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Plus the standing charge
Energy bill increases
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Plus the standing charge
PaulSB
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Oh yes, I haven't forgotten that.......sadly. It's only consumption I can control which is why I'm concerned to learn more and monitor it closely. If there is one benefit from this whole sorry mess people like me who should have been more aware for decades have suddenly become so.
Alien8
Senior Moment
- Location
- (A little bit north of) Cambridge
The actual conversion is:
Metered volume × metric conversion factor × daily calorific value × volume correction ÷ 3.6 = kilowatt hours (kWh) used.
metric conversion factor = 2.83 (meter type imperial) or 1 (meter type metric).
daily calorific value = between 37.5 to 43.0 (you can get actual CV data by date/region here)
volume correction = 1.02264
Which for you means:
Metered volume × CV × 1.02264 ÷ 3.6 = kWh used.
If you assume a nominal CV of 39.2: 1m3 = 11.135 kWh
Metered volume × metric conversion factor × daily calorific value × volume correction ÷ 3.6 = kilowatt hours (kWh) used.
metric conversion factor = 2.83 (meter type imperial) or 1 (meter type metric).
daily calorific value = between 37.5 to 43.0 (you can get actual CV data by date/region here)
volume correction = 1.02264
Which for you means:
Metered volume × CV × 1.02264 ÷ 3.6 = kWh used.
If you assume a nominal CV of 39.2: 1m3 = 11.135 kWh
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
I think you can roughly approximate it to half a vital organ a day, or your first born per annum.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The calculations are on your bill as well. These d change slightly every couple of mnths - noticed the calorific value has changed for the gas.
doesnt it change due to temperature of winter/summer???
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
It does indeed. Easy to pick up off the bill and change your spreadsheet. 👍
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I think you are completely right, I have not monitored our gas/electricity ever & I suspect the vast majority of people don't, but I do think these high prices are going to focus peoples minds. Unfortunately for some it will only after they have received the huge bill, that they may not be able to pay.
I've always been the one to go around switching the lights off wen the kids were little, but never been bothered about things on standby, I've been working out in the garden under a undercover area for the last few months using a laptop, but the desktop had always been switched on upstair in the office/bedroom along with 2 VoIP phones, why? no logical reason so they have been unplugged. I'm now looking for things that can be turned off & only turned on when needed
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
42% over the last year, actually. Between 2012 and 2020, it actually halved on a pretty much straight line trend, but the reduction has stopped since then, so your general point still stands: we aren't moving to renewables fast enough to prevent problems this winter.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
What is the point of Ofgem when they can't do anything to control the price of energy except to make sure that the bosses and shareholders make a profit ! 
Looking at our gas usage last winter, am estimating our gas bill for November to February will be £2.5-3k, versus £550 last year!!!
Ofcourse we will reduce the amount we use, but you cannot get around the massive jump in cost.
so you think you will be paying £700 per month just for gas over a 4mth period?? approx.....thats considerabley higher than the price cap
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What is the point of Ofgem when they can't do anything to control the price of energy except to make sure that the bosses and shareholders make a profit !
From my experience you could expand that to Ofgem, Ofcom, Ofwat over the years I've dealt with them all & do not not feel they are on the consumers side, you also have to question the fact that a UK run resolution agency paid for by the UK taxpayer is now operated out of India.