To ask how much you pay for electricity every month?

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I feel like our bill just goes up and up.

We are paying £110 a month for a small three bed semi with EDF. Does this sound like a lot?

We use the tumble dryer a lot, although trying to cut down, and use a small heater in our lounge and bedroom during the winter evenings because we have night storage heating and it's rubbish (we don't even bother switching it on anymore).

I recall paying £70 a couple of years ago. It feels like since DD has come along, we are spending a lot more.

And £74.52 a month for gas. We have the heating whenever we want it as DH works from home, and I am part time. We refuse to be martyrs to the cold.

About £120 for gas and electric I think. We have the heating on a lot, dh likes to be warm and I love the tumble dryer! We recently had new windows so I'm hoping this winter is a bit cheaper than last year.

Fairly standard sized 1970s 3bed semi.

We pay £57 so I think electric is about £25
We have 4 bed semi bungalow

I like it hot and when the wind blows it can be draughty.

£120 for both, have a tumble dryer and have an old boiler which we will be changing very soon. 3 bed semi.

Just a thought are you FF DD? Steam sterlisers and frequent kettle boiling can bump up the bill.

We pay £33 gas and £24 electric a month, 2 bed mid terrace (new build) it's boiling! We've lived here nearly 2 years and have yet to put the heating on.

Your night storage heater is just as efficient as that small heater. All electric heaters have the same efficiency.

Night storage needs the right tariff and correct use, with forward planning. You need to check

A) that you have a dual rate meter
B) that they are wired to use the lower rate
C) what the low rate times are so you can use other appliances then

Then get on to a supplier and get a two rate tariff. Set the night storage heaters correctly for max input in the cheap rate, and control the output. Economy 10 gives a midday boost.

My electric is 55 pm. Went up ten pounds a few months agony. Small 2 bed semi but have a lot of devices plugged in and use my tumble dryer a lot.
Waves to lonicera,I also refuse to be a martyr to the cold. We grew up so poor with no central heating and carrying bags of coal from the local shops and huddled round paraffin heaters

Really only way is to know what you annual consumption is in kwh and your tarrif. I dont know how economy 7 or what ever works but we pay 11.7p per kwh for electricity and 2.7p for gas.

An electric heater rated at 2 kWh will cost me 23.4 pence per hour to run (2kw at 11.7 pet kWh) a tumble possibly similar.

We use about 4,600kW per year electricity and 32,000kW gas

Wow I thought I was getting ripped off as we're currently on a payg tariff. But compared to others we're doing ok. £70 a month (gas & electric) for a 3 bed terrace. 3 kids & 2 adults plus my MIL for half the week. Use the washing machine and tumble dryer daily.

We haven't been here over a winter yet so will see how that changes once the heating needs to go on.

Was paying 60 per month but recently gone up to 81.

3 bed terrace with wall insulation. Three kids aged 16 (almost), 13 (almost) and 10. Always Tv's on, xbox, phones and tablets being charged. Use tumble dryer and dishwasher regularly.

£200-240 a month for gas and electric for a large old house that is drafty. We cut back as far as I can (go round switch everything off at night & morning) but electricity is all the computers / gadgets and a washing machine that is on constantly... Our central heating is on short periods twice a day set at 18C.
Even in summer months ours rarely can be got below £180 (I'm a single mum eeeek!!)
i think your tumble dryer is costing you the most, I think "well that's £1-2" each time I use it and try to use it less than 4 times a week but there's the odd week its on 8-10 times.

OP if you're trying not to use the storage heaters then you may want to look at getting one or two oil filled radiators. We bought one for approx £40 in aldi and it's amazing and extremely cheap to run. We just turn off our heating and use that in lounge for the eve once kids in bed

£160 per month, just electricity, no gas. Detached 5-bedroom house, & have an Economy 10 meter.

Check with your energy provider as to what your rates are, as others have said you'll be paying a fortune for your day rates if you're set up as being on an economy 7 tariff in your circumstances. Energy wise, you need to use about 70% of your total usage in those few night hours to make economy 7 tariffs beneficial.

I used to work for an energy supplier (many moons ago!) and would really recommend asking them to bill you as if you had a regular meter. You keep your meter, give the readings as normal but their system will then charge you the same unit price regardless of the time of day it was used. Ring the complaints number on the back of your bill if they won't do it - its definitely possible but you might find some staff aren't aware of how to do it.

I'd also look into booking in for a smart meter and not using the small heater excessively. It's quite alarming how much they electric they use (storage heaters aren't much better though!)

1 very usedul tip, dont assume if you are on a fixed tarrif you cant change. I am with npower and have changed my 12 month ' 'fixed' tarrif 3 times this year as prices came down. As long as you dont leave they dont charge an exit fee. Had i not id be paying 12.75/3.3p for electricity and gas.

£120 for gas and electric in winter
£90 in warmer months. We are with British Gas and have prepayment smart meters & combi boiler.

Between 60 and 90 a month, combined gas and electric. 2 bed terracehouse, but a lot of gadgets always on including a ridiculous 3d printer

We are currently paying about £130 pm for electricity. No mains gas, but I use about 2 big bottles of Calor annually to cook everything -- about £100 pa, and we heat water/background radiators with oil (2 tanks pa) and have a wood burner. It's a big sprawling house, but properly insulated. It is comfortably warm and DH has a fresh air fetish, so there are windows open in all weathers, in most rooms.

We pay £207 a month for gas (it's going down to £170 from 23rd Sep) and £37 a month for electricity.

We live in a 5 bedroom detached stone farmhouse - it's 300 year old with thin, wooden framed windows so that accounts for the high cost.
We are conscious however - we don't have a tumble dryer and ensure plugs are turned off when we're not using things (other than the kitchen appliances and the TV which stays on standby). We home cook meals nearly every day so the gas in turned on the oven frequently.

£90 a month gas and electricity combined. 3 bed semi with no double glazing and I use the washer/tumble dryer/dishwasher daily.

With ovo, so it's a joint bill.
2 adults, 2 children.
End large 3 bed house.

What other people pay is irrelevent as they have different heating, different sized houses and families and different usage patterns to you.

If you aren't using the storage heaters you need to make sure you are on a standard tariff as you need to use a significant proportion of your energy during the economy period (30/40% I think) to make it worthwhile. If you are using plug in heaters you will be overpaying as they are using daytime electric which is more expensive than night time or standard tariff electric.

137 a mth with bulb in a well insulated 4 bed detached house. Use tumble dryer/dishwasher frequently (3 chn) and at home 4 days out of 7. Have the oldest boiler in the world. Switch tariffs regularly.

Sorry 137 dual fuel - pretty much half and half gas/electricity