| Energy prices starting to hit 17:33 - Dec 7 with 10334 views | gtsb1966 |
Seeing lots of social media posts with people shocked at how much their gas is costing now that they've had to put their heating on properly. Some people reckon their gas and electric combined was a tenner a day!!!. Checked mine and in a week we used £20 worth of gas. We only use it for heating and hot water and we haven't hardly had the heating on. It'll sting but luckily we can afford it but I feel so sorry for those who can't. This week must've made quite a few people massively stressed. |  | | |  |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:21 - Dec 9 with 2095 views | DJR |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 18:26 - Dec 8 by chicoazul |
Friends thank you all for your informed and interesting comments.
Scottish Power have just decided to put my bill *down* by £17 next month. This is all very strange. I feel many TWTDers are right and this is about hoarding overspends on direct debit forecasts, investing the interest, and bumping the share price. |
I have a feeling direct debits were set on the basis that energy consumption would be the same this year as last. But people have cut down, so I imagine direct debits may follow suit. |  | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:23 - Dec 9 with 2078 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:44 - Dec 8 by HARRY10 |
"As I have not had a bill for 3 months lord alone knows what it is. Actually do I have worked out what the amount is - units used plus daily charge "
poor rightie
I shall let you in on this cunning hack *
I read the meter on the first of the month - then I read it again on the last day of the month. I then calculate the units used at the unit price, then add 30/31 days of daily charge
Which gives me the total cost for the month
And ingenious and cunning method to work out what the bill will be for that month
* I will post this on the internet as a hack (whatever that is) and have the newspapers headline my trick as
Amazing meter hack baffles righties  |
That’s great Harry. But I’m more impressed that you have moved to British Gas in Sept 2921. |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:26 - Dec 9 with 2085 views | DJR |
A large part of our problems is that the country has not invested in home insulation, unlike many other countries.
I have a friend in London living in a brand new, well-insulated flat. His heating is set at 23 degrees and he is currently paying £8 a month for all his energy, after the current £67 reduction in bills.
This includes two or so days when he works from home. | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:42 - Dec 9 with 2055 views | textbackup |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:26 - Dec 9 by DJR |
A large part of our problems is that the country has not invested in home insulation, unlike many other countries.
I have a friend in London living in a brand new, well-insulated flat. His heating is set at 23 degrees and he is currently paying £8 a month for all his energy, after the current £67 reduction in bills.
This includes two or so days when he works from home. |
23 degrees?! Is it a female? No male has a house that temperature |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 09:44 - Dec 9 with 1988 views | DJR |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:42 - Dec 9 by textbackup |
23 degrees?! Is it a female? No male has a house that temperature |
Even though he is from Aberdeen, he feels the cold. It must be to do with having an English dad. [Post edited 9 Dec 2022 9:45]
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 09:58 - Dec 9 with 1974 views | clive_baker |
Mine from 5th November to yesterday (33 days) comes to £362 which is about £11 a day. After the rebate of £66 the bill will be £296 which is circa £9 a day. That's gas & electric combined. It's only going to get colder too. |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 10:20 - Dec 9 with 1948 views | StokieBlue |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 18:31 - Dec 7 by mutters |
Phone them and discuss.
Bulb have consistently put up my direct debit, and every time I speak to them they agree to put it back to a level I am happy with. They wanted 450 a month, which was based k on the previous owners consumption as I only moved here in Feb. It's now set at 200 per month, but I have over £500 in credit which should cover me for winter.
Bulb were very reasonable and understood though I did go prepared with my forecasted consumption which helped the discussion [Post edited 7 Dec 2022 18:33]
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Bulb are pretty bad with regards to setting their direct debits. I'm current 700+ GBP in credit and they are claiming it needs to go up by 7 GBP per month.
Someone needs to take a look at their payment balancing calculations. At the current consumption levels and the current direct debit level could continue winter usage until October 2023 before my credit was reduced to 0 - that's clearly a nonsense algorithm they are using.
SB |  | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 10:30 - Dec 9 with 1913 views | jeera |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 10:20 - Dec 9 by StokieBlue |
Bulb are pretty bad with regards to setting their direct debits. I'm current 700+ GBP in credit and they are claiming it needs to go up by 7 GBP per month.
Someone needs to take a look at their payment balancing calculations. At the current consumption levels and the current direct debit level could continue winter usage until October 2023 before my credit was reduced to 0 - that's clearly a nonsense algorithm they are using.
SB |
They've put my DD down to £24 a month!
That's right, twenty-four quid.
Work that fecker out. Actually don't. I don't want to think about it.
I am £300 in credit but I am pretty sure that won't last for for very long!
Roll on Octopus which should be happening in the next couple of weeks or so. But they will be inundated for a while with a load of new customers trying to get answers on their own queries so I'll just increase my own payments via their site once it's done I suppose. |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:02 - Dec 9 with 1811 views | strikalite |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:26 - Dec 9 by DJR |
A large part of our problems is that the country has not invested in home insulation, unlike many other countries.
I have a friend in London living in a brand new, well-insulated flat. His heating is set at 23 degrees and he is currently paying £8 a month for all his energy, after the current £67 reduction in bills.
This includes two or so days when he works from home. |
Cavity wall insulation has been huge for me, my house sits at about 17 degrees, only when the temp outside drops to what it is now does my boiler kick in, that's in the early hours for a couple of hours and later for a bit no doubt, it's hardly been on at all until now..
With the £66 a month from the Gov taken off my bill, I shouldn't be paying anymore this year providing we don't get a hard winter.. |  | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:15 - Dec 9 with 1782 views | HARRY10 |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 10:20 - Dec 9 by StokieBlue |
Bulb are pretty bad with regards to setting their direct debits. I'm current 700+ GBP in credit and they are claiming it needs to go up by 7 GBP per month.
Someone needs to take a look at their payment balancing calculations. At the current consumption levels and the current direct debit level could continue winter usage until October 2023 before my credit was reduced to 0 - that's clearly a nonsense algorithm they are using.
SB |
Stop the direct debit.
Tell them why, and that you will resume once your credit is cleared.
As long as you have evidence of informing them (dated email) you are legally within your rights.
They are an energy provider, NOT a savings bank. |  | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:30 - Dec 9 with 1767 views | longtimefan |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:02 - Dec 9 by strikalite |
Cavity wall insulation has been huge for me, my house sits at about 17 degrees, only when the temp outside drops to what it is now does my boiler kick in, that's in the early hours for a couple of hours and later for a bit no doubt, it's hardly been on at all until now..
With the £66 a month from the Gov taken off my bill, I shouldn't be paying anymore this year providing we don't get a hard winter.. |
Unfortunately cavity wall insulation is not a cure for all. Had it installed 10 years ago and it caused all manor of condensation and damp problems in our house. Spent 3 years trying to get the installers to remove it before having to fight the case successfully in court. It’s been out for over a year now but the wife is adamant it’s not being replaced. | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 15:01 - Dec 9 with 1735 views | DJR |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:30 - Dec 9 by longtimefan |
Unfortunately cavity wall insulation is not a cure for all. Had it installed 10 years ago and it caused all manor of condensation and damp problems in our house. Spent 3 years trying to get the installers to remove it before having to fight the case successfully in court. It’s been out for over a year now but the wife is adamant it’s not being replaced. |
Yes, our house is rather higgledy-piggledy, and even though it is supposed to have cavity wall insulation, it doesn't really seem to make any difference. I don't suppose it helps that there is a three feet gap between the floorboards and the foundations, but to do something about that would be costly. | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:37 - Dec 10 with 1665 views | ibbleobble |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 17:42 - Dec 7 by chicoazul |
We have the heating on for 4 hours a day now and we don’t get above £8 a day so far on our smart meter.
Here’s what I don’t understand. We pay £X per month and have built £Y amount of credit which is larger than X by a magnitude of nearly x2. Even if we went to £10 a day (which we won’t) the difference between what we pay now and 300 a month would be more than offset by the amount of credit we have built up. So why do my supplier keep threatening to put my direct debit up? |
My gas and electric peeked at £18 for a single day a few days back and has been averaging about £12 - £14 a day. Luckily we have a fixed rate at £236 per month and there’s the government discount of £67 so it caps our monthly spend to £170. We’d have been pushing £500 - £600 a month had this not been the case! | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:06 - Apr 11 with 904 views | amyjones329 |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 07:37 - Dec 10 by ibbleobble |
My gas and electric peeked at £18 for a single day a few days back and has been averaging about £12 - £14 a day. Luckily we have a fixed rate at £236 per month and there’s the government discount of £67 so it caps our monthly spend to £170. We’d have been pushing £500 - £600 a month had this not been the case! |
Energy prices are on the rise and this trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. With consumers struggling to keep up with their energy bills, it's more important than ever to make sure that you're choosing an energy provider that offers great value for money. | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:12 - Apr 11 with 883 views | hype313 |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:06 - Apr 11 by amyjones329 |
Energy prices are on the rise and this trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. With consumers struggling to keep up with their energy bills, it's more important than ever to make sure that you're choosing an energy provider that offers great value for money. |
Except you can't switch at the moment. |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:14 - Apr 11 with 868 views | GavTWTD |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:12 - Apr 11 by hype313 |
Except you can't switch at the moment. |
I think Amy was a bot |  |
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| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:17 - Apr 11 with 841 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:14 - Apr 11 by GavTWTD |
I think Amy was a bot |
I didn’t know Skynet was all about saving you money… | | | |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:31 - Apr 11 with 797 views | hype313 |
| Energy prices starting to hit on 14:14 - Apr 11 by GavTWTD |
I think Amy was a bot |
You need to tighten your security Gav, maybe have 5 minutes away from the Hob Nob tin. | |
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