What are people paying for energy daily at the moment with the recent cold weather ?
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Hi, out of interest what are people paying for their electricity and gas bills daily at the moment with the recent cold weather ? Also be interesting to know what EPC people have and method of heating. I have a large 4 bed house with gas boiler for heating and currently am paying about 7 quid or so. 5 pounds gas and 2 electric in an EPC B House.
IncredulousPerson@reddit
Not turned my heating on yet.
Solid as a wool jumper.
Dear_Possibility8243@reddit
No more than in the summer. Heating isn't on yet, it's a little chilly inside but nothing that can't be solved with an extra layer. New build flats ftw!
Beanruz@reddit
Yesterday gas was £5.86.
Today it's already at £5.00 by 4pm
But we have a 6 week old baby at home.
House is 4 bed detached. 200sq m house. Energy B rated. Downstairs set to 20c pretty much all day.
beefboxer84@reddit
2 bed bungalow.
£5 gas (cooker / heating) £2.50 electric
luckeratron@reddit
Between £5 and £10 a day large Georgian end of terrace. Usually we spend more on electricity than gas. I think we are A D or and E for efficiency.
TurnItOffAndOnAgain-@reddit
Im paying £76 a month for gas and electric in a semi dethatched 2 bed home. Have the heating on an hour or so a day
Sudden_Hovercraft_56@reddit
That must be grim...
£76 is massively below the national average, especially for only a 2 bed semi. Could you not afford to keep it on a little longer?
Outrageous_Ad_4949@reddit
Grim? It might be a cosy passive house with solar panels..
Sudden_Hovercraft_56@reddit
Maybe, but that would be a bit of a brag and you would definately mention that if it was the case.
Rh-27@reddit
What's even worse is, probably a third of that is a standing charge.
Sudden_Hovercraft_56@reddit
Jesus, I didn't even think about that!
My parents used to work the heating so their bills cost around that much 15 years ago and it was a proper grim place to live. 13-14 degrees inside most of the time and even when the heating had been blasting solid for 2 hours it was still freezing. The used to complain about me leaving (energy saving) lights on!
PatserGrey@reddit
What part of the country? I'd have to have all the windows open for it to go that low (Essex). I have a 16 degree low setting on the thermostat as a kind out of hours failsafe, it's not once ever activated.
Sudden_Hovercraft_56@reddit
North East Scotland. It can get colder than that indoors too but 13 degrees was the typical indoor temp growing up.
Outrageous_Ad_4949@reddit
EPC B. 1 bed flat. Heating and hot water 30p usually (mostly standing charge), went up to £1 daily last winter. Induction cooking so electricity is \~1.5-2 depends how much we cook at home. Somebody has a baking hobby.. ;)
Dalhoos@reddit
We’re retired so in the house a lot more now. With his recent cold spell (-2 was mildest daytime temperature ) Our gas & electricity touched £11 for the day
No_Preference9093@reddit
£75 quid a month for a two bed terrace. New windows coming soon because the current ones are leaky as hell. Gas boiler, house is kept at 18. About £250 in credit currently.
Cyber_religion@reddit
10-12/day. The heating is on 24/7.
HelloMishMoneypenny@reddit
About £6.50 gas 100ish kWh, £2.50 electricity 10.5ish kWh
5 bedroom house, built 1986, EPC I think. Temp set to 19 degrees Celsius.
Draughty on ground floor due poor front door, large holes through uninsulated suspended floor for pipes, only 80mm mineral wool insulation isn't holding heat well.
SoberDips@reddit
3 bed semi detached £6-£7 a day.
HelloMishMoneypenny@reddit
About £6.50 gas 100ish kWh, £2.50 electricity 10.5ish kWh
5 bedroom house, built 1986, EPC I think.
Draughty on ground floor due poor front door, large holes through uninsulated suspended floor for pipes, only 80mm mineral wool insulation isn't holding heat well.
donalmacc@reddit
I'm in an old victorian house in Edinburgh. It was -1 here on Monday.
We spent £2.38 on Electricity and £8.81 on gas. Electricity was high because we had the oven on for 2 hours. Gas is... yeah, that's what it costs to keep my house warm.
We're on the flexible octopus tarriff which was about 10% cheaper than the standard tarriff on Monday.
EPC is D, but at the bottom of the band.
pumaofshadow@reddit
About £1 a day electric and £2 a day gas. I am keeping it to 19 degrees and on octopus tracker
OK_TimeForPlan_L@reddit
Just had a look and on Monday we used £5 worth of gas so it works out to be roughly £1 per hour of having the heating on so we're having to just have it on for 2-3 hours in morning to get the house up to 19C and then hoping it doesn't drop too much for the heating to come back on in the evening. Soon adds up to being a £200pm energy bill when we're just 2 people in a small terrace it's crazy these days.
AtillaThePundit@reddit
No idea . £190 mo DD , £600 in credit . Log burner going like the clappers with free wood I sourced and seasoned thru the year and some anthracite I bought in 2022, t shirt weather in this house. 3 bed Victorian semi .
Ok I’ll come clean
Actual usage tracked on a spread sheet 😂 we pay £85/ elec usage and £65 gas , most of that gas usage being for hot water or cooking (big bath x 4ppl) so doesn’t vary much in winter . Heating on 2-3hrs a day to warm the upstairs. Log burner has kept our annual gas bill down to almost exactly pre insane price rise level as usage has dropped by half to 2/3rds of ore log burner levels .
massie_le@reddit
£6 electric, £3 gas yesterday. I'm in North Scotland with lots of snow and an electric car.
JustMMlurkingMM@reddit
£4 for electricity £15 for gas. Six bedroom former pub with two people working from home all day. EPC C but it’s a fucking huge house to heat. The gas cost will drop when our ton of firewood arrives for the log burner.
xxxxsteven@reddit
15 a day for electric
House is toasty.
smileystarfish@reddit
£1.27 electric and £3.79 in gas yesterday.
EPC D rated 3 bed terrace. Thermostat was set around 17-18 degrees and comes on in the morning, lunchtime and evening.
GhostRiders@reddit
Too much
BigFloofRabbit@reddit
Two bedroom terraced house, EPC Band D.
Yesterday was
Gas £3.30 Electricity £1.30
Combined £4.60
PatserGrey@reddit
Octopus app says for yesterday?
Elec - 14.08kwh - £3.35
Gas - 30.78kwh - £1.80
The price has not been great of late.
monistar97@reddit
Yesterday we paid £4 for electricity and £2.50 for gas. Semi detached 3 bed with a toddler, but we only heat in the evenings and that’s when we’re all in.
TheatrePlode@reddit
I don't know what I'm spending a day, but I pay a fixed rate of £101 a month on a two-bed, 1890s workers cottage with an EPC of C/B (I've made changes since the last review so I don't know exactly where it sits now).
I largely have my gas fire place on during the day, and the central heating on at night.
facebreaks@reddit
Pay £3.60 Ish a day for Gas and Electric 3 bed 1900s mid terrace EPC E or D. Gas heating and cooking.
ASY_Freddy@reddit
5 beds, >300 sqm, EPC C, \~£7 a day, £5 gas/£2 electric (battery charged overnight)
The split will vary slightly due to gas hob/electric oven and today we'll be getting export from the panels
Madyakker@reddit
On Monday we paid £1.97 for gas and £1.60 for electricity. No idea of the EPC rating but is a 23 year old 3 bedroom detached house.
We were all out during the day so heating was only on for half an hour in the morning and maybe an hour and a half in the evening.
Kitchen_Narwhal_295@reddit
Slightly less than that in a 2 bed with worse EPC.
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