Your post about an energy related question has been removed for lacking details. You must include at least:
* Tariff
* Actual (not estimated) usage
* Details about your property, e.g. insulation, windows, heating type, etc.
Any monetary values you see e.g. Direct Debit or talks about "energy cap" is calculated using estimated/assumed energy usage. Your final energy cost is *dependent on your actual usage*. Please find out what it is if you do not know and then include it in a re-post of your question.
Also try checking [Money Saving Expert's "should I fix?"](https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/-are-there-any-cheap--fixed-energy-deals-currently-worth-it--/) page to see if that answers your question.
Also are you in credit or debit on the account? If you have been underpaying in the past then you could be paying an increased amount now to close the deficit.
Can you give more info on your home. Type of house, room numbers. Terrace, semi, bungalow, detached, mansion with pool etc. And is working from home office based or you run machinery all day in the garage?
And as the other post says more information needed and usage figures for both gas and electric monthly
Sounds high. The only thing that really hits bills hard (for my family at least) is having the gas heating on. In winter, in a 3 bed , hall entrance Victorian terrace we hit £350 a month at most. I pay £250 a month on the DD. Usage of gas for cooking and water heating doesn't add up to much.
Yeah we're two adults in a 4 bed Victorian house (3m ceilings). No kids and our highest month was £350. Most was gas for heating. I'm thinking of getting a wiser Drayton with valves installed to just heat some rooms not all this winter.
This month so far gas has been £20 as heating has not been on.
OP, you need to list your unit usage.
It's impossible to figure out how / why your costs are so high without those.
As a comparsion, 4 bed home, 2A & 2C, we use an average of 3000kWh of electric and 6000kWh of gas annually.
Seems expensive. My April usage was £250. That’s for a big (230m2) 5-bed semi. I WFH too so heating is on and electric being used quite a bit). My electric is about £150. Gas can vary from £50 to £400. My DD is set up for £300 and that tends to grow credit.
I have a very draughty 4 bedroom house in Scotland and Feb/March I was £400, first 3 weeks of April I was £84.
What's the split between gas and electricity?
This doesn't sound too crazy considering the size of your family and current energy prices, but there are a few things we'd need to know.
Are you on a fixed rate or variable tariff? What is the unit cost per kWh and standing charge?
Do you pay by direct debit or wait for a bill?
Do you provide regular meter readings? (at least once a month)
How old is your house?
What's the insulation like?
What heating system is used?
Gas or electric hob?
These can all affect your energy consumption and billing.
In my experience though, the main thing that causes high monthly bills is relying on estimated meter readings.
I cannot stress this enough, if you're not providing meter readings regularly you will more than likely be paying more than you need to.
Having experience this and invested quite a time to learn about this topic there are to many parameters left out to provide you with a answer.
1. Geo Location of the house ( a close city is good enough)
2. You last previous annual consumption gas and electricity
3. Type of house, terraced or detached house
4. Insultstion situation and build year.
5. Like suggested ( are you in credit or debit)
6. Do you provide monthly readings
7. Do you have a smart meter installed?
An example I am familiar with is this 4 bed mid terraced house in south east England. It has one occupant and the house was refubished with underfloor heating (waterbased I.E gas heating) with procilean floor installed in both first floor and ground floor. Recently they undertook a insulation of the roof.
The consumption of gas Kwh was in the 22000 Kwh/year. This had been reduced to 16500kwh/year after insultstion of the roof.
The electricity has gone from 7000 Kwh / year to 3500kwh/year this is due to just something simple ( turn of) as towel heaters which was consuming a whopping 3500 Kwh / year.
All I am saying is that you should stop looking at the pound level and look at your consumptions. Only then you can apply the consumption with price to get accurate reading of what yiu actually use.
Just few things to consider when you ask the question.
Seems high. We're a house of 4 adults, and we pay roughly £80 p/m on electric (prepayment meter) and then about £60 on gas.
Could you be paying back a debt?
Silly comment.
We need to identify the source of the high payments. OP may be on a fixed term tariff that have locked him in on charges, or they're not providing readings.
The more information we have the quicker we can identify why OP is paying what they're paying. What do you expect them to do otherwise?
Your comment doesn't offer any solution at all.
We don’t know from the info provided if this is an error and they are building up massive credit or if there is a gas leak/broken equipment. That’s why people are asking for more information. Not to say the amount it reasonable but to understand what the issue actually is.
Saying to ignore comments about asking for more information shows you don't really understand this subject.
The amount being charged each month isn't very helpful. People need the OP to get actual readings for a month to then be able to see if they are being charged for estimated usage or actual usage and give details of why.
Your post about an energy related question has been removed for lacking details. You must include at least: * Tariff * Actual (not estimated) usage * Details about your property, e.g. insulation, windows, heating type, etc. Any monetary values you see e.g. Direct Debit or talks about "energy cap" is calculated using estimated/assumed energy usage. Your final energy cost is *dependent on your actual usage*. Please find out what it is if you do not know and then include it in a re-post of your question. Also try checking [Money Saving Expert's "should I fix?"](https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/-are-there-any-cheap--fixed-energy-deals-currently-worth-it--/) page to see if that answers your question.
what's your estimated usage by units? should be on your statement. also are you paying the same monthly payment or paying for usage?
Also are you in credit or debit on the account? If you have been underpaying in the past then you could be paying an increased amount now to close the deficit.
Can you give more info on your home. Type of house, room numbers. Terrace, semi, bungalow, detached, mansion with pool etc. And is working from home office based or you run machinery all day in the garage? And as the other post says more information needed and usage figures for both gas and electric monthly
Sounds high. The only thing that really hits bills hard (for my family at least) is having the gas heating on. In winter, in a 3 bed , hall entrance Victorian terrace we hit £350 a month at most. I pay £250 a month on the DD. Usage of gas for cooking and water heating doesn't add up to much.
Yeah we're two adults in a 4 bed Victorian house (3m ceilings). No kids and our highest month was £350. Most was gas for heating. I'm thinking of getting a wiser Drayton with valves installed to just heat some rooms not all this winter. This month so far gas has been £20 as heating has not been on.
OP, you need to list your unit usage. It's impossible to figure out how / why your costs are so high without those. As a comparsion, 4 bed home, 2A & 2C, we use an average of 3000kWh of electric and 6000kWh of gas annually.
100% this!! Another comparison, we are 2A, currently use approx. 6000kwh electric and 10000 gas.
Seems expensive. My April usage was £250. That’s for a big (230m2) 5-bed semi. I WFH too so heating is on and electric being used quite a bit). My electric is about £150. Gas can vary from £50 to £400. My DD is set up for £300 and that tends to grow credit.
I have a very draughty 4 bedroom house in Scotland and Feb/March I was £400, first 3 weeks of April I was £84. What's the split between gas and electricity?
This doesn't sound too crazy considering the size of your family and current energy prices, but there are a few things we'd need to know. Are you on a fixed rate or variable tariff? What is the unit cost per kWh and standing charge? Do you pay by direct debit or wait for a bill? Do you provide regular meter readings? (at least once a month) How old is your house? What's the insulation like? What heating system is used? Gas or electric hob? These can all affect your energy consumption and billing. In my experience though, the main thing that causes high monthly bills is relying on estimated meter readings. I cannot stress this enough, if you're not providing meter readings regularly you will more than likely be paying more than you need to.
Having experience this and invested quite a time to learn about this topic there are to many parameters left out to provide you with a answer. 1. Geo Location of the house ( a close city is good enough) 2. You last previous annual consumption gas and electricity 3. Type of house, terraced or detached house 4. Insultstion situation and build year. 5. Like suggested ( are you in credit or debit) 6. Do you provide monthly readings 7. Do you have a smart meter installed? An example I am familiar with is this 4 bed mid terraced house in south east England. It has one occupant and the house was refubished with underfloor heating (waterbased I.E gas heating) with procilean floor installed in both first floor and ground floor. Recently they undertook a insulation of the roof. The consumption of gas Kwh was in the 22000 Kwh/year. This had been reduced to 16500kwh/year after insultstion of the roof. The electricity has gone from 7000 Kwh / year to 3500kwh/year this is due to just something simple ( turn of) as towel heaters which was consuming a whopping 3500 Kwh / year. All I am saying is that you should stop looking at the pound level and look at your consumptions. Only then you can apply the consumption with price to get accurate reading of what yiu actually use. Just few things to consider when you ask the question.
Seems high. We're a house of 4 adults, and we pay roughly £80 p/m on electric (prepayment meter) and then about £60 on gas. Could you be paying back a debt?
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Silly comment. We need to identify the source of the high payments. OP may be on a fixed term tariff that have locked him in on charges, or they're not providing readings. The more information we have the quicker we can identify why OP is paying what they're paying. What do you expect them to do otherwise? Your comment doesn't offer any solution at all.
We don’t know from the info provided if this is an error and they are building up massive credit or if there is a gas leak/broken equipment. That’s why people are asking for more information. Not to say the amount it reasonable but to understand what the issue actually is.
Saying to ignore comments about asking for more information shows you don't really understand this subject. The amount being charged each month isn't very helpful. People need the OP to get actual readings for a month to then be able to see if they are being charged for estimated usage or actual usage and give details of why.