My winter gas/electric bill: the highest yet

[oracleslave]

As a substantial shareholder in BG

Yes Threaded, of course you are

[SantaClaus]

Best thing I did before the long winter nights drew in was replace all my 50 watt halogen bulbs with these 4w LEDs:

GU10 LED Bulb 220 Lumens 45W Equiv

So instead of burning 1000 watts in the kitchen, I am only using 80. The LEDs above are the only ones I have found that are as bright as a halogen.

[Troll]

Yes Threaded, of course you are

fook that hurt... wash yer mouth out!!

[psychocandy]

Yep. Getting expensive. I though my £600 bill was steep mind....

Moving away from EDF to a cheaper provider now as well. EDF didnt help themselves by getting every single bill wrong in the year I was with them mind. Useless they are.

Trouble is I've moved to npower and should have checked first and apparently they are worse than EDF

[Zoiderman]

Great insulation, ground source heat pump, solar PV and water, coupled with a nice acre of willow keeps the bills down. £20k to set up a year back, but already well compensated on feed in and the actual savings we've made.

I have a couple more things planned, with re routing a stream with a 2m head, and once I get permission from Defra/EA, we'll be fully neutral.

Energy Bills are only going one way.

[Zoiderman]

Best thing I did before the long winter nights drew in was replace all my 50 watt halogen bulbs with these 4w LEDs:

GU10 LED Bulb 220 Lumens 45W Equiv

So instead of burning 1000 watts in the kitchen, I am only using 80. The LEDs above are the only ones I have found that are as bright as a halogen.

We tried LED a few years back, and it simply dropped a pool of light underneath. However, we're replacing them now through the house. There's a lot of savings there and the light seems somewhat better.

[fullyautomatix]

Where are guys living ? Some big mansion with all the doors and windows open ?

With the kind of winter we have had, I hardly had to keep the heating running for more than 3-4 hours per day. My energy bill for last month was about £80 combined.

Having said that, I did spend a lot of money in replacing doors and windows couple of years back, so the house is well insulated.

[fullyautomatix]

Great insulation, ground source heat pump, solar PV and water, coupled with a nice acre of willow keeps the bills down. £20k to set up a year back, but already well compensated on feed in and the actual savings we've made.

I have a couple more things planned, with re routing a stream with a 2m head, and once I get permission from Defra/EA, we'll be fully neutral.

Energy Bills are only going one way.

Hi SAS

[DimPrawn]

A lot of it depends where you live, what sort of property you have and how big it is.

A little 700 sq ft upper floor new build flat in the centre of London is going to use a fraction of the heating and lighting of say a 200 year old 4000 sq ft 7 bedroom detached house in the middle of Northumberland wilderness or Scottish highlands.

[doodab]

My electric has been £200pm for the last 6 months, not got the gas for the last three months but was around £160pm up until October.

We're making a concerted effort to switch things off (server, printer etc) when not in use. However, my wife leaves lights on all over the place though "because they look nice".

Burn a £20 "because it looks nice" and see what she says.