Gas & Electricity

[kaz7]

One thing i dont like with edf and that is only billing twice a year , reviewing dd as well, every three months always felt like better control or is it because i am on a fix ? Comes off in dec so soon find out

 

[yeseye]

Love these uncomplicated billing calculations.

It's to confuse the fuck out of us so we just pay up.

It’s fucking rocket science!

 

[marco]

The wind turbines being built and those that have been approved paint a pretty positive picture actually, we're already at 25% of our need (which is a doubling from 6 years ago) with some huge farms coming online over the next few years. The aim is to be around 50% through wind power alone by 2030. Not sure fracking would be quicker than that (in fact The Guardian say we'd only get 1% of our needs). For reference, gas is currently around 33%.

just to add, with whats going on im sure i can and probably others on here and throughout the country can cut usage down by maybe up to 20% by simply being a little more cautious,if thats the case then those percentage figures you put up will rise

 

[Blackley_Blue]

One thing i dont like with edf and that is only billing twice a year , reviewing dd as well, every three months always felt like better control or is it because i am on a fix ? Comes off in dec so soon find out

As it goes, British gas have started doing this recently with me, I was previously issued quarterly bills. Not sure why.

 

[kaz7]

As it goes, British gas have started doing this recently with me, I was previously issued quarterly bills. Not sure why.

I suspect that we forget how much we are spending and they can make a huge hike twice a year that we are not expecting , must be a reason that benefits them anyways

 

[inbetween]

That's the price cap figures.
Will be 52p for electricity and 15p for gas (including VAT) in October if the government don't do something.

I've just fixed today with Octopus @ 71p per kWh on electricity. The prediction I've just read reckons 90p+ per kWh by summer next year so it seemed a good idea to fix even if it means paying more now.

A second reason why is I need access to an EV tariff as we have an electric car coming in Nov. On our current usage they reckon we'll be paying £130pm (ignoring the electric car charging).

On standard variable right now the electric car will cost £30-40 a pop to charge up! If the price cap goes up again (which it will) then it'll be even more. On this tariff it's around a fiver to charge up overnight.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Just had a quote to fix £5,877.47 a year

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Christ, even your current rates look scary to me, your future ones are the stuff of nightmares.

We fixed for 3 years at the end of last September with EDF at:

Electricity unit rate: 20.05p per kWh/Daily standing charge: 24.87p per day
Gas unit rate: 3.951p per kWh/Daily standing charge: 26.12p per day

Lord knows where it'll be in 2 years if that's the difference after just 11 months.

wow you're on to a winner here. you might get lucky and miss all this shit

 

[BerkshireBlue]

I've just fixed today with Octopus @ 71p per kWh on electricity. The prediction I've just read reckons 90p+ per kWh by summer next year so it seemed a good idea to fix even if it means paying more now.

A second reason why is I need access to an EV tariff as we have an electric car coming in Nov. On our current usage they reckon we'll be paying £130pm (ignoring the electric car charging).

On standard variable right now the electric car will cost £30-40 a pop to charge up! If the price cap goes up again (which it will) then it'll be even more. On this tariff it's around a fiver to charge up overnight.

you seriously need to go on Octopus Go or another EV overnight charging tariff provider and buy a 9.5kw+ battery instead (roughly £6k-£9k). You'd be paying roughly 7p per KWH to charge your home battery at night and you pretty much get you your money back within 1-2 years. I would do this myself but I'd need an EV first and I hate spending money on cars

 

[west didsblue]

I've just fixed today with Octopus @ 71p per kWh on electricity. The prediction I've just read reckons 90p+ per kWh by summer next year so it seemed a good idea to fix even if it means paying more now.

A second reason why is I need access to an EV tariff as we have an electric car coming in Nov. On our current usage they reckon we'll be paying £130pm (ignoring the electric car charging).

On standard variable right now the electric car will cost £30-40 a pop to charge up! If the price cap goes up again (which it will) then it'll be even more. On this tariff it's around a fiver to charge up overnight.

It will be cheaper to run a petrol car soon!