How much are your energy bills?

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Just that really - I'm interested to know how ours stack up as I suspect they are horrifically large.
How much are your energy bills? Are they separate or combined? How many people in your house and what is your house like?

tripled that should say! This time last year we were paying £58 per month.

Hi Ref: Energy bills,
I make the point of following the guidelines of the money show. MARTIN Lewis. I ensure all switches are off, TV off standby (we have 5) when making a cuppa I only boil water for the cups I am using. Ensure lights are are all switched off when vacating a room. Now this is important: If you have a gas boiler ensure that (1) your heating is FULLY switched off and NOT on standby, also check that your hot water is on Eco (read your hand book), When we used the washing machine I noticed that for our standard wash it was taking 1hr 20 minutes. On reading the manual I decided to use the eco wash that lasts only 15 minutes and then if need be for really soiled clothing we would do a second wash on that setting which only equated to 30 minute as oposed to 1hr 20minuerts. Our last gas bill (our house is a large 3 bed semi) was just £29.00 and electric was £64.85 . Now, with reference to Martin Lewis who said when talking about toilet use> If it is yellow let it Mellow , if its brown let in drown and this is what we do, mind we have 2 bathrooms so the upstairs is for peeing and downstairs for pooing hence our last 6 month water bill was only £199.80 which I think we can reduce reduce this further!!. Note, as I say to my girls " If you want to buy something, Look at it and think " Can I lived without til next week" If the answer is "YES" then you don't need i dont buy it, if the answer is " NO" look at it again and think " Can pay cash for it, if the answer is NO then you canty afford it, don't buy it. In all this, smile and think happy thoughts. Keep safe. oops one last thing Any one got a shed for sale.

The amount of money you pay is no use. It will include past overpayments and underpayments, high winter and low summer usage, and estimated bills. It will vary with price changes.

Look at the actual meter readings for the last twelve months. What was the usage? Was it Actual or Estimated? Were estimates accurate?

Take them monthly in future. You can buy a pocket diary and leave it by the meter with a pen and torch.

For the brief period you are interested, take daily readings, at the same time.

Come back when you know a 12-month Actual figure, and any monthly or quarterly Actual figures, and what you are using, per day, in the current week.

Do you have a gas boiler? Electric heaters? Electric shower? Tumble drier?

we currently pay £145 per month combined. Last 3 monthly bills were £109, £116 and £125. Shell want me to increase it to £156 but I don’t want too much credit with them as I’ve had credit build up and then suppliers go bust a few times and it isn’t always the easiest to get back. After having to go through the ombudsman with one of them I never let them keep too much of my money. I know I can cover what is coming in the winter months so I’d prefer to keep it in my pocket for now.