Energy bill increases

[whyme]

My understanding of the capped tariff from 1 April 22 is Elec daily charge - 45.34ppd, Unit price 28.34pKWh
Gas daily charge - 27.22ppd, unit price 7.37pKWh. The cap only applies to the standard variable tariff, if you are on anything else the cap does not apply.
I am still waiting for my supplier to break the bad news and tell me they want to double my costs when my current fixed finishes on 31 Mar

 

[geocycle]

Ours has gone from £91 per month dual fuel to £145 with eon. This is green electric and carbon offset gas. The standing charge is included. According to eon they have to show a standing charge by law but it has little relation to the infrastructure as you might expect.

 

[Electric_Andy]

My current Tariff is:
Electric 19.64p per Kwh SC 26.45p
Gas 3.73p per Kwh SC 23.85p

I am expecting this to go up in April when Ofgem increase the price cap.
Electric_Andy, are the Tariff prices you are quoting from April 01st ?

That's my tariff that I looked up today. I'm on the welcome tariff because my old supplier went bust.

 

[Scaleyback]

If you are not on a fixed tariff we all have to expect our energy prices to rise by a minimum of £693.00 per annum on April 01st.

 

[classic33]

not sure what association your with, but that information is not what's being said in wales......it would cost way too much to replace all gas boilers with electric

There's a fair few that are actually banning the use of gas appliances in their properties.

One of the local one's is doing that now.
Any of your current gas appliances fail, testing is done by their contractors at the start of the year, it's to be replaced with electric. They'll not consider repair.

 

[jowwy]

There's a fair few that are actually banning the use of gas appliances in their properties.

One of the local one's is doing that now.
Any of your current gas appliances fail, testing is done by their contractors at the start of the year, it's to be replaced with electric. They'll not consider repair.

And then add water heating tanks too??? Doesnt make sense, especially with the current cost with electric over gas….pushing their tenants even further into fuel poverty.

 

[classic33]

And then add water heating tanks too??? Doesnt make sense, especially with the current cost with electric over gas….pushing their tenants even further into fuel poverty.

They don't let something like that bother them.

 

[mjr]

If you are not on a fixed tariff we all have to expect our energy prices to rise by a minimum of £693.00 per annum on April 01st.

That's not how the cap works. If your bills were less than about £1500/year, it'll go up by less than that then.

People might also like to remember that the capped rate varies by region.

 

[mjr]

House is around 2100 sq. feet. Heat-pump is 7kw and there are 7 separate zones each thermostatically controlled.

Yeah, 50% bigger house with a 15% smaller heat pump. Such are the advantages of newer buildings! So that may be a rather beefy circulation pump. I wonder if there's a quieter alternative.

 

[GuyBoden]

I remember looking into the science behind ground source heat pumps about 30 years ago, but I didn't think they would be efficient with the timber hollow ground floor I have in my home.

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/how-does-a-ground-source-heat-pump-work/

 

[mjr]

I remember looking into the science behind ground source heat pumps about 30 years ago, but I didn't think they would be efficient with the timber hollow ground floor I have in my home.

It would still be more efficient than your current heating is with a hollow timber ground floor. It may not be economic for you yet, though.

 

[GuyBoden]

It would still be more efficient than your current heating is with a hollow timber ground floor. It may not be economic for you yet, though.

Yes, it maybe just a matter of time and insulating underneath the floor, so less heat escapes into the hollow ground floor void.

 

[presta]

I've found that if you turn the central heating off for longer periods, the bill is cheaper, but obviously the house is much colder. You can wear more woolly jumpers to keep warm, but beware, in this cold and damp environment, the toxic black mold starts to grow on walls, ceilings and especially bathrooms, all adding up to making your life generally more unpleasant and unhealthy.

I tried switching the CH off and going back to heating just one room by electric for four years. It was freezing cold, and damp, and it didn't save anything:

The top of my coffee table in the lounge delaminated where the damp got into it.

 

[vickster]

Piqued my interest to see what I’m paying (Octopus super green fixed until Oct 2023)
Leccy
24.8p /kWh
24.03p/day standing order
Gas
5.89p/kWh
26.10/day standing order

I chose the green tariff, a smidge more

 

[DCLane]

I've had a look at mine, like @vickster , and I'm on a 2-year fixed until September 2023:

Electrickery:
19.21p/kWh, 26.82p/day standing order

Gaseous:
3.77p/kWh, 26.12p/day standing order

I'm on the green tariff as well, paying a bit more for the standing order, but less for use. As there's three of us here and we do use quite a bit I'm relieved not to be stung by price increases.