How much does your electricity cost you?

Dogoid · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:49

I'm on a pre paid and over the last year i have noticed that i'm constantly topping it up, and it seems to be going faster than ever.

from the 12th of Nov to today i have put in £50 quid which works out to be 600 quid a year , and in a household of 2 with 2 T.V.s a Rig and a laptop, freezer fridge and a boiler. nothing out of the ordinary and certainly not excessive use of any appliance.

how does this seem to you lot?

the tariff is 14p KWh

XeNoN89 · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:52

We are paying about £600 a year for Gas & Elec. That's a flat of 3 with 4 tv's, 3 game consoles, few laptops fridge freezer etc etc

vanandjuanunited · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:53

50pm on average throughout year
E7 heating
2bed apt - single person
2 pcs tv projector AV amp

Nodiggidy123 · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:54

Not bad if its powering your hot water and heating!

TommyV · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:55

incorrect

krooton · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:55

Was around £800 a year (all-electric flat) with:

2 people
42" plasma
1 gaming rig
1 laptop
Cat water fountain that is on 24/7

TommyV · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:55

Averages about 20pcm when winter is taken into account.

I live alone and only really use the PC/lights/kettle/USB charging plug

cheesyboy · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:55

£50/month direct debit, which hasn't needed adjusting in the three years we've been in this house. Don't know the unit cost

2 adults, 2 young children (5.5 & 2.5), oil fired heating.

Dogoid · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:56

i forgot to say this is separate form gas bill which is powered by a combi boiler

Freakbro · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:57

14p / KWh sounds fairly high, but if you are on a pre-paid meter, that's probably why.

Though weren't they supposed to be changing it so Electric companies couldn't have much higher tariffs on pre-paid meters?

I would have to check but on contract I think I'm paying around 9p / KWh. Will update when I find out

Dogoid · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:58

Freakbro said:
I would have to check but on contract I think I'm paying around 9p / KWh. Will update when I find out

wow , that's a good tariff . i'll have to see about bills instead of meters.

Rroff · 12 Nov 2015 at 12:59

Used to average around £20/m when I had a flat of my own, at today's prices that would probably be £25-26.

Greebo · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:00

10p per kwh. Rates have plummeted recently and some very good cooperative ones have been available on uswitch.

Spend about £70 a month though

Dogoid · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:01

actually i just checked the meter, it's 15.5p KWH . oh and also we are with Scottish Power.

Craig321 · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:02

£85 pm for 2 of us at the moment. I don't think we're actually using that much though - EDF try and average our your payments so they don't increase massively in the winter.

No gas and storage heaters suck.

Tunney · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:04

Electric is £800 plus another £500 in gas. That's for two people living in a four bedroom house.

Apparently it works out a 11p/kW during the day and 6.4p/kW at night, with a 40p/day standing charge.

EdButler · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:07

Its totally depends on what you heat/cook with as they are the common variables in electricity usage. if you have electric heating which isn't Economy7, it will cost approx 3 times more than an efficient gas boiler.

I have Gas CH (new boiler), Electric oven and Gas Hob. 2.5 Adults (Missus shares my room!) with 2 PC's in a 3 bed detached = £21/month (edit!)

Gas averages at £35/month, swinging from about £3 to £75.

Elec went up to £30/month when Coin-Mining, but at least the gas bill went down a little

Greebo · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:09

I still miss the 8 years when we didnt get charged anything

We fell off the grid and our meter didnt exist (on official records).

Read 45k kWh once it finally got sorted out and they could only charge us for one year - 5,625 kWh.

If I had realised it was going to take them 8 years to sort it I would have started a business at home which wouldn't be normally economical due to the electric use but would have been on free electric.

Lopéz · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:10

1980's semi, retro-insulated. Gas CH, electric oven, one room permanently heated with electrical heat cables.

In total, gas & electric costs us around £1000 per annum including a fairly regularly used hot tub. Use a fair bit more electric than gas.

xGBHxPegasus · 12 Nov 2015 at 13:11

£75 (DD) a month for both gas and electric, although we rarly have the heating on (Gas) as our flat is always pretty warm.

I do have a microserver running 24/7 though so electic is a bit higher than usual.

Bills every 3 months and this month we're £75 in credit...