Gas prices

[LeningradCowboy]

I have a tiny 2 bedroom house, very small.
My normal outlay on gas at this time of year is around £2 - £2.50 per day max.
When you factor in the point that I've turned my heating and radiators way down, and cut costs where I can, I would say I'm now paying triple what I normally would, if not more.

That just don't seem right to me.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...t-falling.html

Energy bills are at record highs - and now experts say these might not go back to normal until the end of the decade.

[lincoln blue]

£6 a day is not a lot in the winter. Works out about £180 a month. Sounds normal given the current tarriffs.

That's £135 a month MORE than I was paying last year!

[J R Hartley]

That's £135 a month MORE than I was paying last year!

But it’s not going to be £180 a month for 12 months. 3 months tops. It should be less in spring and much much less summer. balance out a bit on the summer months. Prob end up paying £100-120 a month over 12 months which unfortunately is the cost these days as rates have nearly trebled in the last 15 months.

[poc]

I just turned my flow rate and rad temps back up. We lowered them and found we had to have the heating on all the time to try and warm the house.

My running hot water temp is reduced to 50

Flow rate of heating 70 degs

Rad temp 65 degs


We burn leccy more, TV's, devices, lights, air frier, electric cooker, washing machine, tumbler,, shower.
Central heating / water is our only gas.


They are trying to get my DD to £300 a month. A year ago it was £112.00

dont just pay what they suggest email them and ask them to justify the rise

[North Cardiff Blue]

I just turned my flow rate and rad temps back up. We lowered them and found we had to have the heating on all the time to try and warm the house.

My running hot water temp is reduced to 50

Flow rate of heating 70 degs

Rad temp 65 degs


We burn leccy more, TV's, devices, lights, air frier, electric cooker, washing machine, tumbler,, shower.

Central heating / water is our only gas.

They are trying to get my DD to £300 a month. A year ago it was £112.00

What you say sounds logical, it makes sense to have them high when it's freezing to get the temperature in the house up and lower when this really cold spell ends on Saturday night.

[valleys caveman]

Just checked my standing charge for my gas and electric meters. Both are with British Gas.
Electric 54.2p a day.
Gas 37.5 a day.
£335 a year just on standing charges. Is this the norm?

[poc]

Just checked my standing charge for my gas and electric meters. Both are with British Gas.
Electric 54.2p a day.
Gas 37.5 a day.
£335 a year just on standing charges. Is this the norm?

bit more than mine

[Harry Bosch]

Just checked my standing charge for my gas and electric meters. Both are with British Gas.
Electric 54.2p a day.
Gas 37.5 a day.
£335 a year just on standing charges. Is this the norm?

I’m on British Gas standard variable rate presently. I’m paying 10.393p per kWh for gas with a standing charge of 28.485p per day. Electricity is 33.967 per kWh and 49.169p per day standing charge.

[valleys caveman]

I’m on British Gas standard variable rate presently. I’m paying 10.393p per kWh for gas with a standing charge of 28.485p per day. Electricity is 33.967 per kWh and 49.169p per day standing charge.

Gas 10.825p per kWh
Electric 32.920p per kWh

[tforturton]

Seriously, I appear to be going through about £6 per day, that's with my heating set at 19 degrees and not cooking more than I need to with my gas oven.
I have a small 2 bed house, this is utterly insane.

Anybody got any tips on what to chec like boiler settings or something?

Surely this can't be right?

With SSE by the way....

I think everyone is paying around twice what they were paying last year?

[Ninja]

I think everyone is paying around twice what they were paying last year?

3 times easily in my case which is why I'm querying stuff.

[J R Hartley]

3 times easily in my case which is why I'm querying stuff.

Gas standard tariff has gone up 141% since last October so thats more than double, and if you were locked into a good deal previously and now out of a deal it would have more than likely than trebled. Quadrupled if people had an excellent deal before October 2021 and that deal has run out.

[J R Hartley]

I think everyone is paying around twice what they were paying last year?

I was paying £108 in total for gas and electric pre all these increases (and I was in credit by £150 for the year so probably should have been paying around £95) and now im paying £280 before take off the governement help so yeah, practically trebled.

[bobh]

Got an email from Shell recently. Rates from Jan 1st

Gas standing charge
Price cap rate :28.48p
Energy price guarantee rate : 28.48p
Discount: 0.00p

Gas unit rate
Price cap rate 17.139p
Energy price guarantee rate 10.394p
Discount: 6.745p


Electricity standing charge
Price cap rate :49.16p
Energy price guarantee rate 49.16p
Discount: 0.00p

Electricity unit rate
Price cap rate :67.398p
Energy price guarantee rate 33.966p
Discount: 33.432p

[life on mars]

Seriously, I appear to be going through about £6 per day, that's with my heating set at 19 degrees and not cooking more than I need to with my gas oven.
I have a small 2 bed house, this is utterly insane.

Anybody got any tips on what to chec like boiler settings or something?

Surely this can't be right?

With SSE by the way....

Sadly it's the same for everyone, ours has doubled , getting great use out of my old thermals, gloves, socks, extra layers, bit like year's gone by I guess.. hot water bottles are really useful .. wish we had fleece-lined stuff around when I was boy .. its the dogs bollards in keeping you warm got ,fleece sock ,leggings tops ,hat ,gloves fecking boiling ..

[life on mars]

Tell you who it's really hurting businesses ,warehouses..

[Philo2]

Our gas bill went from £70 per month to £310 per month in September
Average 3-bed semi-house.

[Former Labour leader]

Everyone I know/ speak to is struggling/worried with these energy prices. Many are substantially reducing usage/ wearing coats etc in the house, living in 1 room.
Not sure it's meant to be like this in 2022. People will die.
I dont understand how there haven't been riots.

[Des Parrot]

For some perspective the cost of gas here in Poland has increased 8.5x within the last 9 months & electricity has increased by 3.5x

[valleys caveman]

For some perspective the cost of gas here in Poland has increased 8.5x within the last 9 months & electricity has increased by 3.5x

Sorry for being a thicko here Des.
Has your gas gone up by 8.5% or 8 and a half times what it was?

[Former Labour leader]

For some perspective the cost of gas here in Poland has increased 8.5x within the last 9 months & electricity has increased by 3.5x

What is the cost relative to UK? Any idea?

[Des Parrot]

Sorry for being a thicko here Des.
Has your gas gone up by 8.5% or 8 and a half times what it was?

Was 85 zl per MwH now 726 zl. So 8 times. Since I signed the contract on Wednesday it’s now gone up to 805zl

[valleys caveman]

Was 85 zl per MwH now 726 zl. So 8 times. Since I signed the contract on Wednesday it’s now gone up to 805zl

Wow that's crazy. Your winters are much colder than ours too.

[dandywarhol]

Just had my energy bill off shell.
I pay what I owe each month.
End terrace 3 bed.£296 after the 62 quid government rebate,which is being removed next year.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Was 85 zl per MwH now 726 zl. So 8 times. Since I signed the contract on Wednesday it’s now gone up to 805zl

How much per month in pounds, is electricity expensive too?

It's Putin and the OPEC countries, that are doing this to the World it's not just Britain.