How the f*** are you all managing your electric bills?

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I don't have gas...
Electric has gone up from 139 per month, to 225, and now the latest is 450...

I don't know how I'm supposed to manage.

Do you all pay by DD. I don't want a meter, I had one before, and it was a nightmare, so expensive.

If 450 goes out of my account next month I won't be able to buy food or petrol or clothes

I got the 150 from the council, and paid it immediately into my electric ,b ut that's a drop in the ocean. How are you all managing.

I'm really really scared.

This. @Garliccoriander. Try critical thinking before you post. Being a full time carer is hard work, distressing and thankless. The only satisfaction you get is knowing you’ve done your best for someone you love, because most unpaid carers do it out of love - that’s how the carers allowance is set so low. Unless you’ve been a carer you are not qualified to comment and should keep your ignorant and biased comments to yourself.

Well, I just had a doozy of a day. My electricity bill for 37 days was £16.80, my e-mailed gas bill is £14.26 for 31 days, and Thames Water bill was 19.77 in credit today so they refunded me right away and I negotiated a new DD of £12pm. Tesco gave me a huge bucket of Sweet William flowers free, after the wrappers came off.
Altogether a great day 😁

Wow, that's low! Are you on a fix lower than the SVR? Our electricity was £35 and gas £21 for 31 days. Two of us, but it shouldn't make much difference on the electricity, most of that will be the fridge freezer. Fixed at 15% above SVR.

Is that for your entire utilities?

Because the standing charge on electricity is about £150 a year alone and gas is about £75 (on the price cap)..

Getting really worried about this. We haven't gone up to the new rate yet as our on a fixed tarrif but that ends very soon. Our new bill will be £299 a month.

Go onto variable

I'm £1500 in credit over gas & electric before the £400 grant, my warm homes discount & the low incomes/benefits payments. My dual fuel usage estimated increase is £617.

The majority of my bill is now the standing charge. This is the fault and choice of the government. They are making us as individuals bail out the energy companies through the standing charge.

The government is doing this.