Hiw much was your January gas and elec bill?

She means bill's aren't going back to what they were 5 years ago.
E.g I used to pay £50 for both, now its £200.

A big increase for people in that period of time. Wages haven't gone up accordingly, obviously.

£150 for the month, this will be our highest bill for the year. 3 bed semi, in north Scotland at 20 degrees in the upstairs livingroom 24/7, bedrooms downstairs tend to sit at 18 degrees. Just had the loft reinsulated and new windows so I've ddownloaded at the energy info since Dec 2023 so as to have some comparison. temperatures have rarely been above zero 18 hours of each day.

Around £110 a month for both. We don't have the heating on at all overnight and maybe for two hours at 18 during the day.

We're in a terrace so benefit from our neighbours!

It's been a pricey month. 🥶

2 bed flat (new build 2018), underfloor heating and a teenager who loves a long shower. In December we spent 134 euros / 112 pounds but the heating has been on pretty much the whole month, the thermostat is set to 19,5 degrees because 18,5 is the average ambient temperature. DD being a vampire (blockout curtains always being closed) and me being menopausal and prone to hot flushes have also been to our financial benefit.

I used to be neurotic about the heating but I can’t be bothered now, especially when the heating is only on for three months of the year.

I’ve finally accepted that the days of the december and January bills being under 90 euros / 75 pounds are over. If I was still living in my last apartment the current energy costs would have bankrupted me, so I am very happy that when I moved six years ago, energy efficiency was my priority.

gas £141
electric £136

includes

2 x full car charges
4/5 bed house
21 in day on/off as work from home
18 over night
tumbeldryer that never stops with kids!

My prediction of around £180 was correct. However, it also already puts me in debit and we're only in February. Clearly Eonnext have not worked out my usage correctly, because we didn't even have a particularly cold autumn or winter up until now. So the next 2-3 months will be interesting until my solar panels are able to take the load off my electricity bill and I won't need to use gas as much anymore.

On a different note, I read today that it's looking more likely the UK will become up to 5C colder with climate change. The future will be interesting indeed.

Sent meter readings in yesterday to Octopus....bill last night £246 for both for January.
Heating has been on 7 till 7 most days. 3 bedroom house, 2 of us.

£170 for both gas and electricity. 3 bed semi. Heating on for a few hours each day at least. Tumble dryer used daily. South facing living room with glass patio doors so gets the sun most of the day and heats the room nicely.

Nonsense. They’re charging much the same as everyone else, and quite a bit less on some of their smart tariffs.

Octopus is expensive because you're paying extra for all their 'green energy' stuff.

That's horrendous!

£199.4 plus standing charge so far in January. For gas only.

An outrageous amount. Shocking, really.

£100 all in. 2 bed flat. I have the heating on thermostat at 19.5 in the day (WFH full time) and 16 at night.

Two bed end terrace, £85 including VAT. Then I'll get a £12 - £17 rebate for not using energy in peak hours.

£170 most recent bill, 4 bed 1930s semi. Heating at 18C one hour in the morning, two hours in the evening. Clothing mostly dried on heated airer. Got rid of gas fire.

That honestly such a clever way to do it. The only barrier to us is the storage battery, will have to price up if it is worth the initial cost to come back to us in savings later down the line.

We find it better to charge everything overnight @LeafofLorien then we sell any surplus electricity we get from the solar back to the grid
makes sense to do it that way as we can charge stuff when the electricity costs us 7p per kwh, and we can sell surplus back to the grid at 15p per kWh
we're on the EV tariff with Octopus, but we don't sell back to them, think we sell to ScottishPower
although obviously not getting much in the way of solar energy from the panels just now!

Mine was an insane £266 for electric and £274 for gas do I win 😭 . I do have an electric car but it is crazy prices I have been emailing octopus today about it. I pay £360 dd ever month. My work colleagues couldn’t believe it. I usually average around £400

£116- Electricity
£115- Gas

5 bedroomed 16 year old house.

I can’t stand it.

That's a great hack, we also have an EV and have been looking at the best tariff to swap to (that or an air source heat pump tariff etc). Hoping the solar panels help too, but not sure how much in Winter since we don't have battery storage.

You pretty much have been. Apart from maybe very small, very well-insulated flats, I never understand why anyone chooses to install electric radiators. I suppose the way they’re marketed has a lot to answer for.

£250 for dec. a few years back it was £490 as was 10p for gas - now 5p so happy days

I pay £150 all year round so can have heating on in winter - was paying more. They reduced it and this seems to cover it

summer bill is usually much less

tho have a spa so electricity is higher in June July aug sept

3 bed semi. Usually on all day as I’m home and evening as dd here

Relieved to hear this. I feel like we've been burning money to stay a bit less cold this Winter.