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8 days later

Who has cancelled their direct debit then? Apparently 200,000 signed up to DontPayUK

Don’t fancy the poor credit score myself

2 months later

How much are everyone’s bills creeping up now the temperatures are dropping?

We used over £10 of gas for one day last week lol!

Apparently Jeremy says we should get used to rationing gas/electric, it’s become a luxury in 2022

    very bizarre comment from Jeremy basically admitting this will not be improving but only getting worse

    Almost nobody heats with gas in Finland, but electricity is around 30-40 c per kwh now (which for us means about 8 € day), and heating oil is 1,6 € litre. We have a combination air heat pump/ oil furnace-system, and we have to keep turning one up and one down depending on the price of electricity. Last winter we didn’t use the oil much at all.

    Hursty He’s also advocating using less gas to teach Putin a lesson - so you know, it’s our patriotic duty, or something.

    Hursty we’re on £8 a day currently for gas and electricity combined. That’s with the gas central heating on for about 4 hours a day.

    It was £2 a day earlier this year.

    Used 60kWh of gas yesterday. Mind you that is with the mrs home who has no idea of controlling energy use. Less than 20 today and I’ve been in th house most of the day.

    Last November we used 2389 kWh of gas. This November (to yesterday) 1154 so projected about 1600. All about reducing use now. Its not even the cost thing for me. We should not be wasting stuff when it is short supply.

    £210 for month to 20/11/22 (so £7 / day)

    I’m averaging between £12 to £15 a day for both and that’s with cut backs.

    Grant has had to turn his hot tub temp down and Alistair has had to sell one of his horses. Tough times.

      No idea but we have the heating on all day when wfh. I like to be warm

      My bill is due next week, can’t wait for that.

      Only put the heating on last weekend , so hopefully shouldn’t be too drastic.

      Flaresy must be forever topping up his key meter at the Londis.

        I think the pandemic sped up a lot things drastically but the main thing seems to be just rinsing every consumer/customer or whatever, of anything, for the same service or product, or worse.

        As an aside, the other thing is prices going up anyway ‘in line with inflation’. Why? Inflation is a measure in itself, not an excuse to profiteer, just because ‘inflation’.

        No-one has mentioned energy suppliers and tariffs have they? Though I’ve only read the last good few posts. Anyway, I’m hoping this thread will tease out a bit of info about the size of the mansions/basements we all dwell in.

        • gcw replied to this.

          ehitach2 just had my latest statement. We are with Octopus. Gas is 14p per kwh and a standing charge of 26 pence daily. Electric is 64p day / 24p night and a standing charge of 35 pence daily.

          In March 2021 those figures were gas 2.4p per kwh and 17p daily, and electric was 16p day rate / 8.7p night and a daily charge of 20.6p daily

          So in 20 months the gas price has gone up sixfold, and electric has gone up fourfold.

          Riveting Friday morning reading lads I know!

            The gains are similar to the crypto market, what a complete joke

            Families must really be struggling, coupled with high fuel/food costs, surely this must end in complete disaster?

              Smallman1 I have the heating on and open the windows. It’s a crazy life I’m leading

              gcw Are you not also getting a 4p / kWH rebate on the gas? The bills are not very clear

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