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The new energy price cap

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Ozgirl75 · 27/02/2023 10:57

Seems to be going up from .35kwh to .51kwh.

In our house at the moment I seem to use about 28-31kwh per day and even if I cut everything to the bone (eg if we’re away for a few days) it only drops to about 25. That’s an increase of £5 per day.
Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can do to see exactly where I’m using all this electricity. I don’t have gas, but my heating and hot water is oil.

I run the dishwasher once a day at about 9pm. I do one wash per day, and normally one tumble dry but this only seems to add about £1.50 per day to the bill.

We have an electric shower but the water is heated by oil. Normal level of lights, plug sockets etc.

I just can’t figure what is costing us so much - a basic level of around £8 per day even if we aren’t there!

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Dizzywizz · 04/03/2023 07:23

Did you manage to work out what it is @Ozgirl75 ?

Ozgirl75 · 05/03/2023 17:18

Yes! We have a little building in the garden that’s basically just a bedroom and a tiny bathroom and I went in there and lo, there’s a water heater and a towel rail which is on. I actually hadn’t even been in there since we moved in as I hadn’t needed to, and I assumed everything was switched off, but no.
So that, plus turning everything off at the sockets seems to have brought it down to a normal level.

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