How much are you spending on your energy bills every month?

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I am with octopus and just checked my exact energy usage each month. I have used £54 worth of electricity and £111 worth of gas in January. So, the total is £165. Several years ago, we were paying around £95. We are family of 2 adults and 2 very young DC.
We have a 4 bed house built in 1975, it's detached with two living rooms, kitchen and 2 toilets. We have smart thermostats on most radiators which we use to control and set temperature for each room and we are conscious to reduce temperature at night. But, still it feels like a huge bill.
How much are you paying and AIBU to think it's a big amount for the energy we use?

£350/month big detached house central heating on 2 hours in morning 2 hours in evening and a oil filled radiator for anyone WFH.

Small but well insulated 4 bed, heating on all day when cold as DH now (supposedly) retired (working today). We do have solar and will admit to tending to put the washing machine/dishwasher/tumble drier on only when sunny as currently only 3 at home. Spend £560/14 months on oil (we only buy in a heatwave, so can take advantage of the lowest rates) and currently £70/month on electricity although I will reduce that in the summer as we won't spend much more than £30/month and I refuse to let them rack up a surplus as it's my money not theirs. So £120/month all in, and we get back about £150/month averagely on FIT payments, which is very helpful.

5 bed detached. No gas, we have oil central heating, electric bill with Octopus is £200pm and oil works at approx £80-100pm so approx £300pm , perhaps slightly less.

We have an electric car which accounts for around £40ish worth of the electric every month.

£130 per month, combined gas and electric, gch
no tumble drier
no heating on during the day, unless it is the weekend or my day off! dh doesnt feel cold somehow.

Three bed detached. Currently paying £250 per month (monthly direct debit). Two adults wfh, plus third adult in household. Thermostat set at 20.

Your DD is £85 a month then, not your actual bills?

I mean my DD is £150 a month, but I build up a cushion on nearly £1,000 by November/December. It doesn’t stop me being shocked that, with little to no heating on and no TD, that my actual bill is £225 for January.

why don't you let them keep your money? why don't you place the money in an account paying interest and pay for hat you use each month? You'd only get about £40 a year but £40 is a meal out or a hair cut

Our coldest month would be £165 but over the year we are £118 for gas and electricity in a three bed 2 person semi in north Scotland heated to 20 degree 24/7. We paid more in the flat half the size in 2012 and £350 a month in 2016 for the four bedroomed house. Insulation makes all the difference along with not doing a lot with heating appliances, irons, tumble dryers etc

What are you hoping to gain from collecting random amounts from strangers?

Assuming you're in England you can't be charged too much for what you use as the rates are capped. Are you concerned that your energy supplier has you on a tariff higher than allowed?

My January bill was 69 for electricity and 168 for gas. Seems very high as I only use heating 2 to 3 hours a day on weekdays and around 6 at the weekend. Was on Norway Christmas as had guests.

We gave a daurky large house and pay £224 pee month for gas and electricity. It's a fixed rate so in the winter we pay less than we use and in the summer we pay more

Yes, but some of these are as well. My January bill was £136.

Because @MikeRafone I’d end up taking it out and spending it in an emergency-car repair, boiler or whatever. The peace of mind knowing I don’t have to worry about affording heating in winter is worth more than the £40 tbh.

Last month was 340 in a 3 bed (crappy type) timber frame detached house. This includes nigh-time charging of electric car and timing both washing machine and dishwasher to work at the cheaper rate. I only heat the house to 20C (and I'm still freezing, especially in the bedrooms). We have an old-fashioned vented gas heating system, which I actually quite like as we have no mould or radiators but costs a lot to run.

Why are EDF robbing bastards? Due to the price cap, every supplier charges basically the same prices for prepayment.

direct debit is £200 a month but we actually used £340 in January!..the house is old and cold though.

People don’t care to learn how to understand the way energy consumption is measured and billed. It’s much easier, although not particularly useful, to think only in terms of monthly payments.

We pay £200 a month but January we used £270, it balances over the year

I’m curious about this too. Our bills have gone up from 200pm to 240pm (octopus too) and we’re so conscious of not using much, but they still going up!

4/5 bed terrace. Very poorly insulated and draughty (we’ve just moved in so have a lot of work to do). We run the washing machine/dishwasher once a day. Radiators all off but switch on for an hour in the morning and evening. We don’t even cook long elaborate meals. I’m so confused, I’ve sat here freezing all winter and am still shelling out loads!

Jan bill was £130. Electric only and we have solar panels and heat pump in 4 bed detached.

Number of bedrooms isn’t a good indication tbh. You need to compare square footage.

If your property is poorly insulated and draughty, it’s hardly surprising that your bills are high. How many kWh do you consume?

January was £360 (DD is 230) - old 4 bed house, DH and I both at home so heating goes on a fair amount during the day. Teenagers and a mud magnet of a dog so washing machine and tumble drier is used a lot, dishwasher everyday too

About £400pcm. Large house and we are careful with the heating. 18° and put a Jersey on. Turned down to 14° overnight and during the day. Oil radiator for wfh and thermostatically controlled radiators.

My house is moderately insulated. But we installed these smart thermostats which let us control each room's temperature
https://amzn.to/4aZqUkA
I think this helps us in heating only the rooms we are using.