How much has your gas and electric cost you today?

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Mine is nearly £15 😱

Yesterday was a bad day, we spent - £11.25 (104.88 kWh) in gas and £6.79 (18.56 kWh) in electric. We had visitors so put the heating on for much longer (and two loads of washing/tumble dryer). Just frightening costs!

Yesterday, outside 4 degrees. Indoors 20 all day. Gas about £10. Electricity about £5.

Yesterday gas and electric was £12.90, but that includes topping up my ev.

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Can I ask, are people on fixed tariffs or ?? As I'm currently cooking daily and washing (1-2 loads per week), heating is on around 2hours a day. Hot water on demand. 3 of us shower daily. I'm paying £160 for both? I'm currently showing as £8 in debt.

Are my suppliers completely mis calculating? Should I be paying a lot more?

Between £7 and £9 a day including standing charge. It is scary. Will be more on the coming days as it is going to be ❄️❄️❄️

Sorry not sure why I quoted that post!

Athenen0ctua night time drop in temperature not too much of an issue - electric blanket on bed, duvet and blanket. Heating on between 7 and 9 so far - I didn't look at temperature first thing but it's currently 15.2 in room. The boiler is only just over a year old (installed shortly before we moved in) I honestly think we need to have someone come in to check and balance the system because I keep hearing about people who maintain 20 degrees all day on a fiver, and it's just not happening here. We're in NE England and it is chilly this morning, but even so.....

Will look at heated gilets.

It’s awful the government should be adding extra help for people with dependents and health conditions. I am so sorry for everyone in this position and for everyone who is scared all the time and feels they can’t live normally or healthily and put the heating on or can’t just have a friend over because of the cost of heating to make it comfortable.

About £9 a day for both, yes we could cut down on heating but I worry about the impacts it will have on the actual house, we can stay warm with extra layers etc but what problems is no/minimal heating going to end up costing people long term?

Are they not doing this with the col payments for those on UC, pip etc? I don't qualify for any so not sure exactly how much it is

I think DM should be due a cold weather payment at some point, £300 or so (so that'll cover 10 days .

I did experiment and It is costing about £2 per hour for just heating (gas) in 3 bed semi. This does not include anything electric (lights, computer as WFH full time, oven etc) So can only afford to heat house for 2 hours a day because by time i include shower & electricity its usually about £8.00 per day on smart meter. I am cold most days but luckily have a woodburner & lots of layers on

I'm using about 8 units electric a day, so about £2.74 not including standing charge. We have 2 fridge freezers and a freezer, usual lights etc plus a heat mat and heat lamps for a tortoise, one or other of the heat sources are on 12 hours a day.
Gas is .8 unit of gas per day average which works out at about £2.74 ish a day. We're having the heating on from 5pm to 6.40pm, thermostat is not working properly so not sure what temp it's on. We have the water heating for baths and showers for about 3 1/2 hours in total over the day.
3 bed semi, 2 people in the house. My readings seem very low compared to a lot of these? I've checked the readings several different ways and I'm definitely doing the gas calculation correctly.

It’s about £12- £15 a day.

For context, we’re still on a pre-rises fixed rate, WFH, big house (approx 4000sqft detached). I dread to think what it would be if we weren’t fixed.

Oh, I also have an electric car, charged every other night or so which costs £2 a go to top up (roughly £5 for a full 0-100% charge).

Coxspurplepippin Now it's gone colder, it does take a lot longer to come up to temperature, found this in our old house and present one. Our heating is set at 18c and it took 2.25 hours to reach that this morning.

Could your DM manage with the temperature set to 19c That could well save you quite a bit. Not saying she should, but both myself and my DM wear our dressing gowns over our daytime clothes when it's really warm. My DM finds wearing a scarf and having a blanket over her legs beneficial as well.

Yesterday came in at £7 gas, £1.80 electricity.
I'm basically accepting that £300 a month over winter is a possibility, and last year's £30 December gas bill will never happen again.

Guessing those are imperial units for gas? We are using 3kwh electric and 1.5 metric units of gas. So about £1.02 plus £1.70 plus sc on the cap rates. Two people in a three bed semi. Yours looks about right to me.

On a more light hearted note, we bought throws and stuff so that we could stay comfortable with the heat turned down. Obviously, you can't wear them about as they are a trip hazard. So why is it, that as soon as you are sat down warm and comfortable snuggled up in your throw you need a wee or a drink?

About £7- £8 a day for both. We have the heating on for 3-4 hours a day, the hot water on for about 1.5hours then just the usual electricity - we aren't using the tumble dryer unless desperate. WFH half the week, have a toddler so keeping the house warm when they're here rather than when WFH. It's scary as we can't really afford too much more than this but can't let the house go cold for the toddler (and baby due soon).

Ours is £26 a day. It's a very big, very old house, with not much insulation. It's not even very warm. I am wearing thermals, a down gilet and thermal gloves and I am still cold.

ifonly4 tbh, the temp in her room only hit 20 late yesterday afternoon after the heating had been on for about 8 hours .

She's currently sitting wrapped in a blanket - we're joking her 94 year old self looks like a little old granny...... She doesn't agree .

We're going to try an oil filled radiator which should use 2kw ph and see if that's warm enough.

elastamum, that's tough. We moved from a huge draughty late Victorian townhouse about 16 months ago -we were paying £175 per month and continually in several hundred pounds worth of credit with energy company. The number of times we've said recently we're so happy we're not still in the house now.

Although I was hoping our bills in our new, modern house would be thruppence ha'penny per month and at the moment anything under £600 per month during the winter is looking like a bloomin' pipe dream.

Ours was £5.49 once all the big usage was done this morning (charge car, heating, showers, dishwasher and other things), then once it was just ongoing things (fridge, tv, Xmas tree lights) it went up 5p in an hour 🤷‍♀️. Put my heated airer on to see how expensive that is, will check in half an hour.

we are trying to keep it to £10 a day, but yesterday we went over because it was so cold.