher in winter than in summer, that's the whole point. It'll still likely balance out to be cheaper overall than fixing.

200sols · 2025-01-09T14:11:59+0000

Since the Octopus fixes are no exit fee and people generally use more energy in winter, in this market there is little benefit to being on tracker in winter.

Uther · 2025-01-09T14:16:38+0000

200sols said:
Since the Octopus fixes are no exit fee and people generally use more energy in winter, in this market there is little benefit to being on tracker in winter.

Yes but IIRC you can't go back on Tracker for 9 months if you leave.

MichaelAwkward · 2025-01-09T14:17:40+0000

Uther said:
Yes but IIRC you can't go back on Tracker for 9 months if you leave.

And you'd also be committing to likely higher prices for the 9 months of the year that the tracker has been cheaper. The only benefit to fixing now is certainty.