Energy bill increases
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Just had a newsflash from Octopus. Gas and electricty will cost 25% less from July.
WOOHOO!
I'll believe it when I see it. Figures I saw were literally minimal. 32p to 30p for electricity.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Electricity is pretty well irrelevant for us (and they haven't even listed it - but we are on the agile tariff, so it varies according to the half hourly wholesale prices).
Gas is dropping from 10.469p to 7.664p per unit which is quite significant.
chris-suffolk
Über Member
Just had a newsflash from Octopus. Gas and electricty will cost 25% less from July.
WOOHOO!
Ours was 17% - why the difference?
I'm on Intelligent Octopus - leccy is down 10p from 41p to 31p (day rate - no change to the 7.5p EV rate), and Gas down from 10.3 to 7.5 - so about a 30% reduction.
It may be different for other tariffs.
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Deleted member 26715
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Have you not tried to get on the Gas tracker rate?
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
No, I haven't. TBH, hadn't even looked.
Our gas bill isn't all that massive now - at this time of year we use none (solar powers the immersion heater for hot water), in winter we have one bath a day, usually one bowl of washing up water, and the heating on for between 2 and 4 hours depending how cold it is.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Looking like 10.3 to 7.5 gas, leccy 32.7 to about 29p
Gas isnt a big bill for us.
Gas isnt a big bill for us.
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Deleted member 26715
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We've been paying sub 6p for gas for quite a while, this page will give you an idea https://mysmartenergy.uk/Tracker/South-Wales
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Thanks. But when you say "quite a while", is that 2-3 months, or going right back into the Winter?
At this time of year, we aren't using any gas, but if the tracker is still below the standard flexible rate in the Winter, it may well be worth us switching.
cougie uk
Guru
Only about 10% here on electric. Octopus Flux.
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Deleted member 26715
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If you follow the link I gave there is an option to download daily rates since last November, looks like over winter it was 7.5p for my area, you'd have to compare that with what you are currently paying, but last time I knew there was a waiting list to get onto it.
can’t not do without gas currently . Even this time of year , I’m heating water. Would have been possible I guess to divert excess solar, have a feeling I’d be peeing in the wind keeping on top of it . However that’s due to a busy household whom shower etc at different times of the day .
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Don't understand why the gas price is getting so much bigger a cut. We should stop burning up the world.
