Electric bills!

[Santastealer]

Anyone else found their electric bill has crept up?

Mine is now tipping over £100 a month! I’ve swapped suppliers recently and it hasn’t made a difference and also have a smart meter.

Any tips for getting the bill down a bit?

What are you using that uses electricity?
Tumble dryer, shower, oven, etc
Mine is about £80 and I also have gas central heating which was about £50 last month

@dementedpixie

Oven
Washer
Tumble drier (been on once today)
Emersion heater for water (I know this is a big factor!)
4 bedrooms worth of lights

Oh shower too!

Do you have electric heating or gas?

We don’t have any gas but we do have oil powered heating and that’s around £40-£60 a month depending on oil prices.

How long are you leaving the immersion heater on? Is it an electric shower that heats its own water?

I'm sure I've spent more on energy as I'm working from home this winter and I'm spending more on heating and light etc

Yes shower is electric and heats it’s own water. Immersion is on for 45 minutes in a morning and 45 in an evening to provide water for the kids baths and washing up, cleaning etc. Sadly the boiler doesn’t work at heating the water!