Boring Question - energy costs/usage

[kingston12]

I have just got my energy bill through and the monthly DD for electricity and gas has gone up to £150, which seems very high for a 2 bed flat!

A lot of it is probably down to tariff, so I will change that, but the website tells me my average daily consumption over the last year, which is 19kWh electricity (slightly higher in the winter) and 18kWh gas in the light quarters and 60kWh in the heavy ones!

The only gas usage is a 10 year old boiler powering 6 radiators, one wet under floor heated room and 1.5 hours a day to fill a MegaFlo. Should it really cost that much?

Electricity is probably higher than it should be as I am guilty of leaving a lot of gadgets on standby and we have two rooms with electric under floor heating which would explain the winter uplift. Cooking is done electric, but only a few times a week.

Impossible to say exactly, I know, but does it seem way out of whack?

Edited by kingston12 on Tuesday 27th January 17:16

[kingston12]

GT03ROB said:

Yes it does. Seems very high.

You are paying the same as me for a 4 bed, 3000sqft, badly insulated detached house!

I have just changed it to the lowest tariff with the same supplier which brings it down to £115 a month. I could have got a bit more off taking the cheapest uSwitch recommendation, but the current supplier lets you change onto any of their other tariffs at any time which the uSwitch one won't.

I'll try and reduce the standby devices a bit as well.