Gas & Electricity

just got a letter from SSE putting electric up by £20 a month even though I’m in credit! Chancing cunts will be phoning tomorrow morning
 
BlueTG said:
These prices will literally be unpayable for me. Country’s fucked.
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Well apparently because I’ve anxiously been querying by bills and payments … going from £70 a month to £410 in a space of 8 months isn’t nothing to worry about
 
In August last year we used £85-00 worth of gas and electric in the month.
Last night just over halfway through the month the smart meter said we had spent £91-00 up to Now! Gas for hot water only, I calculate £165 00 for this month alone almost double of last year, we're cutting corners everywhere already and still way off !
 
dooie68 said:
In August last year we used £85-00 worth of gas and electric in the month.
Last night just over halfway through the month the smart meter said we had spent £91-00 up to Now! Gas for hot water only, I calculate £165 00 for this month alone almost double of last year, we're cutting corners everywhere already and still way off !
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We have always been careful with stuff, thanks mum and dad, but ours will be around £300 a month in winter minimum and thats if it’s a mild winter, i get a funny feeling we are about to see the worst weather in decades just to properly fuck us all up.
 
Not sure if this has been posted but some of the energy companies are suggesting a "deficit tariff scheme" which will enable bills to be frozen at the current price cap for 2 years. Reading between the lines, the consumer will foot all or most of the cost of the scheme (surprise surprise!) but it will be spread out over many years (10 to 15 years has been suggested for the bank loans to set up the scheme so probably something similar for us to pay it back) so it will be far easier to cope with than having to find the money for these huge price increases. Apparently something similar has been implemented in Spain:

www.theguardian.com

Industry unites behind plan for crisis fund to control soaring energy bills

A state-backed ‘deficit tariff scheme’ supported by banks would freeze energy bills at their current rate
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
west didsblue said:
Are you on a fixed deal? Those are good prices compared to most. Who's UW?
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Don't quote me on it but splitting tariffs might be something to look at and it has worked well for us. The reason why is you don't pay tons for gas over the summer which is lumped in with the electric usage. This is what I pay:

So energy standard variable (gas)
Unit rate - 7.32p/kWh
Standing charge - 27.21 p/day
DD = £20pm, £40pm over the winter (excl price cap change)

EON Next standard variable (electricity)
Unit rate = 28.02p/kWh
Standing charge = 42.24 p/day
DD = £59pm, shouldn't really change much over the winter (except for the price cap change)

total = £80pm at the moment, I'm reckoning and hoping that it will go to something less than £200pm with the price cap changes and increase in winter usage etc.

I'd suggest anyone with a smart meter to also try the app Loop Energy, it tells you exactly day by day how much you're using and how much each day is costing you. If you have solar panels you can also add these in and it simulates the reduction in your spend. We spend about £1-2 on electricity daily, one boil of the kettle makes up about 20p of that!
 
Amazing how the government were able to source funds quick enough to pay their pals for whopping PPE contracts and apps which didn't work. On top of that they forked out for Furlough payments once they realised their mate's businesses would go under. Now that lower class are suffering they don't want to provide any help. Tories are cunts
 
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