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Must be nice.
Luck of the draw hey
Must be nice.
Think we use 15ish a week? Not sure as don't have a smart meter currentlyUmm I use about a tenner a week maybe touch less but just me in the house.
I never proposed fixed DD goes away so would have no issue with it been offered.Again, I am far from convinced that for many people variable DD is a better mechanism. I remember when this was the norm and people complained over and over about the much larger winter bills.
IMO it should be offered as both with no emphasis on either, with a short explanation that neither would be more expensive than the other, but one would be relatively fixed and the other potentially highly variable depending on the time of year.
IMO again, those paying in arrears should pay slightly more than those paying as they go to all intents and purposes.
Or, making credit balances be paid at least a notional return (say 50% of UK base rate) on in credit balances may help to put off the disparity on those providing liquidity vs those reducing it.
£15 a week average, 3 adults, 2 TVs, surround sound, pond with filter running 24/7, 2 children for 2 nights/3 days at weekend full time with then average 3 PC's running at weekend. But everything gets switched off at wall when at work and minimise the costs otherwise as much as possible.Well that 13 pound is 2 people. 2 plasma tvs. Lots of oven cooking.
It depends when you join the supplier. If you join in the run up to winter, your account balance will be negative until you even out over the summer and if you join in the summer your balance will build up until the winter peaks.But I do take issue that they both equal cost. Fixed DD you pay in advance so you out of pocket
So if your usage is the same every month why are you so determined that variable billing is the default when it'll make no difference at all to you?my winter bill is barely any higher than my summer bills
It depends when you join the supplier. If you join in the run up to winter, your account balance will be negative until you even out over the summer and if you join in the summer your balance will build up until the winter peaks.
So if your usage is the same every month why are you so determined that variable billing is the default when it'll make no difference at all to you?
The "algorithm" isn't complex if you know how much you use over a year. You just divide your total usage cost by 12. You don't need to worry about calculating differences between summer and winter use.
I never proposed fixed DD goes away so would have no issue with it been offered.
But I do take issue that they both equal cost. Fixed DD you pay in advance so you out of pocket, and in addition its algorithms are not perfect leading to some customers been in credit for long periods, even over winter, my theory as to why that happens to some people is maybe the algorithms assume the winter bill will be much higher and for those it isnt, they end up over paying, there is also the potential some suppliers are deliberately making it too high to build cashflow (which is currently been investigated by ofgem and ministers). I know e.g. my winter bill is barely any higher than my summer bills which I think throws the fixed DD algorithm completely off. I do think it would need to be part of the explanation that fixed DD you may end up paying more, but smooths the adjustments made to payments in colder months.
Bear in mind fixed DD does not assure DD's dont change, I am still on fixed DD and it changes daily the amount, plus as we know it changes when SVR cap changes. If we keep telling peopled fixed DD is actually fixed they going to be in for a shock this October, then the January after and so on (as from October SVR is changing every 3 months).
EDIT: I've an imperial gas meter so it's not 2kwh but 2 "units" which some funky formula is then used to work out the kwh. But it shouldn't be a lot. Maybe not 6.4p though.![]()
Pay back in panels is still years isn't it?
I've turned my combi boiler off and only put it on to do the days washing up at night.
@HungryHippos Considering solar myself; though our electrical usage (even with what I listed above (and things i've missed out like switches/Alexa/Ctek chargers etc) is only 238kwh for a similar period as you listed (10/04/2022-14/05/2022), and only varies slightly with lighting (all LED) and the central heating pump in Wintertime, so the ROI would be therefore longer, and my kids are at the age where in a few years they may be living away at least part of the year which would reduce use (and increase the ROI period).
EDIT - Included dates covered for electricity usage.
Fair point I do accept that the fixed DD term is something social media is using rather than the suppliers.<snip>![]()
Why would you turn the boiler on and off?I've turned my combi boiler off and only put it on to do the days washing up at night.