So Octobus aggregate this cost to a yearly figure of £8160, that beggars belief that anyone can be quoted that figure.
well that’s what they quoted are you calling me a liar?
So Octobus aggregate this cost to a yearly figure of £8160, that beggars belief that anyone can be quoted that figure.
I’ve done the numbers. Copying from my post #1646
I’ve just had a look at my numbers. SVR for gas and electric is now saying £130 a month based on projected annual usage. It looks like that will go up circa 70% in October to £220. However, the govt are dropping £66 a month into my account for 6 months, meaning I’ll need to cough up an extra £24 a month
well that’s what they quoted are you calling me a liar?
My combined usage for this month with BG is £140.
They are charging me £306 a month at present so I assume they are building me a buffer for when the cost meets the stratosphere.
The costs I’ve seen to insulate are hopelessly inadequate, not remotely covering the whole job and using cowboys to do the work. This must and can be resolved. As for cavity wall insulation, many walls are not suitable, for example we have a north facing gable end into a slightly damp cellar…cavity wall insults would be a disaster, the rest of the house is solid wall. A lot of the victorian/Edwardian housing stock isn’t so different. We could rebuild but U.K. house building standards are so very poor.
Maybe it is growing up with a Dad who made them sit in a freezing cold room wearing a jumper is why they put the heating on?
Funny how countries that have proper winters never sit around their house shivering in jumpers.
For context my old man worked for British Gas for 48 years and I grew up in a barn, he created his own settings on the gas fire because it wouldn't go low enough. Now when I go around to his it is like walking into a furnace, and yes he is a selfish prick.
Good Morning All,
It's quite difficult working out what my costs will be from next January as I'm not clear what Octopus will be doing with Octopus Go.
We have circa 12kW of Solar PV, 3off 20tube Solar ET panels which give us circa 8.5MWh of electricity and 1.65MWh of hot water (although this goes to a heat store) so we import some 7.2MWh (not including the EV) per annum so we have been paying circa £100 a month. I'm looking to get another 3kW of Solar PV and a second PW2.
For some bizarre reason our contract was rolled over last January (I did query this) so we are still paying 5p off peak and 15p on peak + a SC of £0.25.
I know the off-peak Go rate has gone up from 5p to 7.5p for current users.
My contract is due to expire January 16th and I have absolutely no idea what it will change to. I'm expecting a considerable change!
Regards
Richard
Electricity may go in cycles?
Businesses can adjust the price of their product to ameliorate rising energy costs. So maybe not an appropriate comparison.
2 bed 2 bath flat, top floor. It has actually gone up, I was paying £60. No doubt it will go up in Nov when my deal ends but even if it 4x it won't be the end of the world.
I’m on the same deal until October and after downloading 6 months of smartmeter data, some wrangling in Excel and guessing at the October increase I expect our bills to triple and maybe a little more.
There is an online service that will download your smartmeter data from Octopus and allow you to see actual usage with crazy accuracy. I’ll edit this post with the link when I’m at the computer.
(unless people leave the heating on when they're out?)
I’m with Octopus.Is this what is happening with these massive company quotes, trying to justify that they are buffering people ? Seems to me that they want to fill their own coffers for cash flow.
I have never paid by direct debit & never will, just save up monthly & pay on bill arrival has always been my way, maybe old fashioned but I control my outgoings not them.
A common practice I hear of is to leave the heating on 24/7 and just to let the stat control it, theory being that it only has to kick in on small bursts to top up the temperature compared with roaring away for a couple of hours or more to heat up a stone cold house.
Leaving heating on is a proven false economy.