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Howuch for your gas and electricity now the £66 is over?

78 replies

thecoperope · 17/04/2023 22:56

£45 for gas even though we turned the central heating off 2 weeks ago
£110 for electricity but we have an electric cooker and hob.

This is getting unsustainable.

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Okunevo · 18/04/2023 19:49

Do you mean direct debit or last bill? Direct debit is £75, last bill was £90, an even split between gas and electric.

Okunevo · 18/04/2023 19:51

Okunevo · 18/04/2023 19:49

Do you mean direct debit or last bill? Direct debit is £75, last bill was £90, an even split between gas and electric.

Last bill was for March usage, the calendar month 1-31st

KingsArmy · 18/04/2023 20:08

£408 😐

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Crunchymum · 18/04/2023 20:11

Up to £170 from £110.

Parky04 · 18/04/2023 20:13

£110 electric and £50 gas. 3 bed semi with 4 adults.

DiaryofWimpyMumm · 19/04/2023 15:30

Mine is around £130/140 3 bedroom mid terraced house

DiaryofWimpyMumm · 19/04/2023 15:31

Most of that is electricity I seldom put the heating on and just use the gas to heat water

gogohmm · 19/04/2023 15:45

£170 for both, 3 bed house 4/5 adults depending on if a boyfriend has come to stay (regular)

Roundandnour · 19/04/2023 16:13

My electric has doubled. £20 would last 10 days. Usage hasn’t changed and cannot reduce it anymore. That’s for 2 of us in a 3 bed maisonette that been fully rewired. Dread to think what it would be like if I used the drier or older dc’s came back

OhSmitty · 19/04/2023 16:14

£325

OKFinally · 19/04/2023 16:19

Somewhere between £350 and £400.

It is what it is, we don't overuse it, but I am not prepared to be cold.

CableTidy · 19/04/2023 16:22

Mine has just changed to £250 between the two. In Scotland and I've been trying to be sparingConfused

MayThe4th · 19/04/2023 16:25

Mine has actually gone down from £207 to £126 combined.

I actually thought that I’d read it wrong but I went back in and had a look, I’m £120 in credit.

MintJulia · 19/04/2023 16:28

I spent 1200 in the last 12 months. Now it looks like £160 a month or £1,920 for the next year.

Well insulated 4 bed cottage with a log burner.

bloodywhitecat · 19/04/2023 17:11

Electricity around £115, slightly down from £121.

Whiterose23 · 19/04/2023 19:08

Our direct debit is £250 a month and we’re currently in credit. This should reduce once the heating goes off.

SallyWD · 19/04/2023 19:09

£318 for gas and electricity. I wish my bills were as cheap as yours!

leafygarden · 21/04/2023 05:58

I find this a very bizarre attitude. If I was struggling with the cost of utility bills, I'd do what I could to make the situation better. I wouldn't seek out people who were similarly struggling and think 'well it's OK because other people feel the same

Fair enough. You may well be right and logical. It doesn't stop the rest of us being bizarre. or having a bizarre attitude - as you put it.

leafygarden · 21/04/2023 06:00

Or maybe you have plenty of money, as you always seem to know a lot about savings/investments, and have never had to worry about bills in the same way.

thatsn0tmyname · 21/04/2023 06:05

3 bed semi wth octopus (was bulb). In the last two years our duel fuel bill has been £80, £134, £178, £120, £134 and is currently £195 without government support.

ThankmelaterOkay · 21/04/2023 06:25

Electric only.

Used 1325kwH for 2023 so far. For 2022 Jan to end of April we used 2000kwH. So have reduced our usage by 30%.

Spend for 2023 so far: £490 (-£67 x3) = £289.
Spend for 2022 Jan to end of April was £420.

So with govt support has cost less so far for 2023 than 2022.

Ladybug14 · 21/04/2023 06:34

BarbaraofSeville · 18/04/2023 05:50

Don't forget the standing charge and hot water unless it is electrically heated, that will take a lot of £45.

But you can't take much worthwhile information from people's answers. Some will be quoting a fixed monthly DD that may or may not reflect their usage. Others the actual monthly bill but even those will have different sized homes with different types of heating and insulation, different occupancy and family sizes etc.

You're trying to draw conclusions from a series of random numbers.

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Exactly this

I pay on a whole month tariff..... so I pay for exactly what I use, each month.

If I were to pay what EDF say I should pay monthly worked out on what EDF thinks I will use it would be a very different scenario

Lonelycrab · 21/04/2023 06:44

Just got my email. Up from £120 combined to £195. Single parent, 2.5 bedroom semi and my heating is hardly ever on. Low electric usage too. 😥

Birthdaygirltoday33 · 21/04/2023 06:54

How about people who give meter readings every month say what they used?

1/3/23-1/4/23 gas was 26 units and electric was 166 kwh

Luckydip1 · 21/04/2023 07:00

Up by £100.