To ask how much your energy bills a month

[Lockeddownagain]

What are people spending on energy bills a month I am really just looking for perspective

I pay £133 a month

In pretty switched on to the cost of energy but have no interest in what anyone else spends,

Not being snarky but why would I care about other peopl'e's bills?

€1000 a month roughly, for Jan & February I'm estimating but we have a large drafty villa with big glass windows . We only have electric. Last year, January was €1500 for the month but the winter was really cold, this year we have changed suppliers and the winter has been pretty good.

4 bed house, 2 adults, 2 DC. I WFH 3 days a week, DH, once. 2 sporty DC, so washing machine seems to be on permanently and 13yr old DS suddenly taking a huge interest in his appearance/personal hygiene, requiring at least 2 showers/baths per day, sometimes 3….

£175 electricity
£150 gas

Roll on the warmer weather.

It's an interesting question but it will be difficult to get an average because people like me will skew it. I'm in an old 5 bed semi with high ceilings so more cubic feet to heat, that's EPC D rated so also expensive.

But my DD has just been dropped from 235 per month to 201 per month due to a large credit balance. My bill for December was 535 quid. January will probably be similar. My annual usage has probably been hard to predict for my supplier as I've got rid of my electric car and hot tub, but also have solar which generated a fair bit this summer.

And then on top of my gas and electric I also spend money on coal, logs and now petrol for my car.

So short answer - I pay 201 quid a month for my energy inefficient 3500 square foot, high ceilinged victorian semi.

Direct debit amounts are meaningless, as they are based on an average usage over the year, and can be adjusted if you are too much in credit or debit.
Actual usage (based on meter readings) will give you the actual cost of the energy you are using.
In December we spent £218 on electricity and £162 on gas... we have a 3 bed semi (gas central heating) plus an annex (with electric heaters) where we WFH ~3 days a week and sometimes have overnight guests, so we use the heating in there. £380 total was high for us but it was a very cold month. It will be interesting to see how much it is in January... I have been trying to use a bit less heating (bought a fleecy oversized hoody which helps!)

PS Our house has external wall insulation and a well insulated loft, plus double glazing, so is generally not too expensive to heat - I dread to think how much we would have spent on gas if it wasn't so well insulated.

3 bed semi. £150 DD on heating oil, about £120 on electric. Less on electric if we don't use the oven or tumble dryer. Oil has historically been expensive compared with gas, so we're used to that.

@youdialwetile it is interesting to hear what people in other countries are paying - thank you! Out of interest, do you get any government assistance at all? Like the £66 pm all households in the UK are getting for 6 months over winter?

Our dd is £95 a month. We had loads of credit over Summer so now our bills are £250 we are still only paying £95. We also buy wood for our fire. We have a large 4 bed house.

No government assistance here. There are probably programs for very low income households.

We have an old (even by US standards!) house...over 100 years old. We use the fireplace on colder nights and lots of blankets. I am currently wearing a ski hat while cooking dinner

On the positive side, we heat for 6 months and then it's switched off for the summer. So we are about half way through winter...heat switched off end of April (don't care how cold it is).

Still, it seems a lot of money every month over winter for a not-very-toasty house.

London 2 bed flat - last month was £470

Last month was a cold month and gas and electricity cost 330 for our 5 bed house (we pay as we use with Shell Energy). I am puzzled why it is so relatively low. But we do have the heating on timer and thermostat set at 18 degrees. Holding my breath for this month's bill.

5 bed house, last month was just over £500

Agreed. @Lockeddownagain instead should have asked how much our rates have gone up by since around COP26. That was when the rates started to go up and smaller energy companies going bust, long before the Russian/Ukraine war started. Like for me it has gone up 2.5 times (£72ish to £180).

Feb 1st bill will be 230 ( then take 67 government payment off that)….we’ve got a 3 bed 1870s semi….we had the heating on a lot over Christmas with my mum staying….but not much rest of time ( just use log burner as partner brings home free wood) …..use the tumble too much…don’t really use cooker much

5 bed house over 3 floors. £289 this month

You need to know square footage of house to make comparisons tbh? A 5 bedroom house can be 1500 and a 4 bed can be 2500. Huge difference in size !

252 per month
4 bed house

€180/month.

Large six-bedroom house over three floors, two adults WFH with tech running all day, electric car charger, heating on most of the day during winter.

It’s increased from about €140/month.

What’s happening in the UK that prices have gone so high?

I agree with you. And it annoys me when people blame it on Ukraine because that's simply not true. Yes, refusing to buy Russian energy no doubt has pushed prices up further, but prices were up way before Ukraine.

@PlasticSheetingRTÉNews it’s not a U.K. issue - it’s global wholesale gas prices!!

How?! Are you on a fixed rate?

Mine is £2.50 a day for electric and about £4 for gas and I thought I was doing well

315 per month for a two bedroomed terrace ....currently 1800 ish in credit when we get to two grand in credit ,we'll ask for a thousand back

@Rebel2023 No I’m not on an old fixed rate I’m on a recent rate. We all get the £66 from government and that’s taken off my bill. I’m careful with the energy I use since we’re in an energy crisis but that £12.51 is too high really as I’m not using up all the credit built through the year.