Exactly. My fuel for car use is £440 a month which is why people need to separate their usage in discussion.
It’s a PHEV. I use 500miles or so on electric hence the 280 units. I then fill up to the sum of around £180 assuming the cars now doing about 18-20p a mile. *shudders* . If I took the car and went fuel only I’d be looking at £300. Which given I’m on octopus go does save me a good chunk but still.. I use 10 units a night 6 nights a week, sometimes 7. That’s charging the car up.
My partner uses the washing machine for work so that runs 3 times a day with our own laundry, sometimes more. The tumble dryer runs at night a couple of times a week at least, if not more if we can’t get things dry due to the weather (her work stuff) and then everything in the home is electric bar the water and heating so the oven and induction hob are big players in my bill.
The most I’ve used in a day the last 12 months is 46.78 units and I often have 2 days a month in the 40s.
That’ll be a car charge, lots of washing, some batch cooking for the little one and then typical uses of tvs (sometimes 3 at once because kids), the gaming pc and monitors, bounce fridges freezers, the mower, strimmer and pressure washer.
As a bonus, the House is 100% LED light fitted now which saves no end! Its modern so thermally efficient too.
I think that solar Panels are the only way forward. If I am on go and remain on go and if the bulk of my use can be generated during the day, with battery storage there too to soften the blow elsewhere, I should with 12 - 14 panels be able to save 300 billable units + a month (average) if I make some changes to when things are used. Working from home allows for this so I just need to sit down and be sensible.
I’ve always had high power draw even as a sole user in a home I would see 600+ but again, that was due to the car. It’s amazing how others in the house and their requirements can change the usage dynamic so drastically.