Just had my annual energy usage statement...

[Lovemenorca]

And I am a little alarmed
One adult, 2 children. I mainly work from home. I really feel the cold so I do have heating on a fair bit.

£2339 since 2/12/17!

How does that compare with others?

Oh and tumble dryer on a lot

I’m not actually looking to reduce usage at all. I think it’s comfortable rather than excessive for us.

Obviously like it cheaper but I can afford it and from my experience - it really is much of a muchness with energy firms

I was just being nosy to see how compares!

Between 110 and 140 a month for both, me and two pre teens, and I don't particularly scrimp on it and house is draughty. It's probably your tarrif adding the extra. Mine used to be double using well known supplier standard tarrif. Now I'm on smaller supplier, discount tarrif. Yours does sound on the high side and like a switch to a better supplier might save you money. Get yourself on uSwitch!

I don’t have the usage just the figure

I’m with bulb

We have a two bed flat but there’s two adults and three DC. We only have electricity - no GCH - but have this strange ceiling heating that is weirdly effective. Because it’s a purpose built block, it holds a lot of warmth. We pay £119 a month but are currently £300 in credit because we continued to pay the same through the summer, when our usage dropped massively.

That’s with OVo. We were paying £169 with EDF.

It's hard to compare really. The best thing to do is get your actual KwH usage and put it into a price comparison site.

I was spending roughly £100 per month dual fuel on a two bedroom draughty old terrace. Now I'm in a brand new build, 3 bedroom with super duper insulation. I'm only spending £55 a month on electric (no gas in the property). Although it's open plan, it's a very warm house and we only need one heater on downstairs to warm the whole house.

It would be unaffordable for our bill to be that high. I'm really surprised how much it is.

Ours is £70 per month currently and we are definitely overpaying. We have the heating on morning and evening (approx 4 hours per day) and longer at weekends. We do about 4 loads of washing per week and have a heated airer plugged in a fair bit. I'm expecting the cost to rise once I start mat leave but I'm genuinely surprised how high yours is.

When did you last switch? Energy firms aren't much of a muchness unless you switch yearly.

Forgot to say 1980s detached 3 bed here so not hugely inefficient and old but not newly insulated either.

Have you got a bill you can dig out and shove into a comparison site?

We have a mid terrace 3 bed with 4 people. Heating is always set to come on though different temperatures at different times. We pay £90-£100 a month. Gone up recently as we had underfloor heating added to the bathroom (though it was off during summer). Tumble dryer going lots in non outside drying weather. Dehumidifier running often as bathroom gets damp, and it helps dry the clothes.

That sounds like an awful lot to me. You may be able to afford it, but wouldn’t you rather spend that other £1k on a holiday or something?
It doesn’t so much matter who you are with, but what tariff you are on. There are cheaper and more expensive tariffs on all the suppliers. Have you defaulted onto the standard tariff? If so, you will be spending a lot of money unnecessarily.

5 bed early 90s build detached here. 4 people - 2A 2preteens. Underfloor heating on a lot, gas central heating on a lot, usually 2x showers and a bath per day between us, cooking is a mix of gas and electricity. I also tumble dry, but it is an efficient heat pump machine, so not all that expensive to run.

We pay £170 pcm dual fuel (currently with British Gas).

Martin Lewis Cheap Energy Club will monitor tariffs for you, and you can switch through them. British Gas has good deals at the mo.

The bill should show usage as well as price. My bill estimates annual usage as Elec - 5810 kWh and Gas - 14777 kWh. I pay £123 per month at the moment

It's definitely worth doing a price comparison. My uncle's bills halved when I did it for him.

* I was spending roughly £100 per month dual fuel on a two bedroom draughty old terrace. Now I'm in a brand new build, 3 bedroom with super duper insulation. I'm only spending £55 a month on electric (no gas in the property). *

I have to say - this doesn’t sound like much of a saving
You went from £100 a month in a drafty old home for gas and electricity

You move to a new build with much better insulation and your bill for electricity alone is £55

So “saving” £45 a month - but you’re no longer including gas in that figure!

Oh unless you don’t need gas because only electricity required? In which case that’s great

But the electricity is doing everything including hot water and heating! Surely you can see that's a saving.

But heating by electricity is generally more expensive than gas so they are saving. If they are heating the house with electricity as well as using other electrical equipment and it is £45 cheaper then of course they are saving money

@Lovemenorca, the energy companies aren't "much of a muchness" on price. Your annual usage statement will have the amount of each fuel in KWh. If you put the info on the moneysavingexpert energy club you might be really surprised. Being on the standard tariff of most companies is one of the most expensive options. I switch constantly as my bill creeps up otherwise.

Ah found usage

14769 gas
4594 electricity

Do you mean from 2018 rather than 2017?

I use similar to you but am paying a lot less. Wonder what your tariff is. I'm with edf on a fixed rate that ends in February

Just went on compare the market
Max I could save a year is £126

But I receive £50-£100 per bulb referral and last year I received £150, so I think best stay put!

1000 pounds a year roughly for gas and electric sounds about right.

@dementedpixie

Really? I put in usage on compare.com eon fixed came in at just £100 saving on fixed for a year!