Post your actual energy usage

Stu999 · 12 Dec 2022 at 15:03

For a 2 bed flat (just me living here), early 2000s build, mine is:

2020:
Gas: 7135 kWh
Elec: 1776 kWh

2021:
Gas: 7821 kWh
Elec: 1474 kWh

2022:
Gas: 6879 kWh
Elec: 1551 kWh

2023:
Gas: 7738 kWh
Elec: 1575 kWh

2024:
Gas: 6382 kWh
Elec: 1397 kWh

How about you? Smug responses from people with renewables welcome, if you could include your gross usage minus generated energy that might be interesting.

Edit - updated for 2024 actuals.

Stu999 · 12 Dec 2022 at 16:41

Ahleckz said:
Averaged my readings from last 441 days gives me:
Gas - 7774kwh
Electric - 2967kwh

1920s Three bedroom semi, with terrible insulation. Gas hob, electric shower, gas central heating. Two adults wfh full time.

You're doing alright on the gas. My insulation is also terrible I believe.

Stu999 · 12 Dec 2022 at 18:40

Richie said:
Cant get into EON to check last year but I have a bill dated 1st Dec 2021 so I can at least give a full years usage:

1st Dec 2021 - 1st Dec 2022

Gas - 2616 kWh (232 m³ of gas)
Elec - 978 kWh.

3 bed semi.

How come it’s so low? New build? Insulation? Renewables?

Stu999 · 22 Dec 2022 at 17:36

Terminal_Boy said:
So far in 2022, we’ve used 17,000 kWh worth of electricity which has cost us €2,450.

That's including heating?

Stu999 · 24 Dec 2022 at 11:27

Scottish Power sent me an "Important!" email about my new energy prices to tell me that electricity costs were going down slightly and I would save the princely sum of £6 per year over the previous estimate. Thanks guys!

Stu999 · 2 Jan 2023 at 11:26

Molep said:
Electric 2020-2021-5458kwh
Gas 2020-2021-7993kwh

2021-2022
elec 5845kwh
gas 3750kwh

3 bed end terrace, gas ch 9 rads, elec cooking, elec shower, single glazed sashes secondary glazed (apart from 2)

How did you slash your gas usage so much?

Stu999 · 31 Jan 2023 at 10:00

January 2023:
Gas: 1234 kWh
Elec: 155 kWh

£200

Stu999 · 31 Jan 2023 at 10:12

dLockers said:
Rookie numbers

Gas: 2053.03 (and I am still cold)
Elec: 538.13

And we still have 14 hours to go!

The pub thread in GD was right about staying indoors and being cold.

Stu999 · 1 Mar 2023 at 19:12

Feb usage here:

Gas - 860 kWh
Elec - 127 kWh

Cost - £149.44.

Better than last month but still not great.

Stu999 · 2 Jun 2023 at 17:44

May 2023 usage:
Gas: 308.1kWh
Elec: 128.33kWh

It cost me a rather nice £69, next cheapest month this year was £109 and most expensive (January) was £167.

Stu999 · 20 Oct 2023 at 20:55

I’m on 5,079.79 kWh gas and 1,173 kWh electricity to the end of September. I seem to have used more electricity compared to the past two years but the pattern seems to be the same. Will probably end up with the same sort of usage by the end of the year.

Elec:

Gas:

In rented so can’t do anything to improve efficiency.

Stu999 · 20 Oct 2023 at 21:16

HungryHippos said:
That usage is pretty low, not sure you can get much more efficiency out of it.

True, the window seals are knackered and there are some gaps so I’m sure fixing that would help. Maybe more insulation in the loft space.

Stu999 · 31 Dec 2023 at 13:21

Exciting news ladies and gents! The results for 2023 are in:

2020:
Gas: 7135 kWh
Elec: 1776 kWh

2021:
Gas: 7821 kWh
Elec: 1474 kWh

2022:
Gas: 6879 kWh
Elec: 1551 kWh

2023:
Gas: 7738 kWh
Elec: 1575 kWh

Think this year was a little bit colder than last year so gas usage has spiked back up to 2021 levels. Seems to be similar usage most years but now costing a lot more.

Stu999 · 17 Dec 2024 at 10:45

Early update for 2024:

2024:
Gas: 6382 kWh
Elec: 1397 kWh

I moved at the start of the month so will be interesting to see what the new house is like versus the flat. Electricity use will be slightly lower as the shower is a boiler fed mixer bar, rather than an electric shower.

Stu999 · Thursday at 12:55

b0rn2sk8 said:
I’ll do a round up at the end of the year but I expect the bill to be around £0.

Might even be a little bit positive?