Gas & Electricity

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Thank you much appreciated. I will probably ask next month, it’s a age thing.

Your ongoing bills will be

(Electricity units used x.0.3598) + (days in month x 0.4758)

(Gas units used x 1.175) + (days in month x 0.2722)

 

[Kompany Car]

I get 11.36 from my Bulb statement. Is it different for different people?

It varies depending on temperature due to Boyles law.

 

[city2]

As things stand electricity is more expensive than gas yet everyone is being told to ease up on the gas when clearly it’s the electricity that’s costing more to use,

 

[KS55]

Watch out for energy retailers going bust wherever and whenever the cap is below the market price they pay. Already happening in Germany.

 

[Kompany Car]

As things stand electricity is more expensive than gas yet everyone is being told to ease up on the gas when clearly it’s the electricity that’s costing more to use,

It’s pretty much always been that way. From a heating point of view electricity is more efficient than gas in heating a fixed amount of air. But gas is much cheaper per kWh so it makes any form of electric heating very expensive. Just consider how much you use anything which gets hot and runs from electric and you will save significantly if you can reduce its use. So washing machines, tumble dryers, dish washers are all massive energy hogs.

We have heated floors in a couple of the bathrooms, turned them off last winter and it saved 4kW per day ! Plenty warm enough with just the radiators.

 

[remember arthur mann]

It varies depending on temperature due to Boyles law.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I'm a bit concerned by people who keep quoting their bills minus the government payout. In 5 months time I think there's sod all chance of this present lot continuing it, it feels like you're getting sucked into a false sense of security and will be surprised when your bill "jumps" by £66 a month again.

That's presuming that they don't cancel it before then of course, they've done so many U turns that I wouldn't put it past them as a "necessary austerity measure".

The smart thing to do if affordable is to salt away what your bills been reduced by.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

I am paying the increase recommended by Octopus and using the bung to build up credit.

 

[shemnel]

why is there no option to opt-out of the £400 bill allowance?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

why is there no option to opt-out of the £400 bill allowance?

There isn’t one, but Jay Rayner set up a thread on Twitter to suggest charities people who wanted to could donate it to.